Local elections in Tamil Nadu
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{{Politics of Tamil Nadu}}
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Elections to Local Bodies in Tamil Nadu are conducted once in five years to elect the representatives to the Urban and Rural local bodies.{{cite web|title=Formation and Constitution of Rural local bodies|url=http://tnrd.gov.in/pract/chapter_III.htm|publisher=Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, Govt. of Tamil Nadu|accessdate=20 September 2011}}{{cite web|title=Elections to Local Bodies in Tamil Nadu|url=http://tnsec.tn.nic.in/about_us/introduction.html|publisher=Tamil Nadu State Election Commission|accessdate=20 September 2011}} These elections are conducted by Tamil Nadu State Election Commission{{cite web|title=Conduct of Local Body Election in Tamil Nadu|url=http://tnsec.tn.nic.in/about_us/constitution.html|publisher=Tamil Nadu State Election Commission|accessdate=20 September 2011}}
Local Bodies in Tamil Nadu
{{Main article|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.{{cite web|title=Administrative divisions of Tamil Nadu|url=http://www.tn.gov.in/govt_aboutTN.html|publisher=Govt. of Tamil Nadu|accessdate=20 September 2011}}{{cite web|title=Election to Local Bodies, Press Release|url=http://tnsec.tn.nic.in/pdf/press_release_210911.pdf|publisher=Tamil Nadu State Election Commission|accessdate=28 October 2011}}
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.{{cite web|title=Conduct of Local Body elections|url=http://www.tnrd.gov.in/panchayatraj_inst/panchayat_elections.html|publisher=Rural development and Panchayat raj Dept., Govt. of Tamil Nadu|accessdate=20 September 2011}} Recent elections to Local bodies were held in two phases in the month of October 2011 - 17 October 2011 and 19 October 2011.{{cite news|title=AIADMK sweeps local body elections|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article2558264.ece|accessdate=25 October 2011|newspaper=The Hindu|date=21 October 2011}}
= 2011 local body elections =
{{Excerpt|2011 Tamil Nadu local elections|Election results}}
=2019 Rural local body election=
{{Main|2019 Tamil Nadu rural local elections}}
{{Excerpt|2019 Tamil Nadu rural local elections|Election results}}
Urban Local body elections and elections for the newly formed 9 districts were not held due to pandemic situation.{{Cite news |title=Elections to urban local bodies in TN to be put off by a few months |work=The Federal |url=https://thefederal.com/analysis/elections-to-urban-local-bodies-in-tn-to-be-put-off-by-a-few-months/}}
=2022 Urban local body election=
{{Main|2022 Tamil Nadu urban local body elections}}
{{Excerpt|2022 Tamil Nadu urban local body elections|Election results}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.tn.gov.in/ Govt. of Tamil Nadu Official site]
- [http://tnsec.tn.nic.in/ Tamil Nadu State Election Commission Official Site]
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