Local elections in Tamil Nadu
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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]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]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]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.
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | |
| 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]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 Tamil Nadu State Election Commission website[13][14]
| Local Body/Party | District Panchayat Chairmen [15] | District Panchayat Councillors | Panchayat Union Chairmen | Panchayat Union Councillor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | 12 | 243 | 125 | 2111 | |
| AIADMK | 13 | 214 | 140 | 1797 | |
| INC | 0 | 13 | 5 | 132 | |
| CPI | 0 | 7 | 3 | 64 | |
| BJP | 0 | 7 | 3 | 88 | |
| PMK | 1 | 16 | 7 | 224 | |
| AMMK | 0 | 0 | 2 | 94 | |
| CPI(M) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | |
| DMDK | 0 | 4 | 0 | 99 | |
| MDMK | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | |
| VCK | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| TMC(M) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| NTK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent | 0 | 3 | 25 | 440 | |
| Total seats faced election | 26 | 515 | 314 | 5090 | |
- Corporation Mayor, Chairman of Municipalities and Town panchayat will be elected through in-direct election method.[16][17]
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]Counting of votes commenced on 22 February 2022. Official results were published on Tamil Nadu State Election Commission website.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Formation and Constitution of Rural local bodies". Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, Govt. of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
- ^ "Elections to Local Bodies in Tamil Nadu". Tamil Nadu State Election Commission. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
- ^ "Conduct of Local Body Election in Tamil Nadu". Tamil Nadu State Election Commission. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
- ^ a b "Elections to urban local bodies in TN to be put off by a few months". The Federal.
- ^ "Administrative divisions of Tamil Nadu". Govt. of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
- ^ "Election to Local Bodies, Press Release" (PDF). Tamil Nadu State Election Commission. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
- ^ "Conduct of Local Body elections". Rural development and Panchayat raj Dept., Govt. of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
- ^ "AIADMK sweeps local body elections". The Hindu. 21 October 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
- ^ "கட்சிகள் பெற்ற வாக்கு விழுக்காடு". Archived from the original on 27 October 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ "பாமக பெற்ற வாக்கு விழுக்காடு". Archived from the original on 27 October 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ a b c "உள்ளாட்சித் தேர்தல்கள் முடிவுகள் - 2011" (PDF). www.tnsec.tn.nic.in (pdf). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ "மாநகராட்சி வார்டு உறுப்பினர் தேர்தல் 2011" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ "Tamilnadu State Election Commission". tnsec.tn.nic.in. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ Tiwari, Nidhi (12 January 2020). "TN civic polls: Heads of local bodies elected indirectly". The Federal. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ "AIADMK surges ahead of DMK in indirect elections". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ Kumar, J. V. Siva Prasanna (21 November 2019). "No direct election of mayors in Tamil Nadu". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "Tamil Nadu to hold indirect elections for mayors & panchayat chiefs - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ Mariappan, Julie (20 November 2019). "Tamil Nadu to hold indirect elections for mayors & panchayat chiefs". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 January 2020.