Английская Википедия:2012 Shimla Municipal Corporation election
Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use Indian English Шаблон:Infobox legislative election 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
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
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
Mayoral election
Mayor
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Шаблон:Party name with color | Devinder Singh Chauhan | 21,903 | |
| Шаблон:Party name with color | Satinder Singh Manhas | 14,035 | |
| Шаблон:Party name with color | Madhu Sood | 13,278 | |
| Source: The Hindu[1] | |||
Deputy Mayor
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Шаблон:Party name with color | Tikender Singh Panwar | 21,196 | |
| Шаблон:Party name with color | Digvijay Singh Chauhan | 16,418 | |
| Шаблон:Party name with color | Devinder Singh Chauhan | 13,205 | |
| Source: India Today[4] | |||
Municipal Corporation
| No. | Party | Abbreviation | Flag | Symbol | Number of Corporators | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:center; background:Шаблон:Party color;color:white" |1. | Bharatiya Janata Party | BJP | Файл:BJP flag.svg | Файл:Lotos flower symbol.svg | 12 | Шаблон:Increase 4 |
| style="text-align:center; background:Шаблон:Party color;color:white" |2. | Indian National Congress | INC | Файл:Indian National Congress Flag.svg | Файл:Hand INC.svg | 10 | Шаблон:Decrease 5 |
| style="text-align:center; background:Шаблон:Party color;color:white" |3. | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | CPI(M) | Файл:CPI-M-flag.svg | Файл:CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg | 3 | Шаблон:Increase 1 |
| style="text-align:center; background:Шаблон:Party color;color:white" |4. | Independents | IND | Файл:No flag.svg | Файл:No flag.svg | 0 | Шаблон:Steady |
| Total wards | 25 | |||||
References
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