| Election Date: | May 2012 |
| Election Name: | 2012 Shimla Municipal corporation election |
| Country: | India |
| Last Election4: | 1 |
| After Party: | TBD |
| Percentage5: | 7.09% |
| Percentage4: | 6.32% |
| Percentage3: | 29.87% |
| Percentage2: | 29.25% |
| Percentage1: | 27.13% |
| Last Election5: | 0 |
| Ongoing: | No |
| Last Election3: | 4 |
| Last Election2: | 20 |
| Last Election1: | 0 |
| Seats5: | 0 |
| Seats4: | 1 |
| Party5: | Independents |
| Seats3: | 8 |
| Seats2: | 12 |
| Before Election: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Majority | |
| Seats For Election: | All 34 seats of the Shimla Municipal Corporation |
| Majority Seats: | 18 |
| Turnout: | --> |
| Ongoing: | No |
| Previous Election: | 2007 |
| Next Election: | 2017 |
| Previous Year: | 2012 |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
| Type: | Legislative |
| Party1: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Last Election1: | 8 |
| Seats1: | 12 |
| Party2: | Indian National Congress |
| Last Election2: | 15 |
| Seats2: | 10 |
| Party3: | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Seats3: | 3 |
| Last Election3: | 2 |
| Party4: | Independent |
| Seats4: | 0 |
| Last Election4: | 0 |
| After Election: | ? |
| Before Election: | Indian National Congress |
| Majority | |
| Seats For Election: | All 25 seats of the Shimla Municipal Corporation |
| Majority Seats: | 13 |
| Leader1: | Satinder Singh Manhas |
| Leader2: | Madhu Sood |
| Leader3: | Sanjay Chauhan |
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]
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]
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.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devinder Singh Chauhan | 21,903 | |||
| Satinder Singh Manhas | 14,035 | |||
| Madhu Sood | 13,278 | |||
| Source: The Hindu | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tikender Singh Panwar | 21,196 | |||
| Digvijay Singh Chauhan | 16,418 | |||
| Devinder Singh Chauhan | 13,205 | |||
| Source: India Today[4] | ||||
| No. | Party | Abbreviation | Flag | Symbol | Number of Corporators | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bharatiya Janata Party | BJP | 12 | 4 | |||
| 2. | Indian National Congress | INC | 10 | 5 | |||
| 3. | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | CPI(M) | 3 | 1 | |||
| 4. | Independents | IND | 0 | ||||
| Total wards | 25 | ||||||