Srinagar Municipal Corporation (Uttarakhand)
Srinagar Municipal Corporation श्रीनगर नगर निगम Srinagar Nagar Nigam | |
|---|---|
| Unicameral Legislature | |
| Type | |
| Type | |
| Leadership | |
Arti Bhandari, Independent since 7 February 2025 | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 40 |
 | |
Political groups | Government (18)
Opposition (22) |
| Elections | |
| First-past-the-post | |
Last election | 23 January 2025 |
Next election | 2030 |
| Meeting place | |
| Sri Bhavan, Sringar (proposed) | |
The Srinagar Municipal Corporation[1][2][3] is the civic body that governs the city of Srinagar in Uttarakhand, India. Srinagar is the only hill-area in garhwal that has the status of municipal corporation.
Structure
This corporation consists of 40 wards and is headed by a mayor who presides over a deputy mayor and 39 other corporators representing the wards. The mayor is elected directly through a first-past-the-post voting system and the deputy mayor is elected by the corporators from among their numbers.
List of mayors
| S. No. | Name | Term | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arti Bhandari | 7 February 2025 | Incumbent | 192 days | Independent | |
Current members
Srinagar 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 23 January 2025. The current mayor of Srinagar, Uttarakhand is Independent politician Arti Bhandari, who was also a BJP-rebel candidate.[4]
| Mayor: Arti Bhandari | |||||
| Ward No | Ward Name | Name of Corporator | Party[5] | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haddy May Dungripanth | Rajendra Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 2 | Farasu May Koteshwar | Vijay Kumar Chamoli | Independent | ||
| 3 | Swit May Gahad | Usha Devi | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 4 | Medical College Corridor Road | Kusumlata Bisht | Independent | ||
| 5 | Base Hospital | Pooja Barthawal | Independent | ||
| 6 | Lingwal Market May Tolyusain | Bhavna Chauhan | Independent | ||
| 7 | Shivalay May Krishna Mandir | Guddi Devi | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 8 | Nagaraja Sain | Meena Devi | Independent | ||
| 9 | Tolyusain May Kandai | Sunita Gairola | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 10 | Revdi Ghasia Mahadev | Ashish Negi | Independent | ||
| 11 | Dam Colony May Kothad | Anjana Dobhal | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 12 | Agency Mohalla May Kevat Mohalla | Shubham Kumar Prabhakar | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 13 | Banswada May Brahman Mohalla | Anjani Bhandari | Independent | ||
| 14 | Upper Bazaar | Devendra Mani | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 15 | Thana Marg May Alaknanda Vihar | Anurag Chauhan | Indian National Congress | ||
| 16 | Pragati Vihar-1 | Raj Kumar | Indian National Congress | ||
| 17 | Pragati Vihar-2 | Rekha Devi | Indian National Congress | ||
| 18 | Ganesh Bazaar May Ramlila Maidan | Jhabar Singh Rawat | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 19 | Bhagirathipuram | Rashmi | Indian National Congress | ||
| 20 | Kalyaneshwar Mandir May Sabzi Mandi | Ujjwal Agarwal | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 21 | Niranjani Baang May Dak Bungalow | Anjana Rawat | Independent | ||
| 22 | Mistri Mohalla | Kusumlata | Indian National Congress | ||
| 23 | Bajiro Ka Bagh May Highdeal Colony | Deepak | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 24 | Treasury Road May Tiwari Mohalla | Ramesh Ramola | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 25 | Glass House May University | Vikas Chauhan | Independent | ||
| 26 | Kamleshwar Baghwan | Suraj Negi | Indian National Congress | ||
| 27 | Kedar Mohalla May Central School | Meena Aswal | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 28 | Ragda Baghwan May Amrakanj | Jaipal Singh | Independent | ||
| 29 | Upper Bhaktiyana May Sheetal Mata | Pooja Kimothi | Independent | ||
| 30 | Shakti Vihar Polytechnic | Himanshu Bahuguna | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 31 | Chauhan Mohalla May Fatehpureti | Sumit Singh Bisht | Independent | ||
| 32 | Aithana Dang-1 | Pankaj Kumar Sati | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 33 | Aithana Dang-2 | Akshitesh Naithani | Independent | ||
| 34 | Aithana Dang-3 | Dinesh Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 35 | Aithana Dang-4 | Pravesh Chandra Chamoli | Independent | ||
| 36 | Aithana Dang-5 | Pradeep Rana | Independent | ||
| 37 | Anchal Dairy May Sinchai Vibhag | Dharma Singh Rawat | Independent | ||
| 38 | Uphalda Upper | Narendra Singh Rawat | Independent | ||
| 39 | Uphalda-2 | Surendra Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 40 | Vaidyagaon May Nakot | Sandeep Singh Rawat | Independent | ||
Election results
The Srinagar Municipal Corporation holds direct elections every five years in the state and the latest elections were those held in the year 2025.
Mayoral
| Year | No. of Wards | Winner | Runner Up | Margin | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| 2025 | 40 | Independent | Arti Bhandari | 7,956 | 41.12 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Asha Upadhyay | 6,317 | 32.17 | 1,639 | ||
Ward-wise
2025
| Party | Won | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Independents | 18 | New | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 16 | New | |
| Indian National Congress | 6 | New | |
| Total | 40 | ||
References
- ^ "Uttarakhand News: Srinagar Became The Ninth Municipal Corporation Of State - उत्तराखंड: प्रदेश का नौवां नगर निगम बना श्रीनगर, नगर पालिका और 21 गांवों को मिलाकर हुआ गठन - Amar Ujala Hindi News Live". Amarujala.com. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Srinagar will be made a municipal corporation - श्रीनगर को बनाया जाएगा नगर निगम". Livehindustan.com. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Pauri news of shrinagar municipal corporation issue protests against dhan singh rawat - श्रीनगर नगर निगम मुद्दा : BJP-कांग्रेस पौड़ी में आमने-सामने, ऐसे हो रहा है मंत्री धनसिंह रावत का विरोध – News18 हिंदी". Hindi.news18.com. 2 November 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Uttarakhand Nikay Chunav: Who is Aarti Bhandari, the first mayor of Srinagar?". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "SEC Uttarakhand Election Result Portal 2025". SEC Uttarakhand (in Hindi). Retrieved 28 January 2025.