Palampur Municipal Corporation Election Results 2026 LIVE: Congress wins in two wards

Congress candidate Indrapal won the election from Palampur Ward No. 1 (Lohna). Congress candidate Ranjit Kaur won the election from Palampur Ward No. 3 (Palampur Khas).

The first result has emerged from the Palampur Municipal Corporation in Himachal Pradesh, with Inder Pal of the Congress securing a victory in ward-1.

Counting of votes for Palampur Municipal Corporation begins along with three other Municipal Corporations as well as Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishads across Himachal Pradesh  amid tight security arrangements. 

The Congress governs the Palampur Municipal Corporation.

In Palampur, the electorate comprised 15,775 male voters and 15,402 female voters. Of these, 10,514 men and 10,989 women exercised their franchise.

Former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Shanta Kumar (92), who cast his vote in the Palampur Municipal Corporation election, said he was happy to get an opportunity to vote at his age. "India is the largest democracy in the world, and elections are the biggest festival, but the people have not learnt to celebrate this festival properly." Shanta Kumar said, "People say leaders are corrupt, but I don't believe it. The day people start electing honest and hard-working leaders and defeat corrupt candidates, corruption would end automatically."

A voter turnout of 63.44 per cent was recorded across the four municipal corporations in Himachal Pradesh. Among them, polling stood at 63.72 per cent in the municipal corporations of Dharamshala and Palampur in Kangra district, 68.78 per cent in Mandi, and 58.32 per cent in Solan.

The municipal corporations whose results will be declared today are Mandi (15 wards), Palampur (15 wards), Solan (17 wards), and Dharamshala (17 wards).

The Palampur Municipal Corporation elections were held on May 17 using EVMs and on party symbols. It was held simultaneously in 64 wards in the four municipal corporations of Dharamshala, Solan, Mandi and Palampur, 229 wards in 25 municipal councils and 156 wards in 22 nagar panchayats in a single phase, with as many as 1,147 candidates in the fray for the 449 posts.

The counting of votes for all 15 wards of the Palampur Municipal Corporation, along with other Municipal Corporations, Panchayat Samitis, and Zila Parishads, will begin at 9 am on Sunday (May 31).