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{{Short description|Civic body that governs the town of Almora in Uttarakhand, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox legislature
| name = Almora Municipal Corporation
| native_name = अल्मोड़ा नगर निगम
| transcription_name = Almora Nagar Nigam
| area_total_km2 =
| legislature = Unicameral Legislature
| coa_pic =
| coa_res =
| coa_alt =
| house_type = [[Municipal corporation (India)|Municipal Corporation]]
| body =
| houses =
| leader1_type = [[Mayor (India)|Mayor]]
| leader1 = Ajay Verma
| leader2_type = [[Municipal Commissioner (India)|Municipal Commissioner]]
| leader2 = Seema Vishwakarma, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| party1 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| election1 = 7 February 2025
| party2 =
| election2 =
| members = 40
| structure1 = India Almora, Uttarakhand Municipal Corporation 2025.svg
| structure1_res = 300px
| political_groups1 =
'''Government (15)'''
*{{Color box|{{Party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}} [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] (15)
'''Others (25)'''
*{{Color box|#B2B2B2}} [[Independent politician|IND]] (25)
| voting_system1 = [[First-past-the-post voting|First-past-the-post]]
| voting_system2 =
| last_election1 = [[2025 Almora Municipal Corporation election|23 January 2025]]
| next_election1 = 2030
| session_room =
| session_res =
| session_alt =
| meeting_place = Nagar Nigam Bhavan, Almora
| website =
| footnotes =
}}

'''Almora Municipal Corporation''' is the civic body that governs the city of [[Almora]] in [[Uttarakhand]], [[India]]. <ref>{{Cite news |date=August 2024 |title=Pithoragarh and Almora set to be made as Municipal Corporations |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/uttarakhand/dehradun/story-uttarakhand-government-planning-to-upgrade-almora-and-pithoragarh-municipality-to-municipal-corporation-201723115377897.html |work=Hindustan Times |pages=2–3}}</ref>

==List of mayors==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
|-
! scope="col" | S. No.
! Name
! colspan=3| Term
! colspan=2| Party
|- style="text-align:center; height:60px;"
|1
|Ajay Verma
|7 February 2025
|[[Incumbent]]
|{{age in years and days|sortable=table|2025|2|7}}
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|}

==Current members==
Almora 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 [[2025 Uttarakhand local elections|23 January 2025]]. The current mayor of Almora is Ajay Verma of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.etvbharat.com/hi/!state/almora-municipal-corporation-election-results-under-uttarakhand-municipal-body-elections-2025-uttarakhand-news-uts25012503229|title=Almora Municipal Corporation Election Result: BJP won the Mayor post|work=ETV Bharat|date=25 January 2025 |accessdate=25 January 2025|language=hi}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|colspan=6 align=center bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |<span style="color:white;">'''Mayor: Ajay Verma'''</span>
|-
! Ward No !! Ward Name !! Name of Corporator || colspan="2"|Party<ref>{{cite web|url=https://secresult.uk.gov.in/ElectionResultDashboard_main3|title=SEC Uttarakhand Election Result Portal 2025|work=SEC Uttarakhand|accessdate=28 January 2025|language=hi}}</ref>|| Remarks
|-
| 1 || Hanuman Mandir || Vaibhav Pandey || {{Party name with color|Independent}}
|
|-
| 2 || Selakhola || Vandana Verma || {{Party name with color|Independent}}
|
|-
| 3 || Dubakia || Anju Bisht || {{Party name with color|Independent}}
|
|-
| 4 || Ramshila || Naveen Chandra Arya || {{Party name with color|Independent}}
|
|-
| 5 || Badreshwar || Janki Pandey || {{Party name with color|Independent}}
|
|-
| 6 || Champanaula || Poonam Tripathi || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
| 7 || Dhuni Mandir || Meera Mishra || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
| 8 || Narmadeshwar || Asha Bisht || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
| 9 || Heeradungri || Ekta Verma || {{Party name with color|Independent}}
|
|-
| 10 || NTD || Radha Matiyani || {{Party name with color|Independent}}
|
|-
| 11 || Jhijhar || Amit Shah || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
| 12 || Tripura Sundari || Shyam Pandey || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
| 13 || Mission Compound || Devesh Bisht || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
| 14 || Lakshmeshwar || Abhishek Joshi || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
| 15 || Paniyudiyar || Bhupendra Joshi || {{Party name with color|Independent}}
|
|-
| 16 || Pandekhola || Jyoti Shah || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
| 17 || New Collectorate Pandekhola || Tulsi Devi || {{Party name with color|Independent}}
|
|-
| 18 || Murli Manohar || Neha Tamta || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
| 19 || Vamankhola || Rohit Kumar Karki || {{Party name with color|Independent}}
|
|-
| 20 || Narsinghbari || Poonam Verma || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
| 21 || Siddhpur || Gunjan Singh Chamiyal || {{Party name with color|Independent}}
|
|-
| 22 || Baleshwar || Indra Mohan Singh Bhandari || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
| 23 || Makeri || Rahul Joshi || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
| 24 || Chinakhan || Sanjay Kumar Joshi || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
| 25 || Awas Vikas || Vijay Kumar Bhatt || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
| 26 || Gandhi Park || Deep Chandra Joshi || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
| 27 || Talla Joshikhola || Hem Chandra Tiwari || {{Party name with color|Independent}}
|
|-
| 28 || Vivekanandpuri || Kamla Kirola || {{Party name with color|Independent}}
|
|-
| 29 || Bhayarkhola || Anup Bharti || {{Party name with color|Independent}}
|
|-
| 30 || Talla Aurkhola || Deepak Kumar || {{Party name with color|Independent}}
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|-
| 31 || Rajpur || Mukesh Kumar || {{Party name with color|Independent}}
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|-
| 32 || Malla Rajpur || Vikas Kumar Arya || {{Party name with color|Independent}}
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|-
| 33 || Nanda Devi || Arjun Singh Bisht || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
| 34 || Lala Bazar || Kuldeep Singh Mer || {{Party name with color|Independent}}
|
|-
| 35 || Niyaganj || Intekhab Alam Qureshi || {{Party name with color|Independent}}
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|-
| 36 || Dharanaula || Reena Tamta || {{Party name with color|Independent}}
|
|-
| 37 || Railapali || Pradeep Chandra Arya || {{Party name with color|Independent}}
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|-
| 38 || New Indira Colony || Geeta Bisht || {{Party name with color|Independent}}
|
|-
| 39 || Dugal Khola || Chanchal Durgapal || {{Party name with color|Independent}}
|
|-
| 40 || Khagmarakot || Madhu Bisht || {{Party name with color|Independent}}
|
|}

==Election results==
The Almora Municipal Corporation holds direct elections every five years in the state and the latest elections were those held in the year 2025.

===Mayoral===
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!rowspan="2"|Year
!rowspan="2"|No. of Wards
!colspan="5"|Winner
!colspan="5"|Runner Up
!rowspan="2"|Margin
|-
!colspan="2"|Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
!colspan="2"|Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|[[2025 Almora Municipal Corporation election|2025]]
|40
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Ajay Verma
|8,788
|56.95
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Bhairav Goswami
|6,309
|40.88
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|2,479
|}

===Ward-wise===
====2025====
{|class="sortable wikitable"
|+| Almora Municipal Corporation
|-
! colspan="2" |Party!! Won !! '''+/−'''
|-
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] || 15 || ''New''
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent politician}}
| [[Independent politician|Independents]] || 25 || ''New''
|-
| colspan="2" |'''Total'''|| '''40''' ||
|-
|}

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

== See also ==
* [[2025 Almora Municipal Corporation election]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Municipalities of Uttarakhand}}
[[Category:Municipal corporations in Uttarakhand]]
[[Category:Almora]]

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