2019 Tamil Nadu local elections explained

Election Name:2019 Tamil Nadu local body elections
Country:India
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2011 Tamil Nadu local elections
Previous Year:2011
Next Year:2024
Election Date:27 & 30 December 2019
Alliance1:SPA
Image1:Hon_CM_Photo.jpg
Image1 Size:130px
Leader1:M. K. Stalin
Leader Since1:2018
Party1:Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seats1:2111
Leader2:Edappadi K. Palaniswami
Party2:All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seats2:1797
Leader Since2:2017
Alliance2:NDA

Election Schedule

Phase 1 covers 156 Panchayat unions and Phase 2 covers 158 Panchayat unions across 27 districts in Tamil Nadu.

Local Body Election EventDate
Election Date Announcement09.12.2019
Last Date for Filling Nominations16.12.2019
Scrutiny17.12.2019
Withdrawal Last Date19.12.2019
Voting - Phase 127.12.2019
Voting - Phase 230.12.2019
Results02.01.2020

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
12 243 125 2111
13 214 140 1797
0 13 5 132
0 7 3 64
0 7 3 88
1 16 7 224
0 0 2 94
0 2 0 33
0 4 0 99
0 2 0 20
0 1 0 8
0 1 0 8
0 0 0 0
0 3 25 440
Total seats faced election265153145090

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tamilnadu State Election Commission. tnsec.tn.nic.in. 2020-01-03.
  2. Web site: TN civic polls: Heads of local bodies elected indirectly. Tiwari. Nidhi. 2020-01-12. The Federal. en-US. 2020-01-13.
  3. Web site: AIADMK surges ahead of DMK in indirect elections. The New Indian Express. 2020-01-13.
  4. Web site: Kumar. J. V. Siva Prasanna. 2019-11-21. No direct election of mayors in Tamil Nadu. 2021-05-19. Deccan Chronicle. en.
  5. Web site: Tamil Nadu to hold indirect elections for mayors & panchayat chiefs - Times of India. 2021-05-19. The Times of India. en.
  6. News: Tamil Nadu to hold indirect elections for mayors & panchayat chiefs. 20 November 2019. Julie. Mariappan. The Times of India. en. 2020-01-02.