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The Uttarakhand State Election Commission is an autonomous, independent, constitutional and
statutory authority A statutory body or statutory authority is a body set up by law (statute) that is authorised to implement certain legislation on behalf of the relevant country or state, sometimes by being empowered or delegated to set rules (for example reg ...
of the Indian state of
Uttarakhand Uttarakhand (, ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2007), is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. The state is bordered by Himachal Pradesh to the n ...
. It was formed on 30 July 2001 under the
Constitution of India The Constitution of India is the supreme law of India, legal document of India, and the longest written national constitution in the world. The document lays down the framework that demarcates fundamental political code, structure, procedures ...
through the provisions of the 73rd and 74th Amendments Act of 1992.


List of State Election Commissioners

The following have held the post of the State Election Commissioner of Uttarakhand.


Elections

As of 2025 the thirteen districts in Uttarakhand had conducted seven general elections.


Municipalities

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Municipal Corporations Municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, towns, townships, charter townships, villages, and boroughs. The term can also be used to describe municipally ow ...
* Municipal Councils * Nagar Panchayats


Panchayats

* District Councils (Zila Panchayats) * Block Development Councils (Block Panchayats) * Gram Panchayats


See also

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Election Commission of India The Election Commission of India (ECI) is a constitutional body established by Constitution of India, the Constitution of the Republic of India empowered to conduct free and fair elections in the Republic of India. It is headed by a Chief Ele ...
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Local government in India Local government in India is governmental jurisdiction below the level of the state. Local self-government means that residents in towns, villages and rural settlements are the people who elect local councils and their heads authorising them ...
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Elections in Uttarakhand Elections for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly (Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha) in Uttarakhand state, India are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India. The legislative assembly of Uttarakhand creates laws regarding the conduct of ...
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Local elections in Uttarakhand Elections to the local bodies in Uttarakhand, India, are conducted once in five years to elect the representatives to the urban and rural local bodies. These elections are conducted by the Uttarakhand State Election Commission and were mandated ...


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External links

* {{Authority control E 2001 establishments in Uttarakhand State Election Commissioners of India Local elections in Uttarakhand Government agencies established in 2001