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Rishikesh Municipal Corporation

{{Short description|Civic body that governs the city of Rishikesh in Uttarakhand, India}}

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{{Infobox legislature

| name = Rishikesh Municipal Corporation

| native_name = ऋषिकेश नगर निगम

| transcription_name = Rishikesh Nagar Nigam

| legislature = Unicameral Legislature

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| coa_res =

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| house_type = Municipal Corporation

| body =

| houses =

| leader1_type = Mayor

| leader1 = Shambhu Paswan

| leader2_type = Municipal Commissioner

| leader2 = G. C. Gurwant, PCS

| party1 = BJP

| election1 = 7 February 2025

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| election2 =

| members = 40

| structure1 = India Rishikesh, Uttarakhand Municipal Corporation 2025.svg

| structure1_res = 300px

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Government (18)

  • {{Color box|{{Party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}} BJP (18)

Opposition (15)

  • {{Color box|{{Party color|Indian National Congress}}}} INC (6)

Others (16)

  • {{Color box|#B2B2B2}} IND (16)

| voting_system1 = First-past-the-post

| voting_system2 =

| last_election1 = 23 January 2025

| next_election1 = 2030

| session_room =

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| meeting_place = Nagar Nigam Bhavan, Rishikesh

| website = [http://www.nagarnigamrishikesh.com/ Nagar Nigam Rishikesh]

| footnotes =

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The Rishikesh Municipal Corporation is the civic body that governs the city of Rishikesh in Uttarakhand, India.

Structure

This corporation consists of 40 wards and is headed by a mayor who presides over a deputy mayor and 39 other corporators representing the wards. The mayor is elected directly through a first-past-the-post voting system and the deputy mayor is elected by the corporators from among their numbers.{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/bjp-wins-rishikesh-rudrapur-mayor-seats-likely-to-clinch-doon/articleshow/66715332.cms|title=BJP wins Rishikesh, Rudrapur mayor seats, likely to clinch Doon |date=November 20, 2018|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-04-26}}

List of mayors

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|+

scope="col" | S. No.

! colspan=1| Name

! colspan=3| Term

! colspan=2| Party

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|1

|Anita Mamgain

|2 December 2018

|3 December 2023

|{{age in years and days|sortable=table|2018|12|2|2023|12|3}}

|Bharatiya Janata Party

| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Bhartiya Janata Party}}" |

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|colspan=2| Administrator

|3 December 2023

|6 February 2025

| {{age in years and days|sorter=table|2023|12|2|2025|2|6}}

| Government of Uttarakhand

| style="background-color: white" |

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|2

|Shambhu Paswan

|7 February 2025

|Incumbent

|{{age in years and days|sortable=table|2025|2|7}}

|Bharatiya Janata Party

|width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Bhartiya Janata Party}}" |

Current members

Rishikesh 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 Rishikesh is Shambhu Paswan of the Bharatiya Janata Party.{{cite web|url=https://ndtv.in/uttarakhand-news/who-is-shambhu-paswan-who-will-become-the-mayor-of-rishikesh-7561095|title=Who is Shambhu Paswan who has been elected as the Mayor of Rishikesh?|work=NDTV|accessdate=26 January 2025|language=hi}}

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colspan=6 align=center bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |Mayor: Shambhu Paswan
Ward NoWard NameName of Corporator || colspan="2"|Party{{cite web|url=https://secresult.uk.gov.in/ElectionResultDashboard_main3|title=SEC Uttarakhand Election Result Portal 2025|work=SEC Uttarakhand|accessdate=28 January 2025|language=hi}}|| Remarks
1Chandreshwar NagarKiran Yadav{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

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2Triveni ColonyRoopa Devi{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

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3Durga MandirPriyanka Yadav{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

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4Bhairav MandirPooja Nautiyal{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

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5Pushkar MandirDevendra Kumar Prajapati{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

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6AdarshgramChetan Chauhan{{Party name with color|Independent}}

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7MayakundAjay Kumar Dass{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

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8Bharat MandirMadhavi Gupta{{Party name with color|Independent}}

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9Mukherjee MargReena{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

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10Sadanand MargAnshu Dang{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

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11Ashutosh NagarBhagwan Singh Panwar{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

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12Pragati ViharSarojini Thapliyal{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

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13Valmiki NagarMeghna{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

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14Subhash NagarSimran{{Party name with color|Independent}}

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15Maniram MargPrabhakar Sharma{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

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16Tilak MargPrince Dharmesh Manchanda{{Party name with color|Independent}}

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17Ganga ViharRam Kumar Sangar{{Party name with color|Independent}}

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18Shanti NagarRajesh Kumar{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

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19Someshwar MandirPayal Bisht{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

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20Ganga NagarSandhya Bisht Goyal{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

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21Upper GanganagarSunita Bhardwaj{{Party name with color|Independent}}

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22Shastri NagarReha Sanjay Dhyani{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

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23Sarvahara NagarVeer Pal{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

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24Bharat ViharTanu Vikas Tewatia{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

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25Awas VikasJyoti Ashok Paswan{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

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26Shivaji NagarSurendra Singh Negi{{Party name with color|Independent}}

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27Bairaj MargAbhinav Singh{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

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28Veerbhadra MandirLuv Kamboj{{Party name with color|Independent}}

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29Bees BighaSachvir Singh Bhandari{{Party name with color|Independent}}

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30MeeranagarHarshvardhan Rawat{{Party name with color|Independent}}

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31BapugramMuskan{{Party name with color|Independent}}

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32Suman ViharAnil Rawat{{Party name with color|Independent}}

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33Geeta NagarDinesh Singh Rawat{{Party name with color|Independent}}

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34Malviya NagarRajesh Kothiyal{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

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35Amitgram EastSatya Prakash{{Party name with color|Independent}}

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36Amitgram WestVirendra Singh Ramola{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

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37Manasa DeviVinod Nath{{Party name with color|Independent}}

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38Indira NagarRajendra Bisht{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

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39NehrugramSanjay Bisht{{Party name with color|Independent}}

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40THDCPushkar Bangwal{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

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Election results

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

=Mayoral=

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!rowspan="2"|Year

!rowspan="2"|No. of Wards

!colspan="5"|Winner

!colspan="5"|Runner Up

!rowspan="2"|Margin

colspan="2"|Party

!Candidate

!Votes

!%

!colspan="2"|Party

!Candidate

!Votes

!%

2025

|40

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

|Shambhu Paswan

|23,998

|41.38

|{{Party name with color|Independent}}

|Dinesh Chandra

|20,978

|36.17

|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|3,020

=Ward-wise=

==2025==

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|+| Rishikesh Municipal Corporation

colspan="2" |PartyWon+/−
{{party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

| Bharatiya Janata Party

18{{up}}3
{{party color cell|Independent politician}}

| Independents

16{{steady}}
{{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}

| Indian National Congress

6{{down}}3
colspan="2" |Total40

References

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{{Municipalities of Uttarakhand}}

Category:Municipal corporations in Uttarakhand

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