Elections to Local Bodies in

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are conducted once in five years to elect the representatives to the Urban and Rural local bodies. These elections are conducted by

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Local Bodies in Tamil Nadu

Urban local bodies include 21

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s, 148

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and 561

Town panchayat A nagar panchayat (town panchayat; ) or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,000 ...

s. Rural local bodies include 12,620

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, 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

2019 Rural local body election

Urban Local body elections and elections for the newly formed 9 districts were not held due to pandemic situation.

2022 Urban local body election

References

External links

Govt. of Tamil Nadu Official site

Tamil Nadu State Election Commission Official Site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Local Body Election in Tamil Nadu Elections in Tamil Nadu

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