2023 Lucknow Municipal Corporation election explained

Election Date:4 May 2023
Next Year:2028
Party3:Indian National Congress
Seats Before5:2 seats
Seats Before4:0 seats
Seats Before3:8 seats
Seats Before2:28 seats
Seats Before1:58 seats
Alliance2:SP+
Party2:Samajwadi Party
Alliance3:UPA
Before Party:Bharatiya Janata Party
Before Election:Sanyukta Bhatia
After Party:Bharatiya Janata Party
After Election:Sushma Kharakwal
Mayor
Alliance1:NDA
Party1:Bharatiya Janata Party
Majority Seats:56
Seats For Election:All 110 seats of Lucknow Municipal Corporation
Previous Year:2017
Previous Election:2017 Lucknow Municipal Corporation election
Ongoing:no
Type:Parliamentary
Country:India
Leader1:Yogi Adityanath
Leader2:Akhilesh Yadav
Leader4:Sanjay Singh
Leader5:Mayawati
Last Election1:57 seats
Last Election2:31 seats
Last Election3:8 seats
Last Election4:Did not contest
Last Election5:2
Seats1:80 seats
Seat Change1: 23
Seats2:21 seats
Seat Change2: 10
Seats3:4 seats
Seat Change3: 4
Seats4:0 seats
Seats5:1
Seat Change5: 1
Leader3:Brijlal Khabri
Party4:Aam Aadmi Party
Party5:Bahujan Samaj Party
Alliance4:None
Alliance5:None
Turnout:36.97%[1] (13.53%)

The Municipal Corporation election held in Lucknow City on 4th May 2023 for electing the members (corporators) and mayor of Lucknow Municipal Corporation which governs Lucknow, the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

The votes were counted and the result was declared on 13 May 2023 in which the BJP again won the simple majority and formed the gorvenment in the city with Shushma Kharakwal as mayor.

Background

After the 2017 LMC elections, Sanyukta Bhatia of Bharatiya Janata Party who got about 41.94% of total votes cast in the election became the first female mayor of Lucknow[2] with the absolute majority of NDA in the house.[3]

There were 14 candidates who won independently from their wards in the 2017 LMC elections.

The delimitation process was done by SEC after which the number of wards is the same as it was earlier, but several wards have been bifurcated and many of the wards are merged into a single. The Lucknow Mayoral seat was again given women reservation this time by the commission like in the previous elections in 2017.[4]

There was a delay in conducting elections because of 3 months of stay order from Supreme Court to the decision of Allahabad High Court to have elections without OBC reservation.[5] [6] The Supreme Court gave judgement in the side of the state government and ordered to have elections with OBC reservation.[7]

The date of dissolution of the house was 20 January 2023, there was an administrator period in the city till the election were done completely i.e 13 May 2023.

Schedule

Election EventSchedule
Date of issue of notification of election11 April 2023
Last date of filling nomination17 April 2023
Scrutiny of nominations18 April 2023
Last date for withdrawal of nomination20 April 2023
Date of allotting symbols21 April 2023
Date of poll4 May 2023
Date of counting of votes and Result Declaration13 May 2023
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Parties and alliances

Others

No.PartyFlagSymbolLeaderPhotoSeats Contested
1.Sanjay Singh110
2.Bahujan Samaj PartyMayawati110

Mayoral Candidates

No.PartySymbolCandidate's Name
(1)Bharatiya Janata PartySushma Kharkwal[9]
(2)Samajwadi PartyVandana Mishra[10]
(3)Aam Aadmi PartyAnju Bhatt[11]
(4)Indian National CongressSangeeta Jaiswal
(5)Bahujan Samaj PartyShahin Bano[12]

Results

Mayor Election

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023-03-07. Civic Polls: 'Disinterest of voters concerning': What's behind low voter turnout in Lucknow? . 2023-05-07 . Hindustan Times . en.
  2. Web site: 1 December 2017 . Who is Sanyukta Bhatia? Meet Lucknow's first woman mayor in 100 years . 2022-02-08 . The Financial Express . en.
  3. Web site: Desk . India com News . 1 December 2017 . Lucknow Nagar Nigam Election Results Winners List: Ward-wise Names of Winning Candidates of Congress, BJP, AIMIM, SP, BSP, AAP From UP India.com . 2022-02-08 . www.india.com . en.
  4. News: 2023-03-31 . ULB poll quota: Lucknow to have a woman mayor again . The Times of India . 2023-04-09 . 0971-8257.
  5. Web site: Urban local body elections: Will submit report in 3 months: New panel on OBC quota survey . 2023-01-06 . MSN . en-IN.
  6. Web site: SC stays HC order asking UP govt to hold urban local body polls without OBC quota . 2023-01-06 . The New Indian Express.
  7. Web site: Sharma . Sheenu. 2023-04-09 . UP Municipal Election 2023: Voting in 2 phases on May 4 and 11, results to be out on May 13 . 2023-04-09 . India TV News. en.
  8. Web site: लखनऊ नगर निगम: भाजपा ने 110 वार्डों में उतारे प्रत्याशी, देखें किन नामों पर लगाया दांव . 2023-04-16 . Hindustan . hindi.
  9. News: 2023-04-17 . Lucknow mayor elections: BJP candidate Sushma Sushma Kharakwal files her nomination . The Times of India . 2023-04-17 . 0971-8257.
  10. Web site: SP Mayor Candidates : वंदना मिश्र लखनऊ से मेयर उम्मीदवार, सपा ने 8 नगर निगमों में घोषित किए कैंडिडेट, देखें पूरी लिस्ट . 2023-04-16 . Navbharat Times . hi.
  11. News: 2023-04-16 . Lawyer Anju AAP mayoral pick for Lucknow . The Times of India . 2023-04-16 . 0971-8257.
  12. News: 2023-04-14 . BSP declares Shahin Bano as Lucknow mayoral candidate . The Times of India . 2023-04-16 . 0971-8257.