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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==
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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}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="70%" style="font-size: x-big; font-family: arial"
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>
|+ 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>
===2022 Urban local body election===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{{Main|2022 Tamil Nadu urban local body elections}}
|+Rural Local Body results
{{Excerpt|2022 Tamil Nadu urban local body elections|Election 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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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]

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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

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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.

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