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{{Politics of Tamil Nadu}}
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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==
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>
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 ===
=== 2011 local body 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> 
{{Excerpt|2011 Tamil Nadu local elections|Election results}}
{| 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]]
===2019 Rural local body election===
*DMK = [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
{{Main|2019 Tamil Nadu rural local elections}}
{{Excerpt|2019 Tamil Nadu rural local elections|Election results}}
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>


{| class="wikitable sortable" width="70%" style="font-size: x-big; font-family: arial"
===2022 Urban local body election===
|+ Urban Local Body results
{{Main|2022 Tamil Nadu urban local body elections}}
|-
{{Excerpt|2022 Tamil Nadu urban local body elections|Election 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 &amp; 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==
==See also==
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* [http://tnsec.tn.nic.in/ Tamil Nadu State Election Commission 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 are conducted once in five years to elect the representatives to the Urban and Rural local bodies.[1][2] These elections are conducted by Tamil Nadu State Election Commission[3]

Local Bodies in Tamil Nadu[edit | edit source]

Main article: Local Bodies in Tamil Nadu

Urban local bodies include 21 Municipal corporations, 148 Municipalities and 561 Town panchayats.[4]

Rural local bodies include 12,620 Village Panchayats, 385 Panchayat Unions, and 37 District Panchayats.[5][6]

Previous elections[edit | edit source]

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.[7] Recent elections to Local bodies were held in two phases in the month of October 2011 - 17 October 2011 and 19 October 2011.[8]

2011 local body elections[edit | edit source]

This section is an excerpt from 2011 Tamil Nadu local elections § Election results[edit]

AIADMK received 39.02% of the popular vote: 39.24% of the urban vote and 38.69% of the rural vote. DMK received 26.09% of the popular vote: 26.67% of the urban vote and 25.71% of the rural vote. DMDK received 10.11% of the popular vote. Congress received 5.71% of the popular vote. PMK received 3.55% of the popular vote. MDMK received 1.70% of the popular vote. The Communist Party (Marxist) received 1.02% of the popular vote, and the Communist Party 0.71%. Independents received an additional 9.46% of votes.[9][10]

Elections to village panchayats are non-party contests.

City Municipal Corporation mayoral results[11]
Corporation Winner Runner-up
Candidate Party Candidate Party
Chennai Saidai Sa. Duraisamy AIADMK M. Subramaniam DMK
Coimbatore S. M. Velusamy N. Karthik
Madurai V. V. Rajan Chellappa P. Packianathan
Tiruchirapalli M. S. R. Jaya J. Vijaya Jayaraj
Salem S. Soundappan S. T. Kalai Amudhan
Tirunelveli Vijila Sathyanand S. Amutha
Erode Mallika Paramasivam A. Sellaponni Manoharan
Tirupur A. Visalakshi K. Selvaraj
Vellore P. Karthiyayini R. Rajeswari
Thoothukudi Sasikala Pushpa Pon Initha
Urban - Corporation Councilor[12]
  1. AIADMK (71.3%)
  2. DMK (15.8%)
  3. IND (6.71%)
  4. INC (2.07%)
  5. MDMK (1.34%)
  6. DMDK (0.98%)
  7. BJP (0.49%)
  8. CPI (0.49%)
  9. PMK (0.24%)
  10. CPI(M) (0.37%)
  11. Others (0.12%)
Urban Local Body results[11]
Local Body/Party Corporation Mayor Corporation Councilor Municipal chairman Municipal Councilor Town Panchayat chairman Town Pt. Ward Member
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 10 585 90 1,688 287 2,928
Bharatiya Janata Party 0 4 2 37 13 181
Communist Party of India 0 4 0 10 2 32
CPI (M) 0 3 2 20 5 103
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 0 130 23 964 121 1,833
Indian National Congress 0 17 0 165 24 386
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 0 11 1 49 7 82
Pattali Makkal Katchi 0 2 0 60 2 109
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam 0 8 2 119 3 395
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi 0 2 0 13 0 11
Bahujan Samaj Party 0 0 0 2 0 2
Rashtriya Janata Dal 0 0 0 1 0 7
Puthiya Tamilagam 0 0 0 0 0 7
All India Forward Bloc 0 0 0 0 0 1
Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi 0 0 0 2 0 3
Independent politician 0 55 5 554 65 2,179
Others 0 0 0 12 0 15
Rural Local Body results[11]
Local Body/Party District Councilor Township Councilor
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 602 3,893
Bharatiya Janata Party 2 29
Communist Party of India 4 49
CPI (M) 2 25
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 30 1,007
Indian National Congress 5 153
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2 45
Pattali Makkal Katchi 3 229
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam 5 339
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi 0 6
Puthiya Tamilagam 0 9
Rashtriya Janata Dal 0 1
Bahujan Samaj Party 0 1
Independent politician 0 679
Others 0 2

2019 Rural local body election[edit | edit source]

Main article: 2019 Tamil Nadu rural local elections
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Urban Local body elections and elections for the newly formed 9 districts were not held due to pandemic situation.[4]

2022 Urban local body election[edit | edit source]

Main article: 2022 Tamil Nadu urban local body elections
This section is an excerpt from 2022 Tamil Nadu urban local body elections § Election results[edit]

Counting of votes commenced on 22 February 2022. Official results were published on Tamil Nadu State Election Commission website.

Date Municipal corporation Government before Government after
19 February 2022 Greater Chennai Corporation All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation
Tiruchirappalli City Municipal Corporation
Madurai Municipal Corporation
Salem City Municipal Corporation
Tirunelveli Municipal Corporation
Tiruppur Municipal Corporation
Vellore Municipal Corporation
Erode Municipal Corporation
Thoothukudi Municipal Corporation
Thanjavur Municipal Corporation
Dindigul Municipal Corporation
Hosur Municipal Corporation N/A
Nagercoil Municipal Corporation
Avadi Municipal Corporation
Kancheepuram Municipal Corporation
Karur Municipal corporation
Cuddalore Municipal corporation
Sivakasi Municipal corporation
Tambaram Municipal Corporation
Kumbakonam Municipal Corporation
2022 Chennai Municipal Corporation Election
Government SPA (DMK+) (178)
  DMK: 153 seats
  INC: 13 seats
  CPM: 4 seats
  Communist Party of India: 1 seat
  VCK: 4 seats
  IUML: 1 seat
  MDMK: 2 seats
Opposition (16)
  AIADMK: 15 seats
  BJP: 1 seat
Others (6)
  AMMK: 1 seat
  Independent : 5 seats

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Formation and Constitution of Rural local bodies". Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, Govt. of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  2. ↑ "Elections to Local Bodies in Tamil Nadu". Tamil Nadu State Election Commission. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  3. ↑ "Conduct of Local Body Election in Tamil Nadu". Tamil Nadu State Election Commission. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Elections to urban local bodies in TN to be put off by a few months". The Federal.
  5. ↑ "Administrative divisions of Tamil Nadu". Govt. of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  6. ↑ "Election to Local Bodies, Press Release" (PDF). Tamil Nadu State Election Commission. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  7. ↑ "Conduct of Local Body elections". Rural development and Panchayat raj Dept., Govt. of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  8. ↑ "AIADMK sweeps local body elections". The Hindu. 21 October 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  9. ↑ "கட்சிகள் பெற்ற வாக்கு விழுக்காடு". Archived from the original on 27 October 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  10. ↑ "பாமக பெற்ற வாக்கு விழுக்காடு". Archived from the original on 27 October 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "உள்ளாட்சித் தேர்தல்கள் முடிவுகள் - 2011" (PDF). www.tnsec.tn.nic.in (pdf) (PDF). Retrieved 25 February 2022. {{cite web}}: Check |archive-url= value (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ↑ "மாநகராட்சி வார்டு உறுப்பினர் தேர்தல் 2011" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2022. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 3 February 2022 suggested (help)

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