Himachal Pradesh Nikay Chunav Result: The countdown has begun for the results of the Himachal Municipal Corporation (MC) elections, which will be declared today on May 31. The counting began at 9 am.

According to an official statement from the Himachal Pradesh State Election Commission, the Panchayati Raj Institution (PRI) election process began with the issuance of a notification on April 29. Nomination papers were filed on May 7, 8 and 11, followed by scrutiny on May 12 and 13. The final list of candidates was released on May 15 after the completion of the withdrawal process and allocation of election symbols.

Dharamshala Municipal Corporation

Total Wards: 15

Congress: 2

BJP: 11

Independents: 2

Ward No. 1, Rekha Devi, BJP

Ward No. 2, Shamsher Singh, BJP (Bhagsunag)

Ward No. 3, Asha Devi, BJP (McLeod Ganj)

Ward No. 4, Neenu Sharma, Congress

Ward No. 5, Shailja, Congress

Ward No. 6, Karishma, BJP

Ward No. 7, Ashu, BJP

Ward No. 8, Prema, BJP

Ward No. 9 Naresh, Independent

Ward no 10 Suresh, Congress

Ward no 11 Anurag, Congress

Ward no 12 Meena, BJP

Ward no 13 Harsh, BJP

Ward no 14 Anoj, Congress

Ward no 15 Parveen, BJP

Ward no 16 Anupam Surendra, BJP

Ward no 17 Vishal, BJP

Mandi Municipal Corporation

BJP has won 12 out of 14 seats in the Mandi Municipal Corporation, winning 12 out of the 14 seats. Congress and independent candidates each won one seat.

BJP candidate Neelam emerged victorious from Ward No. 1. In Ward No. 2, Independent candidate Ramesh Bansal clinched the seat with 346 votes.

Ward No. 1 Alaknanda Handa Independent

Ward No. 2 Sarita Handa BJP

Ward No. 3 Nirmal Verma BJP

Ward No. 4 Narvada Devi Congress

Ward No. 5 Krishna Thakur BJP

Ward No. 6 Virendra Arya BJP

Ward No. 9 Suman BJP

Ward No. 10 Neha Kumari BJP

Solan Municipal Corporation

Ward No. 1, Neelam, BJP

Ward No. 2, Ramesh Bansal, Independent

Ward No. 4, Rohit Bhardwaj, BJP

Ward No. 5, Priyanka, BJP

Ward No. 6, Rekha Sahni, BJP

Ward No. 7, Pooja, Congress

Ward No. 8, Surendra, BJP

Palampur Municipal Corporation Results (Declared So Far)

Total Wards: 15

Congress: 11

BJP: 4

Ward No. 1: Inder Pal, Congress

Ward No. 2: Radha Sood, Congress

Ward No. 3: Ranjeet Kaur, Congress

Ward No. 4: Shailja Chauhan, Congress

Ward No. 5: Ravinder Kumar, Congress

Ward No. 15: Praveen Kumar, Congress

Massive Participation: Over 70,000 Candidates in Fray

The State Election Commission reported that a total of 86,725 nomination papers were filed across the state. Out of 31,182 total seats across the state, 10,854 candidates had already been elected unopposed before polling began.

More than 86,000 candidates contested various posts, including Gram Panchayat Members, Pradhans, Up-Pradhans, Panchayat Samiti Members and Zila Parishad Members.

The third and final phase of the Panchayati Raj Institution (PRI) elections concluded across Himachal Pradesh on Saturday.

Despite adverse weather conditions in several regions, voters participated enthusiastically, with youth, first-time voters and senior citizens actively engaging in the democratic exercise.

However, overall turnout in the final phase remained below 60 per cent, lower than the first two phases, which recorded more than 75 per cent voter turnout.