# 2023 Lucknow Municipal Corporation election

The Municipal Corporation election held in Lucknow City on 4th May 2023 for electing the members (corporators) and mayor of Lucknow Municipal Corporation which governs Lucknow, the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
The votes were counted and the result was declared on 13 May 2023 in which the BJP again won the simple majority and formed the gorvenment in the city with Shushma Kharakwal as mayor.

## Background

After the 2017 LMC elections, Sanyukta Bhatia of Bharatiya Janata Party who got about 41.94% of total votes cast in the election became the first female mayor of Lucknow with the absolute majority of NDA in the house.
There were 14 candidates who won independently from their wards in the 2017 LMC elections.
The delimitation process was done by SEC after which the number of wards is the same as it was earlier, but several wards have been bifurcated and many of the wards are merged into a single. The Lucknow Mayoral seat was again given women reservation this time by the commission like in the previous elections in 2017.
There was a delay in conducting elections because of 3 months of stay order from Supreme Court to the decision of Allahabad High Court to have elections without OBC reservation. The Supreme Court gave judgement in the side of the state government and ordered to have elections with OBC reservation.
The date of dissolution of the house was 20 January 2023, there was an administrator period in the city till the election were done completely i.e 13 May 2023.

## Schedule

| Election Event | Schedule |
| Date of issue of notification of election | 11 April 2023 |
| Last date of filling nomination | 17 April 2023 |
| Scrutiny of nominations | 18 April 2023 |
| Last date for withdrawal of nomination | 20 April 2023 |
| Date of allotting symbols | 21 April 2023 |
| Date of poll | 4 May 2023 |
| Date of counting of votes and Result Declaration | 13 May 2023 |
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## Parties and alliances
### National Democratic Alliance

| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Photo | Seats Contested |
| 1. | Bharatiya Janata Party | | | Chaudhary Bhupendra Singh | | 110 |

### Samajwadi Party+

| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Photo | Seat Contested |
| 1. | Samajwadi Party | | | Akhilesh Yadav | | 110 |

### United Progressive Alliance

| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Photo | Seats Contested |
| 1. | Indian National Congress | | | Priyanka Gandhi Vadra | | 110 |

### Others

| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Photo | Seats Contested |
| 1. | Aam Aadmi Party | | | Sanjay Singh | | 110 |
| 2. | Bahujan Samaj Party | | | Mayawati | | 110 |

## Mayoral Candidates

| No. | Party | Candidate's Name |
| (1) | Bharatiya Janata Party | Sushma Kharkwal |
| (2) | Samajwadi Party | Vandana Mishra |
| (3) | Aam Aadmi Party | Anju Bhatt |
| (4) | Indian National Congress | Sangeeta Jaiswal |
| (5) | Bahujan Samaj Party | Shahin Bano |

## Results
### Elected corporators of the different parties

| 80 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| BJP | SP | INC | BSP | IND |
Vote share of the different parties in the election.

### Mayor Election

2023 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Sushma Kharakwal | 5,02,660 | 48.52 | |
| | SP | Vandana Mishra | 2,98,519 | 28.81 | |
| | INC | Sangeeta Jaiswal | 1,02,633 | 9.91 | |
| | BSP | Shaheen Bano | 75,997 | 7.34 | |
| | AAP | Anju Bhatt | 25,206 | 2.43 | |
| | Independent | Other Independents | 24,241 | 2.34 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 2,04,141 | 19.71 | 5.11 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,29,256 | | |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | | |