| Election Name: | 2023 Shimla Municipal Corporation election |
| Country: | India |
| Type: | legislative |
| Previous Election: | 2017 Shimla Municipal Corporation election |
| Previous Year: | 2017 |
| Election Date: | 2 May 2023 |
| Next Year: | 2028 |
| Seats For Election: | All 34 seats of the Shimla Municipal Corporation |
| Majority Seats: | 18 |
| Leader1: | Pratibha Singh |
| Party1: | Indian National Congress |
| Last Election1: | 12 seats |
| Seats1: | 24 seats |
| Seat Change1: | 12 |
| Alliance1: | United Progressive Alliance |
| Leader Since1: | 2022 |
| Turnout: | 58.97%[1] (1.17%) |
| Leader2: | Suresh Kumar Kashyap |
| Party2: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Last Election2: | 17 seats |
| Seats2: | 9 seats |
| Seat Change2: | 8 |
| Alliance2: | National Democratic Alliance |
| Leader Since2: | 2020 |
| Before Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| After Election: | TBD |
| After Party: | Indian National Congress |
| Ongoing: | completed |
The election to the Shimla Municipal Corporation was held on 2 May 2023.Votes were counted and results declared on 4 May 2023.
| Poll Event | Schedule[2] [3] | Day | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Issue of notification of election | 3 April 2023 | Monday | |
| Last Date for filing nomination | 18 April 2023 | Tuesday | |
| Scrutiny of Nominations | 19 April 2023 | Wednesday | |
| Withdrawal of Candidature | 21 April 2023 | Friday | |
| Date of Poll | 2 May 2023 | Tuesday | |
| Date of Counting | 4 May 2023 | Thursday | |
| Date of Completion | 6 May 2023 | Saturday |
| 1. | Aam Aadmi Party | Anoop Kesari[6] | 21 |
Results were announced on 4 May 2023. Indian National Congress swept the election by winning 24 seats.[7] [8] [9]
| 24 | 9 | 1 | |
| INC | BJP | CPI(M) |
| Parties | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contested | Won | +/- | |||
| 34 | 24 | 12 | |||
| 34 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 4 | 1 | ||||
| 21 | |||||
| – | 9 | 4 | |||
| Total | 102 | 34 | |||