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2017 Lucknow Municipal Corporation election

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2017 Lucknow Municipal Corporation election

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All 110 seats of Lucknow Municipal Corporation
56 seats needed for a majority
Turnout50.5%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Yogi Adityanath Akhilesh Yadav Rahul Gandhi
Party BJP SP INC
Alliance NDA SP+ UPA
Leader since 2017 2012 2014
Seats after 57 31 8

Mayor before election

Suresh Awasthi
BJP

Elected mayor

Sanyukta Bhatia
BJP

The 2017 Lucknow Municipal Corporation election was an election of members to the Lucknow Municipal Corporation which governs Lucknow, capital and the largest city of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It took place on 26 November 2017.

Total number of voters were 24,43,991 out of which 13,01,788 were male voters and 11,42,203 were female voters.

Schedule

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The elections of 2017 Lucknow Municipal Corporation were announced by the Uttar Pradesh State Election Commission.

The elections of LMC were held in single phase on 26 November 2017 and the results were announced on 1 December 2017.[1]

Election Event Schedule
Date of issue of notification 1-11-2017
Last date of nomination 7-11-2017
Scrutiny of nominations 8-11-2017
Last Date for withdrawal of nomination 10-11-2017
Date of allotting symbols 11-11-2017
Date of poll 26-11-2017
Announcement of result 1-12-2017

Results

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Results of LMC were announced on 1 December 2017 the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lead NDA alliance won with absolute majority by winning 58 seats out of 110.[2][3]

On 12 December 2017, the mayoral candidate of BJP, Sanyukta Bhatia sworn as the 14th and first female mayor of the LMC in last 100 years.[4]

Corporator elections

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S.No. Party Name Party flag or symbol Number of Corporators Change
01 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 58 Increase14
02 Samajwadi Party (SP) 28 New
03 Indian National Congress (INC) 8 Decrease3
04 Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 2 New
05 Independents 14 Decrease40

Source:[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Lucknow Nagar Nigam Elections 2017: Ward-Wise Candidate and Municipal Corporation Details of Lucknow, UP | India.com". www.india.com. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Lucknow Nagar Nigam Election 2017 Results: BJP Mayor Candidate Sanyukta Bhatia Wins Mayoral Post | India.com". www.india.com. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Lucknow Municipal Corporation Nagar Nigam elections result 2017: Full List of ward-wise winners". The Financial Express. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  4. ^ Quint, The (13 December 2017). "Lucknow's Gets Its First Woman Mayor, 110 Corporators Sworn In". TheQuint. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  5. ^ "LMC". Archived from the original on 19 December 2002. Retrieved 28 March 2014.