Local elections in Uttarakhand

Elections to the local bodies in Uttarakhand, India, are conducted once in five years to elect the representatives to the urban and rural local bodies. These elections are conducted by the Uttarakhand State Election Commission and were mandated by the 74th Constitutional Amendment Act to ensure local government in urban and rural areas.

Urban local bodies in Uttarakhand

Urban local bodies include 11 Municipal Corporations, 38 Municipal Councils, 43 Nagar Panchayats and 9 Cantonment Boards.^[1]

Elections are not held in the nagar panchayats of Badrinath, Kedarnath and Gangotri due to their status of temporary settlements. Local interim administration councils administer these three pilgrimage sites for a period of six months during the summers.

Additionally, elections in the Cantonment Boards are conducted by the Ministry of Defence, Union Government of India.

Rural local bodies in Uttarakhand

Rural local bodies include 13 District Councils, 95 Block Development Councils and 7793 Gram Panchayats.

Previous elections

The first general election to the local bodies after statehood in Uttarakhand were held in 2003. Subsequent elections were conducted in 2008, 2013, 2014, 2018 and 2019.

2018–19 Urban local body elections

2018–19 Uttarakhand Municipal general election results ^[2]
Party	Mayors/Chairpersons	Corporators/Ward Members	Total
Bharatiya Janata Party	34	347	381
Indian National Congress	27	188	215
Bahujan Samaj Party	1	5	6
Aam Aadmi Party	0	2	2
Samajwadi Party	0	1	1
Uttarakhand Kranti Dal	0	1	1
Independents	25	586	611
Total	87	1130	1217

2019 Rural local body elections

2019 Uttarakhand Panchayat general election results ^[3]
District	Members of District Councils	Members of Block Councils	Presidents of Village Councils
Almora	45	391	1160
Bageshwar	19	120	407
Chamoli	26	246	610
Champawat	15	134	313
Dehradun	30	220	401
Haridwar	No elections were held in Haridwar district
Nainital	27	266	479
Pauri Garhwal	38	372	1174
Pithoragarh	33	290	686
Rudraprayag	18	117	336
Tehri Garhwal	45	351	1035
Udham Singh Nagar	35	273	376
Uttarkashi	25	204	508
Total	356	2984	7485

References

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External links

Official website

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