Kotdwar Municipal Corporation

Kotdwar Municipal Corporation
कोटद्वार नगर निगम
Kotdwar Nagar Nigam
Unicameral Legislature
Type
Type
Leadership
Shailendra Singh Rawat, BJP since 7 February 2025
P L Shah, PCS
Structure
Political groups
Government (18)

Opposition (22)

Elections
First-past-the-post
Last election
23 January 2025
Next election
2030
Meeting place
Nagar Nigam Bhavan, Kotdwar
Website
Nagar Nigam Kotdwar

The Kotdwar Municipal Corporation is the civic body that governs the city of Kotdwar in Uttarakhand, India.[1]

Structure

This corporation consists of 40 wards and is headed by a mayor who presides over a deputy mayor and 39 other corporators representing the wards. The mayor is elected directly through a first-past-the-post voting system and the deputy mayor is elected by the corporators from among their numbers.

List of mayors

S. No. Name Term Party
1 Hemlata Negi2 December 2018 3 December 2023 5 years, 1 day Indian National Congress
Administrator3 December 2023 7 February 2025 1 year, 67 days Government of Uttarakhand
2 Shailendra Singh Rawat7 February 2025 Incumbent1 year, 2 days Bharatiya Janata Party

Current members

Kotdwar Municipal Corporation has a total of 40 members or corporators, who are directly elected after a term of 5 years. The council is led by the Mayor. The latest elections were held in 23 January 2025. The current mayor of Kotdwar is Shailendra Singh Rawat of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Mayor: Shailendra Singh Rawat
Ward NoWard NameName of CorporatorParty[2]Remarks
1Ratanpur SanehJay Prakash DhyaniBharatiya Janata Party
2KumbhichaudAnil RawatBharatiya Janata Party
3SanehSanjay BhandariBharatiya Janata Party
4GadighatHimanshu VermaIndependent
5LakdipadavNaeem AhmedIndian National Congress
6Kashirampur TallaSuraj Prasad KantiIndependent
7KaudiaSubhash PandeyBharatiya Janata Party
8GovindnagarJaideepIndependent
9Kashirampur MallaPravendra SinghBharatiya Janata Party
10Paniali TalliNazmeenIndian National Congress
11Jhandachowk Badrinath MargVipin DobriyalIndian National Congress
12KalabadArti KharakwalIndependent
13Adhat Bazaar Christian ColonyRizwana ParveenBharatiya Janata Party
14JaunpurRita DeviIndependent
15Govind Nagar NayagaonKavita MittalIndian National Congress
16SitabpurRajni DeviIndependent
17ManpurKiran KalaBharatiya Janata Party
18ShivpurJyotiBharatiya Janata Party
19LalpurNetramohan AswalIndependent
20Padampur Sukhrao-2PremaBharatiya Janata Party
21Padampur Sukhrao-1Beena DeviIndian National Congress
22SimalchaudManoj ShahIndependent
23ShibbunagarSonia NegiIndian National Congress
24BalasaudNeeruwala KhatwalBharatiya Janata Party
25Ratanpur SukhraoRitu ChamoliBharatiya Janata Party
26BalbhadrapurUmed Singh NegiBharatiya Janata Party
27DurgapurShridar PrasadIndian National Congress
28NimbuchaudPramod KumarBharatiya Janata Party
29GhamandpurAmit NegiBharatiya Janata Party
30NandpurShashikant JoshiBharatiya Janata Party
31Padampur MotadhakSaurabh NaudiyalBharatiya Janata Party
32ShivrajpurDeepak PathakIndependent
33Haldukhata MallaJagdish PrasadIndependent
34Udayrampur NayavadVivekIndian National Congress
35TrilokpurBheem SinghIndependent
36LokmanipurRajendra SinghBharatiya Janata Party
37Jhandichaud WestSukhpal ShahIndependent
38Jhandichaud NorthRajnish BebniBharatiya Janata Party
39Jhandichaud EastSeeta DeviIndian National Congress
40JashodharpurManishIndependent

Election results

The Kotdwar Municipal Corporation holds direct elections every five years in the state and the latest elections were those held in the year 2025.[2]

Mayoral

Year No. of Wards Winner Runner Up Margin
Party Candidate Votes % Party Candidate Votes %
202540 Bharatiya Janata PartyShailendra Singh Rawat38,175 52.25 INCRanjana Rawat 23,944 32.77 14,231

Ward-wise

2025

Kotdwar Municipal Corporation
PartyWon+/−
Bharatiya Janata Party18Increase6
Independents13Decrease2
Indian National Congress9Decrease4
Total40

See also

References

  1. ^"Kotdwar Municipal Corporation"(PDF). udd.uk.gov.in. Archived from the original(PDF) on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  2. ^ ab"SEC Uttarakhand Election Result Portal 2025". SEC Uttarakhand (in Hindi). Retrieved 28 January 2025.