2013 Dehradun Municipal Corporation election

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2013 Dehradun Municipal Corporation election
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All 60 seats in the Dehradun Municipal Corporation
31 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
  BJP election symbol.png Hand INC.svg Indian Election Symbol Elephant.png
Leader Vinod Chamoli Suryakant Dhasmana Rajni Rawat
Party BJP INC BSP
Last election 28 24 1
Seats won 34 22 2
Seat change Increase 6 Decrease 2 Increase 1
Mayor before election

Vinod Chamoli
BJP

Elected Mayor

Vinod Chamoli
BJP

The 2013 Dehradun Municipal Corporation election was a municipal election to the Dehradun Municipal Corporation, which governs Dehradun, the largest city in Uttarakhand. It took place on 28 April 2013.

Election Schedule[]

Event Date
Date for Nominations 8 April 2013
Last Date for filing Nominations 12 April 2013
Date for scrutiny of nominations 13 April 2013
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures 15 April 2013
Allotment of Symbols 16 April 2013
Date of poll 28 April 2013
Date of counting 30 April 2013

Mayoral election[]

2013 Dehradun Municipal Corporation Election: Mayor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Vinod Chamoli 80,530 40.93 Increase 7.86
INC Suryakant Dhasmana 57,618 29.28 Increase 7.20
BSP Rajni Rawat 46,689 23.73 Increase 18.15
UKD Manmohan Lakhera 3,302 1.68 Decrease 7.62
Independent Sardar Khan (Pappu) 2,192 1.11 new
Independent Sanjay Goyal 2,191 1.11 Increase 0.25
Independent Maqbool Ahmad 1,777 0.90 new
Independent Rajendra Prasad Gairola 1,521 0.77 new
Independent Rajiv Kothari 500 0.25 new
Independent Shivdarshan Singh Rawat 430 0.22 new
Majority 22,912 11.65 Increase 2.64
Turnout 1,96,750
BJP hold Swing

Position of the house[]

Dehradun Municipal Corporation
Party Won +/−
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 34 Increase 6
Indian National Congress (INC) 22 Decrease 2
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 2 Increase 1
Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD) 0 Decrease 1
Independents 2 Decrease 4
Total 60 Steady

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