2008 Dehradun Municipal Corporation election
The 2008 Dehradun Municipal Corporation election was a municipal election to the Dehradun Municipal Corporation, which governs Dehradun, the largest city in Uttarakhand.
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Vinod Chamoli of the Bharatiya Janata Party was elected mayor. The BJP won 28 of the 60 seats, and the Indian National Congress won 24.
Mayoral election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| BJP | Vinod Chamoli | 60,867 | 33.07 | ||
| Independent | Rajni Rawat | 44,294 | 24.06 | ||
| INC | Surat Singh Negi | 40,642 | 22.08 | ||
| UKD | Vivekanand Khanduri | 17,116 | 9.30 | ||
| BSP | Mohammad Zameer | 10,276 | 5.58 | ||
| Independent | Anjula Karki | 2,984 | 1.62 | ||
| Independent | Aman Singh Pundir | 2,228 | 1.21 | ||
| Independent | Sanjay Goyal | 1,590 | 0.86 | ||
| SP | Subhash Panwar | 1,357 | 0.74 | ||
| Independent | Manju Sharma | 1,207 | 0.66 | ||
| JD(S) | Manmohan Singh Negi | 668 | 0.36 | ||
| Independent | Azizur Rahman | 444 | 0.24 | ||
| Independent | Prabhakar Uniyal | 389 | 0.21 | ||
| Majority | 16,573 | 9.00 | |||
| Turnout | 1,84,062 | ||||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
Position of the house
| Party | Won | +/− | |
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| Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 28 | ||
| Indian National Congress (INC) | 24 | ||
| Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) | 1 | ||
| Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD) | 1 | ||
| Independents | 6 | ||
| Total | 60 |  | |
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