Local body elections in Tamil Nadu

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]

This article is part of a series on
Government and Politics of Tamil Nadu
State of Tamil Nadu
தமிழ்நாடு மாநிலம்

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]
City Municipal Corporation Mayoral results
CorporationWinnerPartyRunnerParty
ChennaiSaidai Sa. DuraisamyAIADMKM. SubramaniamDMK
Coimbatore Municipal CorporationS. M. VelusamyAIADMKN. KarthikDMK
MaduraiV. V. Rajan ChellappaAIADMKP. PackianathanDMK
TiruchirapalliM. S. R. JayaAIADMKJ. Vijaya JayarajDMK
SalemS. SoundappanAIADMKS. T. Kalai AmudhanDMK
TirunelveliVijila SathyanandAIADMKS. AmuthaDMK
ErodeMallika ParamasivamAIADMKA. Sellaponni ManoharanDMK
TirupurA. VisalakshiAIADMKK. SelvarajDMK
VelloreP. KarthiyayiniAIADMKR. RajeswariDMK
ThoothukudiL. Sasikala PushpaAIADMKPon InithaDMK
Urban Local Body results
Local Body/PartyCorporation MayorCorporation CouncillorMunicipal ChairmanMunicipal CouncillorTown Panchayat ChairmanTown Pt. Ward Member
AIADMK10584891,6812852,855
BJP0423713181
CPI04010233
CPI(M)032205101
DMK0130239631211,819
INC017016524381
MDMK011149782
PMK020602108
DMDK0821213390
Independent0555553641996

See also

References
  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. "Administrative divisions of Tamil Nadu". Govt. of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  5. "Election to Local Bodies, Press Release" (PDF). Tamil Nadu State Election Commission. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  6. "Conduct of Local Body elections". Rural development and Panchayat raj Dept., Govt. of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  7. "AIADMK sweeps local body elections". The Hindu. 21 October 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  8. "Online Result for Local Body elections 2011". Tamil Nadu State Election Commission. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.