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The 2025 Uttarakhand municipal general elections [1] [2] will be held on 23 January 2025 to elect members of 100 of the 102 regular municipalities [a] in the state. Elections in Kichha and Narendranagar will be held later this year along panchayat elections.
Reservation is a system of affirmative action in India that was established during the British rule.Based on provisions in the Indian Constitution, it allows the Union Government and the States and Territories of India to allocate a specific percentage of reserved quotas or seats, in higher education admissions, employment, political bodies, etc., for "socially and economically backward citizens".
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 by the 74th Constitutional Amendment Act to ensure local government in urban and rural areas.
Under the 104th amendment to the Constitution of India, this reservation is to last until 2030 and is subject to extension with another constitutional amendment. [ 9 ] The population figure of SCs in relation to the total population figure had increased from 14.6% in the 1971 census to 16.2% in the 2001 census.
Reservations in Central Govt educational institutions and jobs. The Union Government of India tabled the Constitution (One Hundred third, 103rd CAA) Bill, 2019, by amending articles 15(6) and 16(6) of the constitution which provided 10% additional quota for the EWS students amongst the erstwhile Unreserved category or General category students.
Elections to the urban local bodies in Uttarakhand are held once in five years, are conducted by Uttarakhand State Election Commission. Both direct and indirect elections apply for the urban local bodies.
The Scheduled Tribes in Uttarakhand comprise 5 tribes, with a population of 2,91,903, constituting 2.9% of the state's population according to the 2011 census. [ 1 ] List of Scheduled Tribes
2017 Uttarakhand state assembly elections were the fourth Vidhan Sabha elections held in the state. The Bharatiya Janata Party riding on the popularity [ citation needed ] of Prime Minister Narendra Modi , secured a record landslide victory, winning 57 of the total 70 seats.