# Kotdwar Municipal Corporation

The Kotdwar Municipal Corporation is the civic body that governs the city of Kotdwar in Uttarakhand, India.

## 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 | Term | Term | Party |
| 1 | Hemlata Negi | 2 December 2018 | 3 December 2023 | 5 years, 1 day | Indian National Congress |
| Administrator | Administrator | 3 December 2023 | 7 February 2025 | 1 year, 67 days | Government of Uttarakhand |
| 2 | Shailendra Singh Rawat | 7 February 2025 | Incumbent | 34 days | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Current members

Kotdwar 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 Kotdwar is Shailendra Singh Rawat of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Mayor: Shailendra Singh Rawat :
| Ward No | Ward Name | Name of Corporator | Party |
| 1 | Ratanpur Saneh | Jay Prakash Dhyani | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2 | Kumbhichaud | Anil Rawat | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 3 | Saneh | Sanjay Bhandari | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 4 | Gadighat | Himanshu Verma | Independent |
| 5 | Lakdipadav | Naeem Ahmed | Indian National Congress |
| 6 | Kashirampur Talla | Suraj Prasad Kanti | Independent |
| 7 | Kaudia | Subhash Pandey | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 8 | Govindnagar | Jaideep | Independent |
| 9 | Kashirampur Malla | Pravendra Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 10 | Paniali Talli | Nazmeen | Indian National Congress |
| 11 | Jhandachowk Badrinath Marg | Vipin Dobriyal | Indian National Congress |
| 12 | Kalabad | Arti Kharakwal | Independent |
| 13 | Adhat Bazaar Christian Colony | Rizwana Parveen | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 14 | Jaunpur | Rita Devi | Independent |
| 15 | Govind Nagar Nayagaon | Kavita Mittal | Indian National Congress |
| 16 | Sitabpur | Rajni Devi | Independent |
| 17 | Manpur | Kiran Kala | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 18 | Shivpur | Jyoti | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 19 | Lalpur | Netramohan Aswal | Independent |
| 20 | Padampur Sukhrao-2 | Prema | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 21 | Padampur Sukhrao-1 | Beena Devi | Indian National Congress |
| 22 | Simalchaud | Manoj Shah | Independent |
| 23 | Shibbunagar | Sonia Negi | Indian National Congress |
| 24 | Balasaud | Neeruwala Khatwal | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 25 | Ratanpur Sukhrao | Ritu Chamoli | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 26 | Balbhadrapur | Umed Singh Negi | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 27 | Durgapur | Shridar Prasad | Indian National Congress |
| 28 | Nimbuchaud | Pramod Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 29 | Ghamandpur | Amit Negi | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 30 | Nandpur | Shashikant Joshi | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 31 | Padampur Motadhak | Saurabh Naudiyal | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 32 | Shivrajpur | Deepak Pathak | Independent |
| 33 | Haldukhata Malla | Jagdish Prasad | Independent |
| 34 | Udayrampur Nayavad | Vivek | Indian National Congress |
| 35 | Trilokpur | Bheem Singh | Independent |
| 36 | Lokmanipur | Rajendra Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 37 | Jhandichaud West | Sukhpal Shah | Independent |
| 38 | Jhandichaud North | Rajnish Bebni | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 39 | Jhandichaud East | Seeta Devi | Indian National Congress |
| 40 | Jashodharpur | Manish | Independent |

## Election results

The Kotdwar 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 | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Margin |
| Year | No. of Wards | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Margin |
| 2025 | 40 | | Bharatiya Janata Party | Shailendra Singh Rawat | 38,175 | 52.25 | | INC | Ranjana Rawat | 23,944 | 32.77 | 14,231 |

### Ward-wise
#### 2025

Kotdwar Municipal Corporation :
| Party | Party | Won | +/− |
| | Bharatiya Janata Party | 18 | 6 |
| | Independents | 13 | 2 |
| | Indian National Congress | 9 | 4 |
| Total | Total | 40 | |