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{{Politics of Tamil Nadu}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2020}}
Elections to [[Local Bodies in Tamil Nadu|Local Bodies]] in [[Tamil Nadu]] are conducted once in five years to elect the representatives to the Urban and Rural local bodies.<ref>{{cite web|title=Formation and Constitution of Rural local bodies|url=http://tnrd.gov.in/pract/chapter_III.htm|publisher=Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, Govt. of Tamil Nadu|accessdate=20 September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Elections to Local Bodies in Tamil Nadu|url=http://tnsec.tn.nic.in/about_us/introduction.html|publisher=Tamil Nadu State Election Commission|accessdate=20 September 2011}}</ref> These elections are conducted by [[Tamil Nadu State Election Commission]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Conduct of Local Body Election in Tamil Nadu|url=http://tnsec.tn.nic.in/about_us/constitution.html|publisher=Tamil Nadu State Election Commission|accessdate=20 September 2011}}</ref>

==Local Bodies in Tamil Nadu==
{{Main article|Local Bodies in Tamil Nadu}}
Urban local bodies include 15 [[Municipal corporation]]s, 148 [[Municipality|Municipalities]] and 561 [[Town panchayat]]s.<ref name=":0" />

Rural local bodies include 12,620 [[Gram panchayat|Village Panchayats]], 385 [[Panchayat samiti|Panchayat Unions]], and 32 [[District Councils of India|District Panchayats]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Administrative divisions of Tamil Nadu|url=http://www.tn.gov.in/govt_aboutTN.html|publisher=Govt. of Tamil Nadu|accessdate=20 September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Election to Local Bodies, Press Release|url=http://tnsec.tn.nic.in/pdf/press_release_210911.pdf|publisher=Tamil Nadu State Election Commission|accessdate=28 October 2011}}</ref>

==Previous elections==
The first election to the local bodies in Tamil Nadu were held in October 1996. Subsequent elections were conducted in October 2001 and October 2006.<ref>{{cite web|title=Conduct of Local Body elections|url=http://www.tnrd.gov.in/panchayatraj_inst/panchayat_elections.html|publisher=Rural development and Panchayat raj Dept., Govt. of Tamil Nadu|accessdate=20 September 2011}}</ref> Recent elections to Local bodies were held in two phases in the month of October 2011 - 17 October 2011 and 19 October 2011.<ref>{{cite news|title=AIADMK sweeps local body elections|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article2558264.ece|accessdate=25 October 2011|newspaper=The Hindu|date=21 October 2011}}</ref>

=== 2011 elections ===
Source:<ref>{{cite web|title=Online Result for Local Body elections 2011|url=http://tnsec.tn.nic.in/results/index_result.htm|publisher=Tamil Nadu State Election Commission|accessdate=25 October 2011}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="70%" style="font-size: x-big; font-family: arial"
|+ City Municipal Corporation Mayoral results
|-
! Corporation !! Winner !! Party !! Runner !! Party
|-
| [[Chennai Corporation|Chennai]] || [[Saidai Sa. Duraisamy]] || AIADMK || [[M. Subramaniam]] || DMK
|-
| [[Coimbatore Municipal Corporation]] || [[S. M. Velusamy]] || AIADMK || N. Karthik || DMK
|-
| [[Madurai Municipal Corporation|Madurai]] || [[V. V. Rajan Chellappa]] || AIADMK || P. Packianathan || DMK
|-
| [[Tiruchirappalli Municipal Corporation|Tiruchirapalli]] || [[M. S. R. Jaya]] || AIADMK || J. Vijaya Jayaraj || DMK
|-
| [[Salem Municipal Corporation|Salem]] || [[S. Soundappan]] || AIADMK || S. T. Kalai Amudhan || DMK
|-
| [[Tirunelveli Municipal Corporation|Tirunelveli]] || [[Vijila Sathyanand]] || AIADMK || S. Amutha || DMK
|-
| [[Erode Municipal Corporation|Erode]] || [[Mallika Paramasivam]] || AIADMK || A. Sellaponni Manoharan || DMK
|-
| [[Tiruppur Municipal Corporation|Tirupur]] || [[A. Visalakshi]] || AIADMK || K. Selvaraj || DMK
|-
| [[Vellore Municipal Corporation|Vellore]] || [[P. Karthiyayini]] || AIADMK || R. Rajeswari || DMK
|-
| [[Thoothukudi Municipal Corporation|Thoothukudi]] || [[L. Sasikala Pushpa]] || AIADMK || Pon Initha || DMK
|}

*AIADMK = [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
*DMK = [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]

{| class="wikitable sortable" width="70%" style="font-size: x-big; font-family: arial"
|+ Urban Local Body results
|-
! Local Body/Party !! Corporation Mayor !! Corporation Councillor !! Municipal Chairman !! Municipal Councillor !! Town Panchayat Chairman !! Town Pt. Ward Member
|-
| [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]] || 10 || 584 || 89 || 1,681 || 285 || 2,855
|-
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] || 0 || 4 || 2 || 37 || 13 || 181
|-
| [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] || 0 || 4 || 0 || 10 || 2 || 33
|-
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] || 0 || 3 || 2 || 20 || 5 || 101
|-
| [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] || 0 || 130 || 23 || 963 || 121 || 1,819
|-
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]] || 0 || 17 || 0 || 165 || 24 || 381
|-
| [[Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|MDMK]] || 0 || 11 || 1 || 49 || 7 || 82
|-
| [[Pattali Makkal Katchi|PMK]] || 0 || 2 || 0 || 60 || 2 || 108
|-
| [[Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam|DMDK]] || 0 || 8 || 2 || 121 || 3 || 390
|-
| Independent || 0 || 55 || 5 || 553 || 64 || 1996
|}

===[[2019 Tamil Nadu local elections|2019 ELECTION]] RESULTS===

Counting of votes commenced on 02.01.2020 and continued to go on for the next day(03.01.2020). Official results were published on Tamilnadu State Election Commission website<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tamilnadu State Election Commission|url=https://tnsec.tn.nic.in/nomination/project_main/election_result/index.php|access-date=2020-01-03|website=tnsec.tn.nic.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Tiwari|first=Nidhi|date=2020-01-12|title=TN civic polls: Heads of local bodies elected indirectly|url=https://thefederal.com/states/south/tamil-nadu/tn-civic-polls-heads-for-rural-local-bodies-elected-indirectly/|access-date=2020-01-13|website=The Federal|language=en-US}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Rural Local Body results
!Local Body/Party
!District Panchayat Chairmans <ref>{{Cite web|title=AIADMK surges ahead of DMK in indirect elections|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2020/jan/12/aiadmk-surges-ahead-of-dmk-in-indirect-elections-2088410.html|access-date=2020-01-13|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>
!District Panchayat Councillors
!Panchayat Union Chairmans
!Panchayat Union Councillor
|-
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]], DMK
|12
|243
|125
|2110
|-
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]], AIADMK
|13
|214
|140
|1797
|-
|[[Indian National Congress]], INC
|0
|13
|5
|132
|-
|[[Communist Party of India]], CPI
|0
|7
|3
|64
|-
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]], BJP
|0
|7
|3
|88
|-
|[[Pattali Makkal Katchi]], PMK
|1
|16
|7
|224
|-
|[[Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam]], AMMK
|0
|0
|2
|94
|-
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]], CPI(M)
|0
|2
|0
|33
|-
|[[Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam]], DMDK
|0
|4
|0
|99
|-
|[[Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]], MDMK
|0
|2
|0
|20
|-
|[[Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi]], VCK
|0
|1
|0
|8
|-
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress]], TMC
|0
|1
|0
|8
|-
|[[Naam Tamilar Katchi]], NTK
|0
|0
|0
|1
|-
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|0
|3
|25
|440
|-
|'''Total seats faced election'''
|'''27'''
|'''515'''
|'''314'''
|'''5090'''
|}

* Corporation Mayor, Chairman of Municipalities and Town panchayat will be elected through in-direct election method.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kumar|first=J. V. Siva Prasanna|date=2019-11-21|title=No direct election of mayors in Tamil Nadu|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/211119/no-direct-election-of-mayors-in-tamil-nadu.html|access-date=2021-05-19|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Tamil Nadu to hold indirect elections for mayors & panchayat chiefs - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/tn-to-hold-indirect-elections-for-mayors-panchayat-chiefs/articleshow/72133744.cms|access-date=2021-05-19|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

i.e. The elected Councillors of the local bodies will elect the heads of the urban local bodies among-st themselves after the results.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mariappan|first=Julie|date=20 November 2019|title=Tamil Nadu to hold indirect elections for mayors & panchayat chiefs|language=en|newspaper=The Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/tn-to-hold-indirect-elections-for-mayors-panchayat-chiefs/articleshow/72133744.cms|access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref>

Urban Local body elections and elections for the newly formed 9 districts were not held due to pandemic situation.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |title=Elections to urban local bodies in TN to be put off by a few months |work=The Federal |url=https://thefederal.com/analysis/elections-to-urban-local-bodies-in-tn-to-be-put-off-by-a-few-months/}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Tamil Nadu State Election Commission]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.tn.gov.in/ Govt. of Tamil Nadu Official site]
* [http://tnsec.tn.nic.in/ Tamil Nadu State Election Commission Official Site]

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	Elections to [[Local Bodies in Tamil Nadu\|Local Bodies]] in [[Tamil Nadu]] are conducted once in five years to elect the representatives to the Urban and Rural local bodies.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Formation and Constitution of Rural local bodies\|url=http://tnrd.gov.in/pract/chapter_III.htm\|publisher=Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, Govt. of Tamil Nadu\|accessdate=20 September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Elections to Local Bodies in Tamil Nadu\|url=http://tnsec.tn.nic.in/about_us/introduction.html\|publisher=Tamil Nadu State Election Commission\|accessdate=20 September 2011}}</ref> These elections are conducted by [[Tamil Nadu State Election Commission]]<ref>{{cite web\|title=Conduct of Local Body Election in Tamil Nadu\|url=http://tnsec.tn.nic.in/about_us/constitution.html\|publisher=Tamil Nadu State Election Commission\|accessdate=20 September 2011}}</ref>		Elections to [[Local Bodies in Tamil Nadu\|Local Bodies]] in [[Tamil Nadu]] are conducted once in five years to elect the representatives to the Urban and Rural local bodies.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Formation and Constitution of Rural local bodies\|url=http://tnrd.gov.in/pract/chapter_III.htm\|publisher=Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, Govt. of Tamil Nadu\|accessdate=20 September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Elections to Local Bodies in Tamil Nadu\|url=http://tnsec.tn.nic.in/about_us/introduction.html\|publisher=Tamil Nadu State Election Commission\|accessdate=20 September 2011}}</ref> These elections are conducted by [[Tamil Nadu State Election Commission]]<ref>{{cite web\|title=Conduct of Local Body Election in Tamil Nadu\|url=http://tnsec.tn.nic.in/about_us/constitution.html\|publisher=Tamil Nadu State Election Commission\|accessdate=20 September 2011}}</ref>

	==Local Bodies in Tamil Nadu==		==Local Bodies in Tamil Nadu==
	{{Main article\|Local Bodies in Tamil Nadu}}		{{Main article\|Local Bodies in Tamil Nadu}}
	Urban local bodies include 15 [[Municipal corporation]]s, 148 [[Municipality\|Municipalities]] and 561 [[Town panchayat]]s.<ref name=":0" />		Urban local bodies include 21 [[Municipal corporation]]s, 148 [[Municipality\|Municipalities]] and 561 [[Town panchayat]]s.<ref name=":0" />

	Rural local bodies include 12,620 [[Gram panchayat\|Village Panchayats]], 385 [[Panchayat samiti\|Panchayat Unions]], and 32 [[District Councils of India\|District Panchayats]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Administrative divisions of Tamil Nadu\|url=http://www.tn.gov.in/govt_aboutTN.html\|publisher=Govt. of Tamil Nadu\|accessdate=20 September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Election to Local Bodies, Press Release\|url=http://tnsec.tn.nic.in/pdf/press_release_210911.pdf\|publisher=Tamil Nadu State Election Commission\|accessdate=28 October 2011}}</ref>		Rural local bodies include 12,620 [[Gram panchayat\|Village Panchayats]], 385 [[Panchayat samiti\|Panchayat Unions]], and 37 [[District Councils of India\|District Panchayats]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Administrative divisions of Tamil Nadu\|url=http://www.tn.gov.in/govt_aboutTN.html\|publisher=Govt. of Tamil Nadu\|accessdate=20 September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Election to Local Bodies, Press Release\|url=http://tnsec.tn.nic.in/pdf/press_release_210911.pdf\|publisher=Tamil Nadu State Election Commission\|accessdate=28 October 2011}}</ref>

	==Previous elections==		==Previous elections==
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