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{{Short description|Election to the municipal corporation of Rishikesh}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2025 Rishikesh Municipal Corporation election
| country = India
| type = Legislative
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 2018 Rishikesh Municipal Corporation election
| previous_year = 2018
| election_date = 23 January 2025
| next_election =
| next_year = 2030
| seats_for_election = All 40 seats in the [[Rishikesh Municipal Corporation]]
| majority_seats = 21
| turnout =

| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Lotus flower symbol.svg|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=120|oLeft=0|oTop=0}}
| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Hand INC.svg||bSize=140|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=16|oTop=0}}
| leader1 = Shambhu Paswan
| alliance1 =
| party1 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| leaders_seat1 =
| last_election1 = 15
| colour1 =
| seats1 = '''18'''
| seat_change1 = {{up}} 3
| popular_vote1 =
| percentage1 =
| swing1 =

| colour2 =
| leader2 = Deepak Jatav
| party2 = Indian National Congress
| leaders_seat2 =
| last_election2 = 9
| seats2 = '''6'''
| seat_change2 = {{down}} 3
| popular_vote2 =
| percentage2 =
| swing2 =

| image3 =
| colour3 =
| leader3 = ''None''
| party3 = Independent politician
| leaders_seat3 =
| last_election3 = 16
| seats3 = '''16'''
| seat_change3 = {{no change}}
| popular_vote3 =
| percentage3 =
| swing3 =
| map_image = India Rishikesh, Uttarakhand Municipal Corporation Election 2025.svg
| map_size = 300px
| title = Mayor
| before_election = Anita Mamgain
| before_party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| after_election = Shambhu Paswan
| after_party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
}}

The '''2025 Rishikesh Municipal Corporation election'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.etvbharat.com/hi/!state/bjp-shambhu-paswan-has-won-post-of-municipal-corporation-president-in-rishikesh-uttarakhand-news-uts25012600739|title=ऋषिकेश नगर निकाय चुनाव रिजल्ट: मेयर पद पर BJP के शंभू पासवान ने जीत की दर्ज|date=26 January 2025|website=www.abplive.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2025/Jan/26/bjp-sweeps-urban-local-body-polls-in-uttarakhand-wins-10-of-11-mayoral-seats | title=BJP sweeps urban local body polls in Uttarakhand, wins 10 of 11 mayoral seats }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://zeenews.india.com/hindi/india/up-uttarakhand/dehradun/uttarakhand-nikay-chunav-dates-announced-check-full-schedules/2571380|title=उत्तराखंड निकाय चुनाव की तारीखों का ऐलान, जानें नगर निगम, नगरपालिका और नगर पंचायतों में कब पड़ेगा वोट|website=Zee News Hindi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/uttarakhand/dehradun-city-date-of-municipal-elections-announced-in-uttarakhand-election-commission-announced-after-reservation-was-decided-23854347.html|title=उत्तराखंड में नगर निकाय चुनाव की तारीख का एलान, आरक्षण तय होने पर चुनाव आयोग ने की घोषणा - Date of municipal elections announced in Uttarakhand Election Commission announced after reservation was decided|website=Jagran}}</ref> was a municipal election to the [[Rishikesh Municipal Corporation]] which governs [[Rishikesh]] city in [[Uttarakhand]]. It took place on 23 January 2025.

== Election schedule ==
The election schedule was announced by the state election commission on 23 December 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kumaonjansandesh.com/date-of-civic-elections-announced-in-uttarakhand/|title=उत्तराखंड में निकाय चुनाव की तिथि घोषित - कुमाऊँ जनसंदेश|date=23 December 2024}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! 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===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!No.
!colspan="3" |Party
!Symbol
!Candidate's Name
|-
! 1
| style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| [[File:BJP_flag.svg|center|75x75px]]
| [[File:BJP_election_symbol.png|center|75x75px]]
| Shambhu Paswan<ref name="BJP & INC Mayor candidates Uttarakhand">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/bjp-cong-release-another-list-of-candidates-for-ulb-polls/articleshow/116774327.cms|title=BJP, Cong release another list of candidates for ULB polls|work=Times of India|date=29 December 2024 |accessdate=30 December 2024}}</ref>
|-
! 2
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| [[File:INC_Flag_Official.jpg|center|75x75px]]
| [[File:Hand INC.svg|center|75x75px]]
| Deepak Jatav<ref name="BJP & INC Mayor candidates Uttarakhand"/>
|-
! 3
| style="background:{{party color|Uttarakhand Kranti Dal}}" |
| [[Uttarakhand Kranti Dal]]
| [[File:UKD-flag.gif|center|75x75px]]
| [[File:Chair_(Indian Election_Symbol).svg|center|75x75px]]
| Mahendra Singh
|-
! 4
| style="background:{{party color|Independent}}" |
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|
|
| Dinesh Chandra
|}

===Ward-wise candidates===
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!rowspan="2"|Ward No.
!rowspan="2"|Ward Name
|colspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|colspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|-
!colspan="3"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
!colspan="3"| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|-
!1
|Chandreshwar Nagar
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Kiran Yadav
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Pushpa Mishra
|-
!2
|Triveni Colony
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Rupa Devi
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Rina Bhardwaj
|-
!3
|Durga Mandir
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Priyanka Yadav
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Urmila Devi
|-
!4
|Bhairav Mandir
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Puja Nautiyal
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Suman Rani
|-
!5
|Pushkar Mandir
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Shiva Prajapati
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Devendra Prajapati
|-
!6
|Adarsh Gram
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Gambhir Mewar
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Sunil Kumar
|-
!7
|Mayakund
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Ajay Kumar Das
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Vishal Singh
|-
!8
|Bharat Mandir
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Vijay Lakshmi Bhatt
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
!9
|Mukherjee Marg
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Rina Sharma
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Rahul Sharma
|-
!10
|Sadanand Marg
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Ashwani Dang
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Manish Sharma
|-
!11
|Ashutosh Nagar
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Sumit Tiwari
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Bhagwan Singh Panwar
|-
!12
|Pragati Vihar
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Rajendra Bijlwan
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Sarojini Thapliyal
|-
!13
|Valmiki Nagar
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Ekta Khairwal
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Meghna
|-
!14
|Subhash Bankhandi
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Lata Tiwari
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
!15
|Maniram Marg
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Prabhakar Sharma
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Kuldeep Sharma
|-
!16
|Tilak Marg
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Pradip Kohli
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
!17
|Ganga Vihar
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Shiv Kumar Gautam
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Kamlesh Sharma
|-
!18
|Shanti Nagar
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Rajesh Kumar
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Ajay Diwakar
|-
!19
|Someshwar Mandir
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Payal Bisht
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Radha Devi
|-
!20
|Ganga Nagar
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Sandhya Bisht
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
!21
|Upper Ganga Nagar
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Nilam Manori
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
!22
|Shastri Nagar
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Rekha Dhyani
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Sunita Bansal
|-
!23
|Sarvahara Nagar
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Vikas Tewatia
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Vir Pal
|-
!24
|Bharat Vihar
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Tanu Tewatia
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Lajwanti Bhandari
|-
!25
|Awas Vikas Colony
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Jyoti Paswan
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Urmila Dimri
|-
!26
|Shivaji Nagar
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Jayesh Rana
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Gurvinder Singh
|-
!27
|Barrage
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Devendra Prasad Dimri
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Abhinav Singh Malik
|-
!28
|[[Virbhadra]]
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Rahul Kashyap
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Rakesh Rajbhar
|-
!29
|Bis Bigha
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Vimal Singh Negi
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Sachvir Bhandari
|-
!30
|Mira Nagar
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Anita Pradhan
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
!31
|Bapu Gram
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Manju Devi
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Sakshi
|-
!32
|Suman Vihar
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Govind Singh Rawat
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Bhupendra Kukreti
|-
!33
|Gita Nagar
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Vijay Badoni
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
!34
|Malviya Nagar
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Rajesh Kothiyal
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Sumit Chauhan
|-
!35
|Amit Gram East
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Vipin Pant
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Arvind Negi
|-
!36
|Amit Gram West
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Vijay Jugran
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
!37
|Mansha Devi
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Vijendra Mogha
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Manoj Barthwal
|-
!38
|Indira Nagar
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Rajendra Singh Bisht
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
!39
|Nehru Gram
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Jagat Singh Negi
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
!40
|THDC Colony
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Pushkar Bangwal
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Moni Dirwal
|}

==Results==
===Mayoral election===
{{Election box begin|title= 2025 Rishikesh Municipal Corporation Election: Mayor}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| candidate = Shambhu Paswan
| votes = 23,998
| percentage = 41.38
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Independent
| candidate = Dinesh Chandra
| votes = 20,978
| percentage = 36.17
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Indian National Congress
| candidate = Deepak Jatav
| votes = 11,955
| percentage = 20.61
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Uttarakhand Kranti Dal
| candidate = Mahendra Singh
| votes = 759
| percentage = 1.31
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = None of the above (India)
| candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
| votes = 303
| percentage = 0.52
| change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
| votes = 3,020
| percentage = 5.21
| change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
| votes = 57,993
| percentage =
| change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
| winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
| loser =
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Results by party===
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="4" rowspan="2"|Party
! colspan="3" |Seats
|-
!Contested
!Won
!'''+/−'''
|-
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|colspan="3"|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|40
|18
|{{up}}3
|-
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|colspan="3"|[[Indian National Congress]]
|30
|6
|{{down}}3
|-
|{{Party color cell|Uttarakhand Kranti Dal}}
|colspan="3"|[[Uttarakhand Kranti Dal]]
|5
|0
|{{steady}}
|-
|{{Party color cell|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|colspan="3"|[[Aam Aadmi Party]]
|1
|0
|{{steady}}
|-
|{{Party color cell|Bahujan Samaj Party}}
|colspan="3"|[[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
|1
|0
|{{steady}}
|-
|{{Party color cell|Independent (politician)}}
|colspan="3"|[[Independent politician|Independents]]
|69
|16
|{{steady}}
|-
!colspan="4"|Total
!144
!40
!
|-
|}

==Notes==
{{notelist}}
== 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 Pithoragarh Municipal Corporation election]]
* [[2025 Almora Municipal Corporation election]]
* [[2025 Kashipur Municipal Corporation election]]
* [[2025 Srinagar, Uttarakhand Municipal Corporation election|2025 Srinagar Municipal Corporation election]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://sec.uk.gov.in State Election Commission]

{{Uttarakhand elections}}
{{Municipalities of Uttarakhand}}

[[Category:2025 elections in India|Uttarakhand local elections]]
[[Category:2025 in Uttarakhand|Local elections]]
[[Category:Local elections in Uttarakhand]]
[[Category:Municipal corporation elections in India|Rishikesh]]

2025 Rishikesh Municipal Corporation election - Revision history

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