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.

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Government and Politics of Uttarakhand
State of Uttarakhand
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Urban local bodies in Uttarakhand
Main articles: List of urban local bodies in Uttarakhand, List of municipal corporations in Uttarakhand, and Municipal governance in India

Urban local bodies include 8 Municipal Corporations, 41 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
Main articles: List of rural local bodies in Uttarakhand, List of community development blocks of Uttarakhand, and Panchayati raj in India

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]
DistrictMembers of District CouncilsMembers of Block CouncilsPresidents of Village Councils
Almora453911160
Bageshwar19120407
Chamoli26246610
Champawat15134313
Dehradun30220401
Haridwar
No elections were held in Haridwar district
Nainital27266479
Pauri Garhwal383721174
Pithoragarh33290686
Rudraprayag18117336
Tehri Garhwal453511035
Udham Singh Nagar35273376
Uttarkashi25204508
Total35629847485

See also

References
  1. "??" (PDF). Udd.uk.gov.in. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  2. http://secresult.uk.gov.in/result.aspx
  3. http://secresult.uk.gov.in/panch_result/panchresult.aspx
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