Elections will be held in 100 municipal bodies of Uttarakhand on January 23. On Monday, after consent from the government, the State Election Commission issued a notification for municipal elections. With this, the code of conduct has come into force in the municipal bodies of the state. On Monday, State Election Commissioner Sushil Kumar issued a notification in a press conference at the Commission’s office. He said that there are 107 municipal bodies in the state, out of which administrative system is in force in three bodies (Badrinath, Gangotri, Kedarnath). Two municipal bodies Pati (Champawat) and Garhi Negi (Udham Singh Nagar) have been newly formed, whose delimitation is not available, due to which elections will not be held. Delimitation of two municipal bodies Kichha (Udham Singh Nagar) and Narendra Nagar (Tehri) has also not been made available to the Commission. Therefore, elections will not be held in seven municipal bodies. This election is being conducted in 100 bodies (11 Municipal Corporations, 43 Municipalities, 46 Nagar Panchayats).
Election schedule
Nomination date: 27 to 30 December 2024
Nomination scrutiny: 31 December 2024 to 01 January 2025
Withdrawal of nomination: 02 January (10 am to 4 pm)
Election symbol allocation: 03 January (10 am to 3 pm)
Voting: 23 January 2025 (8 am to 5 pm)
Counting of votes: 25 January (from 8 am)
More than 30 lakh voters
Total voters: 30,63,143
Male voters: 15,79,789
Female voters: 14,82,809
Other voters: 545
Elections in these municipal corporations
Dehradun, Rishikesh, Haridwar, Roorkee, Kotdwar, Srinagar, Rudrapur, Kashipur, Haldwani, Pithoragarh and Almora.
