2022 Siliguri Municipal Corporation election
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Municipal elections were held in Siliguri on 12 February 2022 to elect members of the Siliguri Municipal Corporation.
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12 February 2022
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All 47 seats in Siliguri Municipal Corporation 24 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Trinamool Congress party won the election defeating CPI(M) led Left Front with an overwhelming majority.[1] The sitting mayor of Siliguri Ashok Bhattacharya lost his ward to TMC candidate Alam Khan by 482 votes. After the result, Goutam Deb became the new Mayor.[2] The Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the second largest party.
| Poll event | Schedule |
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| Notification date | 28 Dec, 2021 |
| Last Date for filing nomination | 3 Jan, 2022 |
| Last Date for withdrawal of nomination | 6 Jan, 2022 |
| Date of poll | 12 Feb, 2022 |
| Date of counting of votes | 14 Feb, 2022 |
Voter Statistics
Parties and alliances
Following is a list of political parties and alliances which contested in this election:
| Party | Symbol | Alliance | No. of contesting candidates | |
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| All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) |  |
Left Front | 3 | |
| Communist Party of India (CPI) |  |
2 | ||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) | _election_symbol_-_Hammer_Sickle_and_Star.svg){kind=small} |
36 | ||
| Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) |  |
2 | ||
| All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) |  |
None | 47 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) |  |
46 | ||
| Indian National Congress (INC) |  |
34 | ||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation CPI(ML)L |  |
1 | ||
| Independents (IND) | 30 | |||