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{{Short description|Election to the municipal corporation of Roorkee}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}<br />
{{Infobox election<br />
| election_name = 2025 Roorkee Municipal Corporation election<br />
| country = India<br />
| type = Legislative<br />
| ongoing =<br />
| previous_election = 2019 Roorkee Municipal Corporation election<br />
| previous_year = 2019<br />
| election_date = 23 January 2025<br />
| next_election = <br />
| next_year = 2030<br />
| seats_for_election = All 40 seats in the [[Roorkee Municipal Corporation]]<br />
| majority_seats = 21<br />
| turnout =<br />
<!-- BJP --><br />
| image1 = [[File:BJP election symbol.png|70px]]<br />
| leader1 = Anita Agarwal<br />
| alliance1 = <br />
| party1 = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
| leaders_seat1 = <br />
| last_election1 = 17<br />
| colour1 = <br />
| seats1 = '''24'''<br />
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 7<br />
| popular_vote1 = <br />
| percentage1 = <br />
| swing1 = <br />
<!-- INC --><br />
| image2 = [[File:Hand INC.svg|76px]]<br />
| colour2 = <br />
| leader2 = Pooja Gupta<br />
| party2 = Indian National Congress<br />
| leaders_seat2 =<br />
| last_election2 = 2<br />
| seats2 = '''2'''<br />
| seat_change2 = {{steady}}<br />
| popular_vote2 = <br />
| percentage2 = <br />
| swing2 = <br />
<!-- IND --><br />
| image4 =<br />
| colour4 = <br />
| leader4 = ''None''<br />
| party4 = Independent politician<br />
| leaders_seat4 =<br />
| last_election4 = 20<br />
| seats4 = '''13'''<br />
| seat_change4 = {{decrease}} 7<br />
| popular_vote4 = <br />
| percentage4 = <br />
| swing4 = <br />
<!-- BSP --><br />
| image3 = [[File:Indian Election Symbol Elephant.png|75px]]<br />
| colour3 = <br />
| leader3 = Satyavati Verma<br />
| party3 = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
| leaders_seat3 =<br />
| last_election3 = 1<br />
| seats3 = '''1'''<br />
| seat_change3 = {{steady}}<br />
| popular_vote3 = <br />
| percentage3 = <br />
| swing3 =<br />
<!--Assembly seats diagram--> <br />
| map_image = India Roorkee, Uttarakhand Municipal Corporation Election 2025.svg<br />
| map_caption =<br />
| title = Mayor<br />
| before_election = Gaurav Goyal<br />
| before_party = [[Independent politician|Independent]]<br />
| after_election = Anita Agarwal<br />
| after_party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]<br />
}}<br />
<br />
The '''2025 Roorkee Municipal Corporation election'''<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://www.livehindustan.com/uttarakhand/roorki/story-anita-devi-agarwal-becomes-first-woman-mayor-of-roorkee-wins-by-3800-votes-201737973313803.html|title=BJP candidate Anita Devi Agarawal becomes first woman mayor of Roorkee|date=26 January 2025|website=www.abplive.com}}</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 [[Roorkee Municipal Corporation]] which governs [[Roorkee]] city in [[Uttarakhand]]. It took place on 23 January 2025.<br />
<br />
== Election schedule ==<br />
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><br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Poll Event<br />
! Schedule<br />
|-<br />
| Notification Date<br />
| 27 December 2024<br />
|-<br />
| Last Date for filing nomination<br />
| 30 December 2024<br />
|-<br />
| Scrutiny of nomination<br />
| 31 December 2024<br />
|-<br />
| Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination<br />
| 2 January 2025<br />
|-<br />
| Allotment of Symbols<br />
| 3 January 2025<br />
|-<br />
| '''Date of Poll'''<br />
|'''23 January 2025'''<br />
|-<br />
| '''Date of Counting of Votes'''<br />
|'''25 January 2025'''<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Candidates==<br />
===Mayoral election===<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
!No.<br />
!colspan="3" |Party<br />
!Symbol<br />
!Candidate's Name<br />
|-<br />
! 1<br />
| style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |<br />
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
| [[File:BJP_flag.svg|center|75x75px]]<br />
| [[File:BJP_election_symbol.png|center|75x75px]]<br />
| Anita Agarwal<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><br />
|-<br />
! 2<br />
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |<br />
| [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| [[File:INC_Flag_Official.jpg|center|75x75px]]<br />
| [[File:Hand INC.svg|center|75x75px]]<br />
| Pooja Gupta<ref name="BJP & INC Mayor candidates Uttarakhand"/><br />
|}<br />
<br />
===Ward-wise candidates===<br />
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"<br />
!rowspan="2"|Ward No.<br />
!rowspan="2"|Ward Name<br />
|colspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|<br />
|colspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|<br />
|-<br />
!colspan="3"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]<br />
!colspan="3"| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|-<br />
!1<br />
|Sherpur<br />
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|Kanika<br />
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|Sudesh<br />
|-<br />
!2<br />
|Adarsh Nagar<br />
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|Sachin Kashyap<br />
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|Ashish Saini<br />
|-<br />
!3<br />
|Solanipuram<br />
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|Devaki Joshi<br />
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
!4<br />
|Khanjarpur<br />
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|Pratigya<br />
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|Deepa<br />
|-<br />
!5<br />
|CBRI<br />
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|Preeti Bharadwaj<br />
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
!6<br />
|IIT Roorkee<br />
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|Rajan Goyal<br />
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|Tushar Arora<br />
|-<br />
!7<br />
|Civil Lines Central<br />
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|Akash Jain<br />
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|Ravinder Khanna<br />
|-<br />
!8<br />
|Jadugar Road<br />
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|Satveer Singh<br />
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|Manoj Kumar Sharma<br />
|-<br />
!9<br />
|Northern Mohanpura<br />
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|Pratima Paul<br />
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|Renu Devi<br />
|-<br />
!10<br />
|Southern Mohanpura<br />
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|Mayank Paul<br />
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
!11<br />
|Defence Colony<br />
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|Vinay Kumar<br />
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
!12<br />
|Asaf Nagar Roorkee<br />
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|Ankit Gautam<br />
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
!13<br />
|Civil Lines South<br />
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|Navneet Sharma<br />
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|Ravindra Kumar Khewaria<br />
|-<br />
!14<br />
|Preet Vihar<br />
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|Anurag Tyagi<br />
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
!15<br />
|Purvavali<br />
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|Neetu Sharma<br />
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
!16<br />
|Southern Ganeshpur<br />
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|Sandeep Yadav<br />
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|Nitin Kumar<br />
|-<br />
!17<br />
|Sheikhpuri<br />
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|Sanjeev Tomar<br />
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|Sanjay Kumar<br />
|-<br />
!18<br />
|Northern Ganeshpur<br />
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|Kuldeep Tomar<br />
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|Ravi Tomar<br />
|-<br />
!19<br />
|Shivpuram<br />
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|Veera Devi<br />
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|Manu Jain<br />
|-<br />
!20<br />
|Chavmandi<br />
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|Rishu Verma<br />
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|Mamata Saini<br />
|-<br />
!21<br />
|Subhash Nagar<br />
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|Yajur Prajapati<br />
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|Naeem Ahmed<br />
|-<br />
!22<br />
|Krishna Nagar<br />
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|Alka Saini<br />
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|Vishakha Saini<br />
|-<br />
!23<br />
|Salempur Rajputana<br />
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|Shivani Saini<br />
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
!24<br />
|Salempur Industrial Centre<br />
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|<br />
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|Pooja Dhariwal<br />
|-<br />
!25<br />
|Ramnagar<br />
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|Pankaj Satija<br />
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
!26<br />
|Awas Vikas<br />
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|Rakesh Garg<br />
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
!27<br />
|Maktulpuri<br />
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|Vibha Saini<br />
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
!28<br />
|Deendayal East<br />
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|Subodh Yadav<br />
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|Mohammad Tahir<br />
|-<br />
!29<br />
|Saket<br />
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|Dheeraj Pal<br />
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|Rohit Kumar<br />
|-<br />
!30<br />
|Ambar Talab West<br />
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|Sudhir Kumar Jatav<br />
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|Charu Chandra<br />
|-<br />
!31<br />
|Ambar Talab East<br />
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|Seema Verma<br />
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
!32<br />
|World Bank Colony<br />
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|Shivam Agarwal<br />
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|Harshil Singh<br />
|-<br />
!33<br />
|Sot<br />
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|Sanjeev Rai<br />
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|Mubashir<br />
|-<br />
!34<br />
|Sati<br />
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|<br />
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|Mohsin Ali<br />
|-<br />
!35<br />
|Mahigran<br />
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|<br />
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|Mahzabi<br />
|-<br />
!36<br />
|Bharat Nagar<br />
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|Shama Praveen<br />
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|Shahnaz Sahil<br />
|-<br />
!37<br />
|Purani Tehsil<br />
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|Avnish Sharma<br />
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|Manju Kashyap<br />
|-<br />
!38<br />
|Sunehra<br />
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|Manish Valmiki<br />
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|Lakshmi Chand<br />
|-<br />
!39<br />
|Kashipuri<br />
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|Pravesh Dhiman<br />
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|Abdul Basit<br />
|-<br />
!40<br />
|Matlabpur<br />
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|Nabh Maurya<br />
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|Pankaj Ashtwal<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Results==<br />
===Mayoral election===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= 2025 Roorkee Municipal Corporation Election: Mayor}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|<br />
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
| candidate = Anita Agarwal<br />
| votes = 35,008<br />
| percentage = 37.99<br />
| change = {{increase}}15.79<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
| party = Independent<br />
| candidate = Shreshtha Rana<br />
| votes = 32,157<br />
| percentage = 34.9<br />
| change = ''New''<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
| party = Indian National Congress<br />
| candidate = Pooja Gupta<br />
| votes = 18,417<br />
| percentage = 19.99<br />
| change = {{decrease}}9.74<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
| party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
| candidate = Satyavati Verma<br />
| votes = 3,671<br />
| percentage = 3.98<br />
| change = {{decrease}}1.33<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
| party = None of the above (India)<br />
| candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br />
| votes = 341<br />
| percentage = 0.38<br />
| change = {{decrease}}0.03<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
| party = Aam Aadmi Party<br />
| candidate = Sumita<br />
| votes = 249<br />
| percentage = 0.27<br />
| change = {{decrease}}0.21<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
| votes = 2,851<br />
| percentage = 3.09<br />
| change = {{decrease}}0.91<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
| votes = 92,127<br />
| percentage = <br />
| change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|<br />
| winner = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
| loser = Independent politician<br />
| swing = {{increase}}15.79<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
===Results by party===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
!colspan="4" rowspan="2"|Party<br />
! colspan="3" |Seats<br />
|-<br />
!±[[Percentage point|pp]]<br />
!Contested <br />
!Won<br />
!'''+/−'''<br />
|-<br />
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|colspan="3"|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|37<br />
|24<br />
|{{up}}7<br />
|-<br />
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|colspan="3"|[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|22<br />
|2<br />
|{{steady}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{Party color cell|Independent politician}}<br />
|colspan="3"|Other parties<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|3<br />
|1{{efn|[[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]] won Ward No. 1 Sherpur.}}<br />
|{{steady}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{Party color cell|Independent (politician)}}<br />
|colspan="3"|[[Independent politician|Independents]]<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|95<br />
|13<br />
|{{down}}7<br />
|-<br />
|style="background:Black; color:White"|<br />
|colspan="3"|[[None of the above (India)|NOTA]]<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |<br />
!<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
!colspan="4"|Total<br />
!<br />
!100%<br />
! <br />
!<br />
! 40<br />
! <br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
{{notelist}}<br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
* [[2025 Uttarakhand local elections]]<br />
* [[2019 Roorkee Municipal Corporation election]]<br />
* [[2025 Dehradun Municipal Corporation election]]<br />
* [[2025 Pithoragarh Municipal Corporation election]]<br />
* [[2025 Haridwar Municipal Corporation election]]<br />
* [[2025 Haldwani Municipal Corporation election]]<br />
* [[2025 Rudrapur Municipal Corporation election]]<br />
* [[2025 Kotdwar Municipal Corporation election]]<br />
* [[2025 Rishikesh Municipal Corporation election]]<br />
* [[2025 Almora Municipal Corporation election]]<br />
* [[2025 Kashipur Municipal Corporation election]]<br />
* [[2025 Srinagar, Uttarakhand Municipal Corporation election|2025 Srinagar Municipal Corporation election]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://sec.uk.gov.in State Election Commission]<br />
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{{Municipalities of Uttarakhand}}<br />
{{Uttarakhand elections}}<br />
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[[Category:2025 elections in India|Uttarakhand local elections]]<br />
[[Category:2025 in Uttarakhand|Local elections]]<br />
[[Category:Local elections in Uttarakhand]]<br />
[[Category:Municipal corporation elections in India|Roorkee]]</div>
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