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2019 Roorkee Municipal Corporation election

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2019 Roorkee Municipal Corporation election

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All 40 seats in the Roorkee Municipal Corporation
21 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Mayank Gupta Rishu Singh Rana Rajendra Singh
Party BJP INC BSP
Last election 5 5 0
Seats won 27 2 1
Seat change Increase 22 Decrease 3 Increase 1

  Fourth party
 
Leader none
Party Independent
Last election 10
Seats won 20
Seat change Increase 10

Mayor before election

Yashpal Rana
Independent

Elected mayor

Gaurav Goyal
Independent

The 2019 Roorkee Municipal Corporation election was a municipal election to the Roorkee Municipal Corporation, which governs Roorkee in Uttarakhand. It took place on 22 November 2019.[1]

Election schedule

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The Uttarakhand State Election Commission announced the poll dates on 22 October 2019, that the election will be held on 22 November and that the result will be declared on 24 November.[2]

Event Date Day
Date for Nominations 1 November 2019 Friday
Last Date for filing Nominations 2 November 2019 Saturday
Date for scrutiny of nominations 4 November 2019
5 November 2019
Monday
Tuesday
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures 6 November 2019 Wednesday
Allotment of Symbols 7 November 2019 Thursday
Date of poll 22 November 2019 Friday
Date of counting 24 November 2019 Sunday

Mayoral election

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2019 Roorkee Municipal Corporation election: Mayor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Gaurav Goyal 29,080 33.73
INC Rishu Singh Rana 25,629 29.73
BJP Mayank Gupta 19,142 22.20
Independent Subhash Saini 4,650 5.39
BSP Rajendra Kumar 4,575 5.31
Independent Chandra Prakash (Bata) 1,020 1.18
Independent Swati Kalra 640 0.70
AAP Abdus Salam 435 0.48
Independent Dipak Kumar 399 0.44
Independent Adesh Tyagi 290 0.32
NOTA None of the above 370 0.41
Spoiled ballots Invalid 4,616 5.08
Majority 3,451 4.00
Turnout 90,833
Independent win

Position of the house

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Roorkee Municipal Corporation
Party Won +/−
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 27 Increase 22
Indian National Congress (INC) 2 Decrease 3
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 1 Increase 1
Independents 20 Increase 10
Total 40 Increase 20

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "रुड़की नगर निगम चुनाव का कार्यक्रम तय, 22 नवंबर को मतदान व 24 को होगी मतगणना". Amar Ujala (in Hindi).
  2. ^ "रुड़की निकाय चुनाव: 40 वार्डों के एक लाख से ज्यादा मतदाता करेंगे मतदान, अधिसूचना जारी". Amar Ujala (in Hindi).