Almora Municipal Corporation

Almora Municipal Corporation

अल्मोड़ा नगर निगम

Almora Nagar Nigam
Almora Municipal Corporation ; अल्मोड़ा नगर निगम; Almora Nagar Nigam
Unicameral Legislature
Type
Type	Municipal Corporation of the Almora
Leadership
Mayor	Ajay Verma, BJP ; since 27 January 2025
Municipal Commissioner	TBD
Structure
Seats	40
Political groups	Government (15) BJP (15); Others (24) IND (24); Vacant (1) Vacant (1);
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	23 January 2025
Next election	2030
Meeting place
	Nagar Nigam Bhavan, Almora

Almora Municipal Corporation is a municipal corporation in Uttarakhand, India. It was elevated to the post in 2024 along with Pithoragarh.^[1]

List of mayors


S. No.	Name	Term			Party
1	Ajay Verma	27 January 2025	Incumbent	2 days		Bharatiya Janata Party

Current members

Almora Municipal Corporation has a total of 40 members or corporators, who are directly elected after a term of 5 years. The council is led by the Mayor. The latest elections were held in 23 January 2025. The current mayor of Almora is Ajay Verma of the Bharatiya Janata Party.^[2]

Ward No	Ward Name	Name of Corporator
Mayor: Ajay Verma
1	Hanuman Mandir	Vaibhav Pandey	Independent
2	Selakhola	Vandana Verma	Independent
3	Dubakia	Anju Bisht	Independent
4	Ramshila	Naveen Chandra Arya	Independent
5	Badreshwar	Janki Pandey	Independent
6	Champanaula	Poonam Tripathi	Bharatiya Janata Party
7	Dhuni Mandir	Meera Mishra	Bharatiya Janata Party
8	Narmadeshwar	Asha Bisht	Bharatiya Janata Party
9	Heeradungri	Ekta Verma	Independent
10	NTD	Radha Matiyani	Independent
11	Jhijhar	Amit Shah	Bharatiya Janata Party
12	Tripura Sundari	Shyam Pandey	Bharatiya Janata Party
13	Mission Compound	Devesh Bisht	Bharatiya Janata Party
14	Lakshmeshwar	Abhishek Joshi	Bharatiya Janata Party
15	Paniyudiyar	Bhupendra Joshi	Independent
16	Pandekhola	Jyoti Shah	Bharatiya Janata Party
17	New Collectorate Pandekhola	Tulsi Devi	Independent
18	Murli Manohar	Neha Tamta	Bharatiya Janata Party
19	Vamankhola	Rohit Kumar Karki	Independent
20	Narsinghbari	Poonam Verma	Bharatiya Janata Party
21	Siddhpur	Gunjan Singh Chamiyal	Independent
22	Baleshwar	Indra Mohan Singh Bhandari	Bharatiya Janata Party
23	Makeri	Rahul Joshi	Bharatiya Janata Party
24	Chinakhan	Sanjay Kumar Joshi	Bharatiya Janata Party
25	Awas Vikas	Vijay Kumar Bhatt	Bharatiya Janata Party
26	Gandhi Park	Deep Chandra Joshi	Bharatiya Janata Party
27	Talla Joshikhola	Hem Chandra Tiwari	Independent
28	Vivekanandpuri	Kamla Kirola	Independent
29	Bhayarkhola	Anup Bharti	Independent
30	Talla Aurkhola	Deepak Kumar	Independent
31	Rajpur	Mukesh Kumar	Independent
32	Malla Rajpur	Vikas Kumar Arya	Independent
33	Nanda Devi	Arjun Singh Bisht	Bharatiya Janata Party
34	Lala Bazar	Kuldeep Singh Mer	Independent
35	Niyaganj	Intekhab Alam Qureshi	Independent
36	Dharanaula	Reena Tamta	Independent
37	Railapali	Pradeep Chandra Arya	Independent
38	New Indira Colony	Geeta Bisht	Independent
39	Dugal Khola	Chanchal Durgapal	Independent
40	Khagmarakot	Vacant^[a]

Election results

The Almora Municipal Corporation holds direct elections every five years in the state and the latest elections were those held in the year 2025.

Mayoral

Year	No. of Wards	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
Year	No. of Wards	Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Margin
2025	40		Bharatiya Janata Party	Ajay Verma	8,788	56.95		Indian National Congress	Bhairav Goswami	6,309	40.88	2,479

Ward-wise

2025

Almora Municipal Corporation
Party		Won	+/−
	Bharatiya Janata Party	15	New
	Independents	24	New
	Vacant	1^[b]
Total		40

Notes

^ Ward No. 40 of the corporation has been marked vacant as per SEC Uttarakhand website.
^ Ward No. 40 of the corporation has been marked vacant as per SEC Uttarakhand website.

References

^ "Pithoragarh and Almora set to be made as Municipal Corporations". Hindustan Times. August 2024. pp. 2–3.
^ "Almora Municipal Corporation Election Result: BJP won the Mayor post". ETV Bharat (in Hindi). Retrieved 25 January 2025.
^ "SEC Uttarakhand Election Result Portal 2025". SEC Uttarakhand (in Hindi). Retrieved 28 January 2025.

[4] Ward No. 40 of the corporation has been marked vacant as per SEC Uttarakhand website.

[5] Ward No. 40 of the corporation has been marked vacant as per SEC Uttarakhand website.

[1] "Pithoragarh and Almora set to be made as Municipal Corporations". Hindustan Times. August 2024. pp. 2–3.

[2] "Almora Municipal Corporation Election Result: BJP won the Mayor post". ETV Bharat (in Hindi). Retrieved 25 January 2025.

[3] "SEC Uttarakhand Election Result Portal 2025". SEC Uttarakhand (in Hindi). Retrieved 28 January 2025.

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