Solan Municipal Corporation Election Results 2026 Highlights: BJP bags civic body polls after winning 10 wards

Results for all the Solan Municipal Corporation wards have been declared. The BJP has secured victory in 10 wards, while Congress bagged six wards. One ward was won by an independent candidate.

Ward No. 1: Neelam (BJP) – Won

Ward No. 2: Sushma (BJP) – Won

Ward No. 3: Gaurav (Independent) – Won

Ward No. 4: Rohit Bhardwaj (BJP) – Won

Ward No. 5: Priyanka Panja (BJP) – Won

Ward No. 6: Rekha Sahni (BJP) – Won

Ward No. 7: Pooja (Congress) – Won

Ward No. 8: Surendra (BJP) – Won

Ward No. 9: Meenakshi (Congress) – Won

Ward No. 10: Ankush Sood (Congress) – Won

Ward No. 11: Sarita (BJP) – Won

Ward No. 12: Priyanka Agrawal (BJP) – Won

Ward No. 13: Narendra Kumar (Congress) – Won

Ward No. 14: Sulakshana (Congress) – Won

Ward No. 15: Abhishek Thakur (BJP) – Won

Ward No. 16: Seema (BJP) – Won

Ward No. 17: Aruna (Congress) – Won

The BJP has emerged victorious in the Dharamshala Municipal Corporation, bagging 11 of the 17 wards. Congress won five, while one went to an Independent candidate.

Ward no 1- Rekha 263 votes BJP

Ward no 2 Shamsher 676 votes BJP

Ward no 3 Asha 368 votes BJP

Ward no 4 Neenu 608 votes Congress

Ward no 5 Shailaja Dharam 627 votes Congress

Ward no 6 Karishma 866 votes BJP

Ward no 7 Ashu 356 votes BJP

Ward no 8 Prerna 551 votes BJP

Ward no 9 Naresh 633 votes Independent

Ward no 10 Suresh 673 votes Congress

Ward no 11 Anurag 652 votes Congress

Ward no 12 Meena 992 votes BJP

Ward no 13 Harsh 636 votes BJP

Ward no 14 Anoj 1050 votes Congress

Ward no 15 Parveen 958 votes BJP

Ward no 16 Anupam Surendra 546 votes BJP

Ward no 17 Vishal 880 votes BJP.

Congress is dominating the counting in the Palampur Municipal Corporation. Check the results declared so far.

Ward No. 1: Congress candidate Inder Pal won the election.

Ward No. 2: Congress candidate Radha Sood secured victory.

Ward No. 3: Congress candidate Ranjeet Kaur won the seat.

Ward No. 4: Congress candidate Shailja Chauhan emerged victorious.

Ward No. 5: Congress candidate Ravinder Kumar won the election.

Ward No. 15: Praveen Kumar secured a win.

The results for the eight wards are out, with the BJP having won six of those wards. The Congress has emerged victorious in one, while an Independent candidate clinched one ward too. Results for nine wards remain and BJP are closing in on a majority here.

Check the Solan Municipal Corporation results:

• Ward No. 1: BJP candidate Neelam won the election.

• Ward No. 2: Independent candidate Ramesh Bansal emerged victorious with 346 votes.

• Ward No. 4: BJP candidate Rohit Bhardwaj clinched the ward with 278 votes.

• Ward No. 5: BJP candidate Priyanka bagged the ward.

• Ward No. 6: BJP candidate Rekha Sahni won with 263 votes.

• Ward No. 7: Congress candidate Pooja won with 183 votes.

• Ward No. 8: BJP candidate Surendra won with 265 votes.

Congress is trailing in the Solan Municipal Corporation as it is leading only in two wards. The party had won the polls last time in 2021. The BJP is currently leading in five wards, with its rebels also ahead in two wards.

BJP candidates have gained an early lead in the first round of counting for the Solan Municipal Corporation elections. Across the 17 wards, the saffron party is leading in five wards, while the BJP rebels are ahead in two others.

The BJP is dominating the Dharamshala Municipal Corporation results as of now. The party has won nine wards. BJP candidate Aasha won from Ward No.3, while Rekha of the BJP won the Ward No.1.

While releasing the manifesto, the BJP state president Rajeev Bindal took aim at the Congress, alleging that the party failed to deliver basic civic services such as drinking water, sanitation and parking despite being in power. He said that while Congress had promised an affordable and uninterrupted water supply to every household, residents often had to wait for days or even weeks to receive water, which he claimed was frequently contaminated and unsuitable for consumption.

While we await the results for the polling in the Solan Municipal Corporation, the BJP is leading in the Mandi Municipal Corporation. It has won three of the five wards so far with one each going to the Congress and an Independent candidate.

BJP had released its manifesto ahead of the May 17 voting. The party pledged to make Solan the cleanest, safest, greenest and smartest city in Himachal Pradesh. As part of its vision, it promised to introduce modern door-to-door waste collection services in every ward, establish a scientific waste management plant, implement digital monitoring of sanitation operations, and increase the strength of the sanitation workforce.

The Congress party released its manifesto days before the May 17 elections. The grand old party pledged to tackle major civic issues, including traffic congestion, by building overbridges, implementing a smart traffic management system, and developing sufficient parking facilities across the city. The party also promised to slash the water tariff from Rs 29 to Rs 14 per 1,000 litres.

Usha Sharma is the current mayor of Solan after the Supreme Court reinstated her to the post for the remainder of her tenure in February 2025.The Himachal Pradesh high court had stayed her disqualification, following which the Supreme Court reinstated her.

The Indian National Congress secured the majority the last time polling took place in the Solan Municipal Corporation in 2021. Congress won 9 out of the total 17 wards, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 7 wards, and an independent candidate won 1 ward

The counting of votes in the Solan Municipal Corporation, along with the three other Corporations, as well as Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishads across Himachal Pradesh, has begun as it is now past 9 am. The municipal corporation elections were held on May 17 using EVMs and on party symbols.

The Solan Municipal Corporation has 17 wards in total. Here is a list of all of them:

Dehunghat Saproon

Railway Station

Kather

Chambaghat Salogra

Lower Bazar

Jawahar Park

Thodo Ground

Shilly Road

Madhuban Colony

Chaunri-Ghati

Degree College

Sunny Side

Kaleen

Housing Board

Tehsilpatrar

Rabon Anji

Basal Patti Kather

Mandi Municipal Corporation witnessed the highest voter turnout with 68.78 per cent of the voters exercising their democratic rights. The voting percentage was 63.72 in the municipal corporations of Dharamshala and Palampur in Kangra district. Solan recorded the lowest with 58.32 per cent of voter turnout. Women voters surpassed men in Kangra and Mandi, while male voters exceeded in the Solan district Municipal Corporation polls.

The counting of voting for the Solan Municipal Corporation, along with three other Corporations, will be declared today. The counting of the votes will begin at 9 AM. Solan witnessed the lowest voter turnout among the four Municipal Corporations that went for polling on May 17 in Himachal Pradesh.