2017 Lucknow Municipal Corporation election explained

Country:India
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2012 Lucknow Municipal Corporation election
Previous Year:2012
Next Election:2023 Lucknow Municipal Corporation election
Next Year:2023
Seats For Election:All 110 seats of Lucknow Municipal Corporation
Majority Seats:56
Turnout:50.5%
Seats After3:8
After Election:Sanyukta Bhatia
Leader Since3:2014
Mayor
Before Election:Suresh Awasthi
Before Party:Bharatiya Janata Party
Alliance3:UPA
Alliance1:NDA
Leader3:Rahul Gandhi
Party3:Indian National Congress
Image3:Rahul Gandhi.jpg
Seats After2:31
Leader Since2:2012
Alliance2:SP+
Party2:Samajwadi Party
Leader2:Akhilesh Yadav
Seats After1:57
Leader Since1:2017
Leader1:Yogi Adityanath
Party1:Bharatiya Janata Party
Image1:The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Shri Yogi Adityanath meeting the President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on February 10, 2018 (cropped).jpg
After Party:Bharatiya Janata Party

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

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 EventSchedule
Date of issue of notification1-11-2017
Last date of nomination7-11-2017
Scrutiny of nominations8-11-2017
Last Date for withdrawal of nomination10-11-2017
Date of allotting symbols11-11-2017
Date of poll26-11-2017
Announcement of result1-12-2017

Results

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

S.No. Party Name Party flag or symbol Number of Corporators Change
01 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 58 14
02 Samajwadi Party (SP) 28 New
03 Indian National Congress (INC) 8 3
04 Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 2 New
05 14 40

Source:[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Desk. India com News. Lucknow Nagar Nigam Elections 2017: Ward-Wise Candidate and Municipal Corporation Details of Lucknow, UP India.com. 2022-02-09. www.india.com. en.
  2. Web site: Desk. India com News. Lucknow Nagar Nigam Election 2017 Results: BJP Mayor Candidate Sanyukta Bhatia Wins Mayoral Post India.com. 2022-02-09. www.india.com. en.
  3. Web site: Lucknow Municipal Corporation Nagar Nigam elections result 2017: Full List of ward-wise winners. 2022-02-09. The Financial Express. en.
  4. Web site: Quint. The. 2017-12-13. Lucknow's Gets Its First Woman Mayor, 110 Corporators Sworn In. 2022-02-09. TheQuint. en.
  5. Web site: LMC . 28 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20021219142235/http://lmc.up.nic.in/ . 19 December 2002 . dead .