2019 Tamil Nadu local elections
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Election Schedule
Phase 1 covers 156 Panchayat unions and Phase 2 covers 158 Panchayat unions across 27 districts in Tamil Nadu.
| Local Body Election Event | Date |
|---|---|
| Election Date Announcement | 09.12.2019 |
| Last Date for Filling Nominations | 16.12.2019 |
| Scrutiny | 17.12.2019 |
| Withdrawal Last Date | 19.12.2019 |
| Voting - Phase 1 | 27.12.2019 |
| Voting - Phase 2 | 30.12.2019 |
| Results | 02.01.2020 |
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 Tamil Nadu State Election Commission website[1][2]
| Local Body/Party | District Panchayat Chairmen [3] | 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.[4][5]
i.e. The elected Councillors of the local bodies will elect the heads of the urban local bodies among-st themselves after the results.[6]
References
- ^ "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.