2025 Pithoragarh Municipal Corporation election
Election to the municipal corporation of Pithoragarh
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The 2025 Pithoragarh Municipal Corporation election[1][2][3][4][5] was a municipal election to the Pithoragarh Municipal Corporation which governs Pithoragarh City, the largest hill city in Uttarakhand. It was held on 23 January 2025. It was won by Kapana Devlal of BJP who defeated Congress rebel and Congress MLA Mayukh Mahar backed candidate Monika Mahar by 17 votes. It was one of the closest races in the state.
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23 January 2025
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Despite winning the mayor post, BJP won just 5 out of 40 ward members. Independent or Congress backed candidates won in 35 seats.[6]
Election schedule
The election schedule was announced by the state election commission on 23 December 2024.[7]
| 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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Kalpana Deolal[8] | |
| 2 | Indian National Congress |  |
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Anju Lunthi[9] | |
Ward-wise candidates
| Ward No. | Ward Name | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | INC | ||||||
| 1 | Bajeti | BJP | INC | ||||
| 2 | New Bajeti | BJP | INC | ||||
| 3 | Nirada | BJP | INC | ||||
| 4 | Kumor | BJP | Asha Devi | INC | |||
| 5 | Piyana | BJP | Rajendra Tamta | INC | |||
| 6 | Takana Colony | BJP | Vikram Valmiki | INC | |||
| 7 | Shiv Vihar | BJP | Vinod Rawat | INC | |||
| 8 | Linthuda | BJP | INC | ||||
| 9 | Jakhani | BJP | INC | ||||
| 10 | Bin | BJP | Saroj Devi | INC | |||
| 11 | Bhatkote | BJP | INC | Ashish Havord | |||
| 12 | Rai | BJP | INC | ||||
| 13 | Pandey Gaon | BJP | INC | ||||
| 14 | Padampur Colony | BJP | Prithviraj Bisht | INC | |||
| 15 | Bhadelbada | BJP | Gopal Singh Rana | INC | |||
| 16 | Chandrabhaga | BJP | Lalita Joshi | INC | |||
| 17 | Dumkhani | BJP | Deepak Mahar | INC | |||
| 18 | New Tildhukri | BJP | Neeraj Kothari | INC | |||
| 19 | Krishnapuri | BJP | INC | ||||
| 20 | Jagdamba Colony | BJP | Anita Samant | INC | |||
| 21 | Kujoli | BJP | INC | ||||
| 22 | Jagriti Colony | BJP | Lalit Pant | INC | |||
| 23 | Shivalaya | BJP | Shivani Saini | INC | |||
| 24 | Purana Bazaar | BJP | Mohammad Sarfaraz | INC | |||
| 25 | Naya Bazaar | BJP | Umesh Lal Shah | INC | |||
| 26 | Simalgair | BJP | Kavindra Shah | INC | |||
| 27 | Pithrota | BJP | INC | ||||
| 28 | Aincholi | BJP | Kamala Pandey | INC | |||
| 29 | Pankot | BJP | Bhupendra Singh Belal | INC | |||
| 30 | Daula | BJP | Saraswati Devi | INC | |||
| 31 | Western Cinemaline | BJP | INC | ||||
| 32 | Eastern Cinemaline | BJP | Anshu Negi | INC | |||
| 33 | Dhanauda | BJP | Bhawana Kapri | INC | |||
| 34 | Neda Basti | BJP | Dinesh Kapri | INC | |||
| 35 | Puneri | BJP | INC | ||||
| 36 | Sera Chandak | BJP | Harish Bora | INC | |||
| 37 | Old Tildhukri | BJP | INC | ||||
| 38 | Malla Jakhani | BJP | Suman Dhami | INC | |||
| 39 | Khadkot | BJP | Ravindra Singh Basera | INC | |||
| 40 | Vivekanand | BJP | Praveen Singh Uprari | INC | |||
Predictions
Because the election was a highly localized municipal body contest, no formal, scientific opinion surveys, sample-based tracking polls, or exit poll aggregations were conducted by national agencies or major statistical polling organizations. Ground-level assessments were driven exclusively by local journalistic consensus, candidate-sponsored internal campaign assessments, and independent ward analyses.
| Poll / Assessment source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[a] |
Margin of error |
Kalpana Deolal (BJP) |
Monika Mahar (IND) |
Anju Lunthi (INC) |
Undecided / Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local Media Consensus Archive[10] | January 18–21, 2025 | Ground Assessment | N/A | 36% | 36% | 21% | 7% |
| Independent Ward Tracking Group[11] | January 12–15, 2025 | Voice of Pithoragarh | N/A | 34% | 34% | 24% | 8% |
Mayoral Primary Consensus (BJP Ticket Assessment)
| Assessment source | Date(s) administered |
Focus Group Area | Kalpana Deolal |
Uma Pande |
Pramila Bohra |
Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internal Party Assessment Survey[12] | December 24–27, 2024 | Pithoragarh Votes | 42% | 29% | 18% | 11% |
Mayoral Primary Consensus (Congress Ticket Assessment)
| Assessment source | Date(s) administered |
Focus Group Area | Monika Mahar |
Anju Lunthi |
Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District Congress Committee Tracking[13] | December 29, 2024 – January 2, 2025 | Pithoragarh Votes | 59% | 31% | 10% |
Mayoral election
Results
Mayoral election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Kalpana Deolal | 9,466 | 39.35 | New | |
| Independent | Monika Mahar | 9,449 | 39.28 | New | |
| INC | Anju Lunthi | 3,379 | 14.04 | New | |
| Independent | Chandrakala Mahar | 615 | 2.55 | New | |
| Independent | Pratila Bohra | 558 | 2.32 | New | |
| Independent | Uma Pandey | 229 | 0.95 | New | |
| BSP | Kusum Devi | 139 | 0.57 | New | |
| Spoiled ballots | Invalid | 134 | 0.56 | New | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 125 | 0.52 | New | |
| AAP | Sushma Bisht Mathur | 94 | 0.39 | New | |
| Majority | 17 | 0.07 | New | ||
| Turnout | 24,054 | 64.75% | New | ||
| Registered electors | 44,974 | New | |||
| BJP win (new seat) | |||||
Results by party
| Party | Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contested | Won | +/− | ||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 20[15] | 5 | New | |||
| Indian National Congress | 1 | 0 | New | |||
| Independents | 140 | 35 | New | |||
| NOTA | New | |||||
| Total | 161 | 40 | New | |||
See also
- 2025 Uttarakhand local elections
- 2025 Dehradun Municipal Corporation election
- 2025 Roorkee Municipal Corporation election
- 2025 Haridwar Municipal Corporation election
- 2025 Haldwani Municipal Corporation election
- 2025 Rudrapur Municipal Corporation election
- 2025 Kotdwar Municipal Corporation election
- 2025 Rishikesh Municipal Corporation election
- 2025 Almora Municipal Corporation election
- 2025 Kashipur Municipal Corporation election
- 2025 Srinagar Municipal Corporation election