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==Local Bodies in Tamil Nadu==
==Local Bodies in Tamil Nadu==
{{Main article|Local Bodies in Tamil Nadu}}
{{Main article|Local Bodies in Tamil Nadu}}
Urban local bodies include 12 [[Municipal corporation]]s, 148 [[Municipality|Municipalities]] and 561 [[Town panchayat]]s. Rural local bodies include 12,524 [[Gram panchayat|Village Panchayats]], 388 [[Panchayat samiti|Panchayat Unions]], and 31 [[District Councils of India|District Panchayats]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Administrative divisions of Tamil Nadu|url=http://www.tn.gov.in/govt_aboutTN.html|publisher=Govt. of Tamil Nadu|accessdate=20 September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Election to Local Bodies, Press Release|url=http://tnsec.tn.nic.in/pdf/press_release_210911.pdf|publisher=Tamil Nadu State Election Commission|accessdate=28 October 2011}}</ref>
Urban local bodies include 12 [[Municipal corporation]]s, 148 [[Municipality|Municipalities]] and 561 [[Town panchayat]]s. Rural local bodies include 12,524 [[Gram panchayat|Village Panchayats]], 388 [[Panchayat samiti|Panchayat Unions]], and 31 [[District Councils of India|District Panchayats]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Administrative divisions of Tamil Nadu|url=http://www.tn.gov.in/govt_aboutTN.html|publisher=Govt. of Tamil Nadu|accessdate=20 September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Election to Local Bodies, Press Release|url=http://tnsec.tn.nic.in/pdf/press_release_210911.pdf|publisher=Tamil Nadu State Election Commission|accessdate=28 October 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026221822/http://tnsec.tn.nic.in/pdf/press_release_210911.pdf|archivedate=26 October 2011|df=}}</ref>


==Previous elections==
==Previous elections==

Revision as of 22:25, 4 January 2018

This article is part of a series on the
Politics of Tamil Nadu
Executive
  • Governor of Tamil Nadu
  • Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
  • Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
  • Vacant
Legislature

Tamil Nadu Legislative Council

  • Disbanded
Judiciary
  • Chief Justice
    : R. Mahadevan (Acting)
Elections
Political Parties
  • Coalitions
Local Government
  • City Municipal Corporations
  • Municipalities
  • Town Panchayats
  • District Panchayats
  • Panchayat Unions
  • Village Panchayats

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

Main article:
Local Bodies in Tamil Nadu

Urban local bodies include 12

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
Sl.No: Corporation Winner Party Runner Party
1
Chennai
Saidai Sa. Duraisamy
 AIADMK
M. Subramaniam
 DMK
2 Coimbatore S. M. Velusamy AIADMK N. Karthik DMK
3 Madurai V. V. Rajan Chellappa AIADMK P. Packianathan DMK
4
Tiruchirapalli
M. S. R. Jaya
 AIADMK J. Vijaya Jayaraj DMK
5
Salem
 S. Soundappan AIADMK S. T. Kalai Amudhan DMK
6 Tirunelveli
Vijila Sathyanand
 AIADMK S. Amutha DMK
7
Erode
 Mallika Paramasivam AIADMK A. Sellaponni Manoharan DMK
8
Tirupur
 A. Visalakshi AIADMK K. Selvaraj DMK
9 Vellore P. Karthiyayini AIADMK R. Rajeswari DMK
10
Thoothukudi
L. Sasikala Pushpa
 AIADMK Pon Initha DMK


Urban Local Body results
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

  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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  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.

External links

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