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
editUrban 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
editThe 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
editAIADMK 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
editCounting 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
editCounting of votes commenced on 22 February 2022. Official results were published on Tamil Nadu State Election Commission website.
See also
editReferences
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.