2019 Tamil Nadu local elections

2019 Tamil Nadu local body elections

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First party Second party   Leader M. K. Stalin Edappadi K. Palaniswami Party DMK AIADMK Alliance SPA NDA Leader since 2018 2017 Seats won 2111 1797

Election Schedule

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

Local Body Election Event	Date
Election Date Announcement	09.12.2019
Last Date for Filling Nominations	16.12.2019
Scrutiny	17.12.2019
Withdrawal Last Date	19.12.2019
Voting - Phase 1	27.12.2019
Voting - Phase 2	30.12.2019
Results	02.01.2020

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
	DMK	12	243	125	2111
	AIADMK	13	214	140	1797
	PMK	1	16	7	224
	CPI	0	7	3	64
	BJP	0	7	3	88
	INC	0	13	5	132
	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		26	515	314	5090

• Corporation Mayor, Chairman of Municipalities and Town panchayat will be elected through in-direct election method.^[4][5]

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]