# Local elections in Tamil Nadu

Elections to Local Bodies in Tamil Nadu are conducted once in five years to elect the representatives to the Urban and Rural local bodies. These elections are conducted by Tamil Nadu State Election Commission

## Local Bodies in Tamil Nadu

Urban local bodies include 21 Municipal corporations, 148 Municipalities and 561 Town panchayats.
Rural local bodies include 12,620 Village Panchayats, 385 Panchayat Unions, and 37 District Panchayats.

## 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. Recent elections to Local bodies were held in two phases in the month of October 2011 - 17 October 2011 and 19 October 2011.

### 2011 local body elections

AIADMK received 39.02% of the popular vote: 39.24% of the urban vote and 38.69% of the rural vote. DMK received 26.09% of the popular vote: 26.67% of the urban vote and 25.71% of the rural vote. DMDK received 10.11% of the popular vote. Congress received 5.71% of the popular vote. PMK received 3.55% of the popular vote. MDMK received 1.70% of the popular vote. The Communist Party (Marxist) received 1.02% of the popular vote, and the Communist Party 0.71%. Independents received an additional 9.46% of votes.
Elections to village panchayats are non-party contests.
City Municipal Corporation mayoral results :
| Corporation | Winner | Winner | Winner | Runner-up | Runner-up | Runner-up |
| Corporation | Candidate | Party | Party | Candidate | Party | Party |
| Chennai | Saidai Sa. Duraisamy | | AIADMK | M. Subramaniam | | DMK |
| Coimbatore | S. M. Velusamy | | AIADMK | N. Karthik | | DMK |
| Madurai | V. V. Rajan Chellappa | | AIADMK | P. Packianathan | | DMK |
| Tiruchirapalli | M. S. R. Jaya | | AIADMK | J. Vijaya Jayaraj | | DMK |
| Salem | S. Soundappan | | AIADMK | S. T. Kalai Amudhan | | DMK |
| Tirunelveli | Vijila Sathyanand | | AIADMK | S. Amutha | | DMK |
| Erode | Mallika Paramasivam | | AIADMK | A. Sellaponni Manoharan | | DMK |
| Tirupur | A. Visalakshi | | AIADMK | K. Selvaraj | | DMK |
| Vellore | P. Karthiyayini | | AIADMK | R. Rajeswari | | DMK |
| Thoothukudi | Sasikala Pushpa | | AIADMK | Pon Initha | | DMK |
Urban - Corporation Councilor
Urban Local Body results :
| Local Body/Party | Corporation Mayor | Corporation Councilor | Municipal chairman | Municipal Councilor | Town Panchayat chairman | Town Pt. Ward Member |
| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 10 | 585 | 90 | 1,688 | 287 | 2,928 |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 0 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 13 | 181 |
| Communist Party of India | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 32 |
| CPI(M) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 103 |
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 0 | 130 | 23 | 964 | 121 | 1,833 |
| Indian National Congress | 0 | 17 | 0 | 165 | 24 | 386 |
| Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 0 | 11 | 1 | 49 | 7 | 82 |
| Pattali Makkal Katchi | 0 | 2 | 0 | 60 | 2 | 109 |
| Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam | 0 | 8 | 2 | 119 | 3 | 395 |
| Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 11 |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Rashtriya Janata Dal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Puthiya Tamilagam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| All India Forward Bloc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Independent politician | 0 | 55 | 5 | 554 | 65 | 2,179 |
| Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 15 |
Rural Local Body results :
| Local Body/Party | District Councilor | Township Councilor |
| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 602 | 3,893 |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 2 | 29 |
| Communist Party of India | 4 | 49 |
| CPI(M) | 2 | 25 |
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 30 | 1,007 |
| Indian National Congress | 5 | 153 |
| Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 2 | 45 |
| Pattali Makkal Katchi | 3 | 229 |
| Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam | 5 | 339 |
| Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi | 0 | 6 |
| Puthiya Tamilagam | 0 | 9 |
| Rashtriya Janata Dal | 0 | 1 |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 0 | 1 |
| Independent politician | 0 | 679 |
| Others | 0 | 2 |

### 2019 Rural local body election

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
Rural Local Body results :
| Local Body/Party | Local Body/Party | District Panchayat Chairmen | 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 | Total seats faced election | 26 | 515 | 314 | 5090 |
* Corporation Mayor, Chairman of Municipalities and Town panchayat will be elected through in-direct election method.
Urban Local body elections and elections for the newly formed 9 districts were not held due to pandemic situation.

### 2022 Urban local body election

Counting of votes commenced on 22 February 2022. Official results were published on Tamil Nadu State Election Commission website.
| Date | Municipal corporation | Government before | Government before | Government after |
| 19 February 2022 | Greater Chennai Corporation | | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 19 February 2022 | Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation | | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 19 February 2022 | Tiruchirappalli City Municipal Corporation | | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 19 February 2022 | Corporation of Madurai | | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 19 February 2022 | Salem City Municipal Corporation | | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 19 February 2022 | Tirunelveli City Municipal Corporation | | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 19 February 2022 | Tiruppur City Municipal Corporation | | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 19 February 2022 | Vellore Corporation | | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 19 February 2022 | Erode City Municipal Corporation | | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 19 February 2022 | Thoothukudi Municipal Corporation | | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 19 February 2022 | Thanjavur City Municipal Corporation | | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 19 February 2022 | Dindigul City Municipal Corporation | | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 19 February 2022 | Hosur City Municipal Corporation | did not exist | did not exist | | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 19 February 2022 | Nagercoil Corporation | did not exist | did not exist | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 19 February 2022 | Avadi City Municipal Corporation | did not exist | did not exist | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 19 February 2022 | Kancheepuram City Municipal Corporation | did not exist | did not exist | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 19 February 2022 | Karur City Municipal Corporation | did not exist | did not exist | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 19 February 2022 | Cuddalore City Municipal Corporation | did not exist | did not exist | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 19 February 2022 | Sivakasi City Municipal Corporation | did not exist | did not exist | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 19 February 2022 | Tambaram City Municipal Corporation | did not exist | did not exist | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 19 February 2022 | Kumbakonam City Municipal Corporation | did not exist | did not exist | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |