# 2024 Punjab, India local elections

Municipal elections were held in the Indian state of Punjab on 21 December 2024. The elections took place for 46 urban local bodies, including 5 municipal corporations and 41 municipal councils and nagar panchayats.

## Background

Previously, elections for these local bodies were held in December 2017, where Indian National Congress won all the four Municipal Corporations. Terms of Amritsar, Patiala and Jalandhar ended in January 2022, and of Ludhiana in March 2022.

## Elections

Delimitition of the wards started in December 2022. In March 2023, Punjab and Haryana High Court directed Punjab state election commission to draw schedule for elections within two weeks. On 16 October 2023, election commission announced schedule for electoral rolls, with final publication for rolls scheduled for 10 November 2023.
Elections will be held for the five municipal corporations--Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Phagwara and Patiala--besides the 44 municipal councils and by-polls to some urban local bodies.
Total of 1,609 polling locations having 3,809 polling booths are made by state election commission

## Voter statistics

| Gender | No. of voters |
| Male | 19,55,888 |
| Female | 17,76,544 |
| Other | 204 |
| Total | 37,32,636 |

## Schedule

The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of Punjab on 8 December 2024.
| Poll event | Schedule |
| Notification date | 9 December 2024 |
| Last date for filing nomination | 12 December 2024 |
| Scrutiny of nomination | 13 December 2024 |
| Last date for withdrawal of nomination | 14 December 2024 |
| Date of poll | 21 December 2024 |
| Date of counting of votes | 21 December 2024 |

## Municipal corporations results

| S.No. | Municipal corporation | Government before | Government after |
| 1. | Amritsar Municipal Corporation | Indian National Congress | Indian National Congress |
| 2. | Jalandhar Municipal Corporation | Indian National Congress | Aam Aadmi Party |
| 3. | Patiala Municipal Corporation | Indian National Congress | Aam Aadmi Party |
| 4. | Ludhiana Municipal Corporation | Indian National Congress | Aam Aadmi Party |
| 5. | Phagwara Municipal Corporation | Bharatiya Janata Party | Indian National Congress |
| S.no. | Municipal corporations | Municipal corporations | Municipal corporations | Municipal corporations | Municipal corporations | Municipal corporations | Municipal corporations |
| 1. | Party | | | | | | |
| 1. | Party | INC | SAD | BJP | AAP | Others | Total |
| 2. | MC won | | | | | | |
| 3. | Seats won | | | | | | |

### Municipal corporation detailed results

| SnNo. | Municipal corporations | Seats | | | | | |
| SnNo. | Municipal corporations | Seats | Indian National Congress | Shiromani Akali Dal | Aam Aadmi Party | Bharatiya Janata Party | Others |
| 1. | Ludhiana | 95 | 31 | 2 | 40 | 19 | 3 |
| 2. | Amritsar | 85 | 43 | 4 | 24 | 9 | 5 |
| 3. | Jalandhar | 85 | 24 | 0 | 38 | 20 | 3 |
| 4. | Patiala* | 60 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 4 | - |
| 5. | Phagwara | 50 | 20 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 9 |
| Total | Total | 375 | 122 | 12 | 158 | 56 | 20 |
*Election to some wards of Patiala was cancelled by High Court of Punjab

## Municipal Councils Results

R
| S.No. | Party | Wards Won |
| 1 | AAP | 515 |
| 2 | Congress | 187 |
| 3 | BJP | 68 |
| 4 | SAD | 26 |
| 5 | BSP | 03 |
| 6 | Independents | 155 |