Election Name: | 2024 Punjab municipal elections |
Type: | legislative |
Country: | India |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Year: | 2021 |
Election Date: | TBA |
Next Year: | 2025 |
Leader1: | Amrinder Singh Raja Warring |
Party1: | Indian National Congress |
Last Election1: | 267 |
Leader2: | Sukhbir Singh Badal |
Party2: | Shiromani Akali Dal |
Last Election2: | 37 |
Leader4: | Sunil Jakhar |
Party4: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Last Election4: | 15 |
Leader5: | Bhagwant Maan |
Party5: | Aam Aadmi Party |
Last Election5: | 1 |
After Election: | TBD |
After Party: | TBD |
Municipal elections are scheduled to be held in the Indian state of Punjab in January 2024.[1] [2] The elections are scheduled for 46 urban local bodies, including 5 municipal corporations and 41 municipal councils and nagar panchayats.[3]
Previously, elections for these local bodies were held in December 2017, where Indian National Congress won all the four Municipal Corporations.[4] Terms of Amritsar, Patiala and Jalandhar ended in January 2022, and of Ludhiana in March 2022.[5]
Delimitition of the wards started in December 2022.[6] In March 2023, Punjab and Haryana High Court directed Punjab state election commission to draw schedule for elections within two weeks.[7] On 16 October 2023, election commission announced schedule for electoral rolls, with final publication for rolls scheduled for 10 November 2023.[8]
2024 Indian general election in Punjab