2013 Dehradun Municipal Corporation election

2013 Dehradun Municipal Corporation election
All 60 seats in the Dehradun Municipal Corporation; 31 seats needed for a majority
Mayor before election; Vinod Chamoli; BJP	Elected mayor ; Vinod Chamoli; BJP

The 2013 Dehradun Municipal Corporation election was a municipal election to the Dehradun Municipal Corporation, which governs Dehradun, the largest city in Uttarakhand. It took place on 28 April 2013.

Election Schedule

Event	Date
Date for Nominations	8 April 2013
Last Date for filing Nominations	12 April 2013
Date for scrutiny of nominations	13 April 2013
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures	15 April 2013
Allotment of Symbols	16 April 2013
Date of poll	28 April 2013
Date of counting	30 April 2013

Mayoral election

2013 Dehradun Municipal Corporation Election: Mayor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vinod Chamoli	80,530	40.93	7.86
	INC	Suryakant Dhasmana	57,618	29.28	7.20
	BSP	Rajni Rawat	46,689	23.73	18.15
	UKD	Manmohan Lakhera	3,302	1.68	7.62
	Independent	Sardar Khan (Pappu)	2,192	1.11	new
	Independent	Sanjay Goyal	2,191	1.11	0.25
	Independent	Maqbool Ahmad	1,777	0.90	new
	Independent	Rajendra Prasad Gairola	1,521	0.77	new
	Independent	Rajiv Kothari	500	0.25	new
	Independent	Shivdarshan Singh Rawat	430	0.22	new
Majority			22,912	11.65	2.64
Turnout			1,96,750
	BJP hold		Swing

Position of the house

Dehradun Municipal Corporation
Party		Won	+/−
	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	34	6
	Indian National Congress (INC)	22	2
	Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)	2	1
	Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD)	0	1
	Independents	2	4
Total		60

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