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
Urban local bodies include 10 Municipal corporations, 148 Municipalities and 561 Town panchayats. Rural local bodies include 12,620 Village Panchayats, 385 Panchayat Unions, and 32 District Panchayats.[4][5]
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.[6] Recent elections to Local bodies were held in two phases in the month of October 2011 - 17 October 2011 and 19 October 2011.[7]
2011 elections[8]
| Corporation | Winner | Party | Runner | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chennai | Saidai Sa. Duraisamy | AIADMK | M. Subramaniam | DMK |
| Coimbatore Municipal Corporation | S. M. Velusamy | AIADMK | N. Karthik | DMK |
| Madurai | V. V. Rajan Chellappa | AIADMK | P. Packianathan | DMK |
| Tiruchirapalli | M. S. R. Jaya | AIADMK | J. Vijaya Jayaraj | DMK |
| Salem | S. Soundappan | AIADMK | S. T. Kalai Amudhan | DMK |
| Tirunelveli | Vijila Sathyanand | AIADMK | S. Amutha | DMK |
| Erode | Mallika Paramasivam | AIADMK | A. Sellaponni Manoharan | DMK |
| Tirupur | A. Visalakshi | AIADMK | K. Selvaraj | DMK |
| Vellore | P. Karthiyayini | AIADMK | R. Rajeswari | DMK |
| Thoothukudi | L. Sasikala Pushpa | AIADMK | Pon Initha | DMK |
| Local Body/Party | Corporation Mayor | Corporation Councillor | Municipal Chairman | Municipal Councillor | Town Panchayat Chairman | Town Pt. Ward Member |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | 10 | 584 | 89 | 1,681 | 285 | 2,855 |
| BJP | 0 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 13 | 181 |
| CPI | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 33 |
| CPI(M) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 101 |
| DMK | 0 | 130 | 23 | 963 | 121 | 1,819 |
| INC | 0 | 17 | 0 | 165 | 24 | 381 |
| MDMK | 0 | 11 | 1 | 49 | 7 | 82 |
| PMK | 0 | 2 | 0 | 60 | 2 | 108 |
| DMDK | 0 | 8 | 2 | 121 | 3 | 390 |
| Independent | 0 | 55 | 5 | 553 | 64 | 1996 |
See also
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Online Result for Local Body elections 2011". Tamil Nadu State Election Commission. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
