2015 Siliguri Municipal Corporation election

The Siliguri Municipal Corporation election, 2015 is an election of members to the Siliguri Municipal Corporation which governs Siliguri. The 2015 SMC election was conducted on 25 April 2015 to elect members to all 47 wards of the municipal corporation.

2015 Siliguri Municipal Corporation election

25 April 2015 (2015-04-25)
All 47 seats in Siliguri Municipal Corporation 24 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   File:Cpm election symbol.svg File:All India Trinamool Congress symbol 2021.svg File:Hand INC.svg Leader Ashok Bhattacharya Goutam Deb Gangotri Dutta Party CPI(M) AITC INC Last election 16 14 16 Seats won 23 17 4 Seat change Increase 7 Increase 3 Decrease 12   Fourth party   File:Bharatiya Janata Party logo.svg Party BJP Last election 0 Seats won 2 Seat change Increase 2
Mayor before election Gangotri Dutta INC Mayor after election Ashok Bhattacharya CPI(M)

Result

The Left Front formed the board in the Siliguri Municipal Corporation. TMC jumping from 14 to 17 seats. Indian National Congress had fallen to 4 seats.

Party		Seats	Seat Change
	CPI(M)	23	+7
	AITC	17	+3
	INC	4	-12
	BJP	2	+2
	Others
Total	47

Results By Ward

The results were announced in April 2015, The Left Front has won 23 wards while Trinamool Congress and INC have won 17 and 4 wards respectively.

Results

Type		Winner				Runner Up				Margin
#	Name	Candidate	Party		Votes	Candidate	Party		Votes
1	SCW	MALATI ROY		BJP	2730	LALPARI ROUTH (MAHATO)		AITC	2079	651
2	W	SNIGDHA HAZRA (HALDER)		CPI(M)	2777	GARGI CHATTERJEE		AITC	2397	380