2025 Almora Municipal Corporation election
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The 2025 Almora Municipal Corporation election[1][2][3][4] was a municipal election to the Almora Municipal Corporation which governs Almora city in Uttarakhand. It took place on 23 January 2025.
The election schedule was announced by the state election commission on 23 December 2024.[5]
| Poll Event | Schedule |
|---|---|
| Notification Date | 27 December 2024 |
| Last Date for filing nomination | 30 December 2024 |
| Scrutiny of nomination | 31 December 2024 |
| Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination | 2 January 2025 |
| Allotment of Symbols | 3 January 2025 |
| Date of Poll | 23 January 2025 |
| Date of Counting of Votes | 25 January 2025 |
Candidates
Mayoral election
| No. | Party | Symbol | Candidate's Name | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bharatiya Janata Party |  |
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Ajay Verma[6] | |
| 2 | Indian National Congress |  |
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Bhairav Goswami[7] | |
Ward-wise candidates
| Ward No. | Ward Name | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | ||||
| 1 | Hanuman Mandir | BJP | Ketan Kumar Dharti | |
| 2 | Selakhola | BJP | ||
| 3 | Dubakia | BJP | Kavita Shah | |
| 4 | Ramshila | BJP | Dharamveer Arya | |
| 5 | Badreshwar | BJP | Pooja Mehta | |
| 6 | Champanaula | BJP | Poonam Tripathi | |
| 7 | Dhuni Mandir | BJP | Meera Mishra | |
| 8 | Narmadeshwar | BJP | Asha Bisht | |
| 9 | Heeradungri | BJP | ||
| 10 | NTD | BJP | ||
| 11 | Jhijhar | BJP | Amit Shah | |
| 12 | Tripura Sundari | BJP | Shyam Pandey | |
| 13 | Mission Compound | BJP | Devesh Bisht | |
| 14 | Lakshmeshwar | BJP | Abhishek Joshi | |
| 15 | Paniyudiyar | BJP | Harshbardhan Tiwari | |
| 16 | Pandekhola | BJP | Jyoti Shah | |
| 17 | New Collectorate Pandekhola | BJP | Tulsi Chauhari | |
| 18 | Murli Manohar | BJP | Neha Tamta | |
| 19 | Vamankhola | BJP | Dikshit Joshi | |
| 20 | Narsinghbari | BJP | Poonam Verma | |
| 21 | Siddhpur | BJP | Bhuwan Kandpal | |
| 22 | Baleshwar | BJP | Indra Singh Bhandari | |
| 23 | Makeri | BJP | Rahul Joshi | |
| 24 | Chinakhan | BJP | Sanjay Kumar Joshi | |
| 25 | Awas Vikas | BJP | Vijay Kumar Bhatt | |
| 26 | Gandhi Park | BJP | Deep Chandra Joshi | |
| 27 | Talla Joshikhola | BJP | Mamta Khati | |
| 28 | Vivekanandpuri | BJP | ||
| 29 | Bhayarkhola | BJP | ||
| 30 | Talla Aurkhola | BJP | ||
| 31 | Rajpur | BJP | Sarita Arya | |
| 32 | Malla Rajpur | BJP | ||
| 33 | Nanda Devi | BJP | Arjun Singh Bisht | |
| 34 | Lala Bazaar | BJP | Devendra Bhatt | |
| 35 | Niyaganj | BJP | ||
| 36 | Dharanaula | BJP | ||
| 37 | Railapali | BJP | ||
| 38 | New Indira Colony | BJP | Lalita Panchpal | |
| 39 | Dugal Khola | BJP | Chanchal Durgapal | |
| 40 | Khagmarakot | BJP | Neema Verma | |
Results
Mayoral election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ajay Verma | 8,788 | 56.95 | New | |
| INC | Bhairav Goswami | 6,309 | 40.88 | New | |
| Independent | Aman Ansari | 221 | 1.43 | New | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 114 | 0.74 | New | |
| Majority | 2,479 | 16.07 | New | ||
| Turnout | 15,432 | ||||
| BJP win (new seat) | |||||
Results by party
| Party | Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contested | Won | +/− | ||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 29 | 15 | New | |||
| Independents | 118 | 25 | New | |||
| NOTA | ||||||
| Total | 100% | 40 | ||||