2012 Shimla Municipal Corporation election
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All 25 seats of the Shimla Municipal Corporation 13 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Elections for the Shimla Municipal Corporation were held in May 2012. These were the first direct elections for mayor and deputy mayor in the corporation's history. 13 out of 25 wards were reserved for women for the first time.[1]
Background[edit]
The Indian National Congress won a majority of 15 seats in the previous municipal corporation elections and the party selected Madhu Sood mayor of Shimla.[2][3]
Overview[edit]
The Himachal Pradesh state Bharatiya Janata Party government decided to elections for the post of mayor and deputy mayor directly for the first time as opposed to letting the party with the majority in the corporation deciding the posts on its own.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) made history by capturing both the posts of mayor and deputy mayor, unseating the Indian National Congress in its bastion of 25 years.[1]
Results[edit]
Mayoral election[edit]
Mayor[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
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| CPI(M) | Devinder Singh Chauhan | 21,903 | |
| BJP | Satinder Singh Manhas | 14,035 | |
| INC | Madhu Sood | 13,278 | |
| Source: The Hindu[1] | |||
Deputy Mayor[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
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| CPI(M) | Tikender Singh Panwar | 21,196 | |
| BJP | Digvijay Singh Chauhan | 16,418 | |
| INC | Devinder Singh Chauhan | 13,205 | |
| Source: India Today[4] | |||
Municipal Corporation[edit]
| No. | Party | Abbreviation | Flag | Symbol | Number of Corporators | Change |
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| 1. | Bharatiya Janata Party | BJP | 
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12 |  4
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| 2. | Indian National Congress | INC | 
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10 |  5
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| 3. | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | CPI(M) | 
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3 | 1
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| 4. | Independents | IND | 
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0 | 
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| Total wards | 25 | |||||
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Shimla municipal poll: CPI(M) scripts history". The Hindu. 28 May 2012. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ "Cong retains Shimla MC, Captures 15 of the 25 seats". The Tribune (India). Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ "Congress wins Shimla Municipal Corporation polls". The Times of India. 25 May 2007. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ "CPM wins Shimla municipal polls". India Today. Retrieved 12 December 2022.