2019 Tamil Nadu local elections

2019 Tamil Nadu local body elections
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Leader M. K. Stalin Edappadi K. Palaniswami
Party DMK AIADMK
Alliance SPA NDA
Leader since 2018 2017
Seats won 2111 1797

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]

Rural Local Body results
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

  1. ^ "Tamilnadu State Election Commission". tnsec.tn.nic.in. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  2. ^ Tiwari, Nidhi (12 January 2020). "TN civic polls: Heads of local bodies elected indirectly". The Federal. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  3. ^ "AIADMK surges ahead of DMK in indirect elections". The New Indian Express. 12 January 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  4. ^ Kumar, J. V. Siva Prasanna (21 November 2019). "No direct election of mayors in Tamil Nadu". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Tamil Nadu to hold indirect elections for mayors & panchayat chiefs - Times of India". The Times of India. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  6. ^ Mariappan, Julie (20 November 2019). "Tamil Nadu to hold indirect elections for mayors & panchayat chiefs". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 January 2020.