The 2025 Bilaspur Municipal Corporation (BMC) election was held on February 11, 2025,[1][2] to elect the mayor and councilors who would govern Bilaspur, the second largest city of Chhattisgarh, India. This election was part of the broader municipal elections taking place across the state.[3][4]
The Bharatiya Janata Party delivered a remarkable performance in the Municipal Corporation elections. BJP candidate Pooja Vidhni won by a margin of more than 66 thousand votes. BJP also won 49 of the 70 wards of the corporation.
Election schedule
The State Election Commission of Chhattisgarh announced the dates for election on 17 January 2025.[5][6]
| Poll Event | Schedule |
|---|---|
| Notification Date | 17 January 2025 |
| Last Date for filing nomination | 28 January 2025 |
| Scrutiny of nomination | 29 January 2025 |
| Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination | 31 January 2025 |
| Allotment of Symbols | 31 January 2025 |
| Date of Poll | 11 February 2025 |
| Date of Counting of Votes | 15 February 2025 |
Candidates
Mayoral election
| No. | Party | Symbol | Candidate's Name | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Bharatiya Janata Party |  |
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Pooja Vidhani[7] |
| 2 | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Indian National Congress |  |
Pramod Nayak[8] | |
Results
Mayoral election
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Result by party
| Party | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− | ||||
| Template:Party color cell | Bharatiya Janata Party | 70 | 49 | ||||||
| Template:Party color cell | Indian National Congress | 70 | 18 | ||||||
| Template:Party color cell | Independents | no | 3 | ||||||
| NOTA | |||||||||
| Total | 70 | ||||||||
References
- ↑ CG Nikay Chunav 2025: छत्तीसगढ़ निकाय चुनाव, जारी हो रही उम्मीदवारों की सूची, देखें BJP-Congress ने किसे दिया मौका... Patrika News(2025-01-27). Retrieved 2025-01-28.
- ↑ Chhattisgarh announces dates for urban bodies, 3-tier panchayat polls, Kaiser, Ejaz. The New Indian Express(2025-01-20). Retrieved 2025-01-28.
- ↑ Chhattisgarh urban and panchayat bodies to go to polls in February. The Hindu(2025-01-20). Retrieved 2025-01-28.
- ↑ छत्तीसगढ़ में आचार संहिता लागू, जानें कब, कहां और कैसे होंगे मतदान, सिंगल क्लिक में पूरी डिटेल. Navbharat Times. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
- ↑ Polls in Feb: CG EC announces dates for civic body & panchayat elections. The Times of India(2025-01-20). Retrieved 2025-01-28.
- ↑ Chhattisgarh Urban And Panchayat Polls From Feb 11; Model Code Of Conduct Comes Into Effect, Bharat, E. T. V.. ETV Bharat News(2025-01-21). Retrieved 2025-01-28.
- ↑ Chhattisgarh urban body polls: BJP declares candidates for all 10 mayoral seats. Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
- ↑ Chhattisgarh urban body polls: Congress announces candidates for all 10 mayoral seats. The Hindu(2025-01-27). Retrieved 2025-01-28.