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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2011 Tamil Nadu local elections
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election =[[2006 Tamil Nadu local elections]]
| previous_year = [[2006 Tamil Nadu local elections|2006]]
| next_election = [[2019 Tamil Nadu local elections]]
| next_year = [[2019 Tamil Nadu local elections|2019 <br/> (Rural)]]
| outgoing_members =
| elected_members =
| seats_for_election = All elected seats in the [[Local government in Tamil Nadu|local bodies]]
| majority_seats =
| opinion_polls =
| registered =
| turnout = 78.80%
| election_date = 17 and 19 October
}}
Elections were held in [[Tamil Nadu]] on 17 and 19 October 2011 for the chairs and council members of all [[Local government in Tamil Nadu|local bodies]] in the state. To the three levels of urban local bodies: 10 chairs (mayors) and 820 members of [[List of municipal corporations in Tamil Nadu|municipal corporations]]; 125 chairs and 3,697 members of [[Municipal council (India)|municipal councils]]; and 529 chairs and 8,303 members of [[Nagar panchayat|town councils]]. To the three tires of [[Panchayati raj in India|rural local bodies]]: 12,524 chairs and 99,333 members of [[Gram panchayat|village panchayats]]; 385 chairs and 6,470 members of [[Panchayat samiti|township panchayats]]; and 31 chairs and 655 members of [[District Councils of India|district panchayats]]. The ruling party in the state, the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (AIADMK), won a landslide victory, securing all of the corporation mayoral posts and a plurality of the other posts.<ref>{{cite news|title=AIADMK sweeps local body elections|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article2558264.ece|access-date=25 October 2011|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=21 October 2011}}</ref>

== Election results==
[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]] received 39.02% of the popular vote: 39.24% of the urban vote and 38.69% of the rural vote. [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] received 26.09% of the popular vote: 26.67% of the urban vote and 25.71% of the rural vote. [[Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam|DMDK]] received 10.11% of the popular vote. [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] received 5.71% of the popular vote. [[Pattali Makkal Katchi|PMK]] received 3.55% of the popular vote. [[Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|MDMK]] received 1.70% of the popular vote. The [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Communist Party (Marxist)]] received 1.02% of the popular vote, and the [[Communist Party of India|Communist Party]] 0.71%. Independents received an additional 9.46% of votes.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://thatstamil.oneindia.in/news/2011/10/25/dmdk-becomes-third-biggest-party-tamilnadu-aid0091.html |title=கட்சிகள் பெற்ற வாக்கு விழுக்காடு |access-date=1 February 2021 |archive-date=27 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027110205/http://thatstamil.oneindia.in/news/2011/10/25/dmdk-becomes-third-biggest-party-tamilnadu-aid0091.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://thatstamil.oneindia.in/news/2011/10/25/pmk-loses-its-base-urban-tn-aid0091.html |title=பாமக பெற்ற வாக்கு விழுக்காடு |access-date=1 February 2021 |archive-date=27 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027110209/http://thatstamil.oneindia.in/news/2011/10/25/pmk-loses-its-base-urban-tn-aid0091.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Elections to village panchayats are non-party contests.

{| class="wikitable sortable" width="60%" style="font-size: x-big; font-family: arial"
|+ style="text-align: left;" |City Municipal Corporation mayoral results<ref name="a">{{Cite web|title=உள்ளாட்சித் தேர்தல்கள் முடிவுகள் - 2011|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221022518/http://tnsec.tn.nic.in/tnsec_upload/results/LBE2011%20Partywise%20Abstract.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221022518/http://tnsec.tn.nic.in/tnsec_upload/results/LBE2011%20Partywise%20Abstract.pdf|archive-date=21 December 2018|access-date=25 Feb 2022|website=www.tnsec.tn.nic.in|type=pdf}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan="2"|Corporation
! colspan="3"|Winner
! colspan="3"|Runner-up
|-
! Candidate
! colspan="2"|Party
! Candidate
! colspan="2"|Party
|-
| [[Chennai]] || [[Saidai Sa. Duraisamy]] || {{Party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|rowspan=10}} || [[M. Subramaniam]] || {{Party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|rowspan=10}}
|-
| [[Coimbatore]] || [[S. M. Velusamy]] || N. Karthik
|-
| [[Madurai]] || [[V. V. Rajan Chellappa]] || P. Packianathan
|-
| [[Tiruchirapalli]] || [[M. S. R. Jaya]] || J. Vijaya Jayaraj
|-
| [[Salem, Tamil Nadu|Salem]] || [[S. Soundappan]] || S. T. Kalai Amudhan
|-
| [[Tirunelveli]] || [[Vijila Sathyanand]] || S. Amutha
|-
| [[Erode]] || Mallika Paramasivam || A. Sellaponni Manoharan
|-
| [[Tirupur]] || [[A. Visalakshi]] || K. Selvaraj
|-
| [[Vellore]] || [[P. Karthiyayini]] || R. Rajeswari
|-
| [[Thoothukudi]] || [[Sasikala Pushpa]] || Pon Initha
|}
{{Pie chart
| caption='''Urban - Corporation Councilor<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tnsec.tn.nic.in/tnsec_upload/results/2011-urban-corpcollr-tamil.pdf|access-date=25 Feb 2022|title=மாநகராட்சி வார்டு உறுப்பினர் தேர்தல் 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203195208/https://tnsec.tn.nic.in/tnsec_upload/results/2011-urban-corpcollr-tamil.pdf|archive-date=21 Dec 2018}}</ref> '''
| label1=[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
| value1=71.34
| color1=#007500
| label2=[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| value2=15.85
| color2=#dd1100
| label3=[[Independent politician|IND]]
| value3=6.71
| color3=#dddddd
| label4=[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| value4=2.07
| color4=#00bfff
| label5=[[Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|MDMK]]
| value5=1.34
| color5=#996699
| label6=[[Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam|DMDK]]
| value6=0.98
| color6=#ffea19
| label7=[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| value7=0.49
| color7=#ff9933
| label8=[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
| value8=0.49
| color8=#ff0000
| label9=[[Pattali Makkal Katchi|PMK]]
| value9=0.24
| color9=#ffff00
| label10=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| value10=0.37
| color10=#ff1d15
| label11=Others
| value11=0.12
| color11=#ddddbb
| thumb=right
}}

{| class="wikitable sortable" width="70%" style="font-size: x-big; font-family: arial"
|+ style="text-align: left;" |Urban Local Body results<ref name="a"/>
|-
! colspan="2"|Local Body/Party !! Corporation Mayor !! Corporation Councilor !! Municipal chairman !! Municipal Councilor !! Town Panchayat chairman !! Town Pt. Ward Member
|-
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|| 10 || 585 || 90 || 1,688 || 287 || 2,928
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} || 0 || 4 || 2 || 37 || 13 || 181
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} ||0 ||4 ||0 ||10 ||2 ||32
|-
| {{Party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}} || 0 || 3 || 2 || 20 || 5 || 103
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} || 0 || 130 || 23 || 964 || 121 || 1,833
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} || 0 || 17 || 0 || 165 || 24 || 386
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} || 0 || 11 || 1 || 49 || 7 || 82
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}|| 0 || 2 || 0 || 60 || 2 || 109
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam}}|| 0 || 8 || 2 || 119 || 3 || 395
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi}} || 0 || 2 || 0 || 13 || 0 || 11
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Bahujan Samaj Party}} || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 2
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 7
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Puthiya Tamilagam}}|| 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 7
|-
| {{Full party name with color|All India Forward Bloc}} || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi}} || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 3
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Independent politician}} || 0 || 55 || 5 || 554 || 65 || 2,179
|-
| {{Party name with color no link|Others}} || 0 || 0 || 0 || 12 || 0 || 15
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable" width="40%" style="font-size: x-big; font-family: arial"
|+ style="text-align: left;" |Rural Local Body results<ref name="a"/>
|-
! colspan="2"|Local Body/Party !! District Councilor !! Township Councilor
|-
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} || 602 ||3,893
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} || 2 || 29
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} || 4 || 49
|-
| {{Party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}|| 2 || 25
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} || 30 || 1,007
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} || 5 || 153
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} || 2 || 45
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}} || 3 || 229
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam}} || 5 || 339
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi}} || 0 || 6
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Puthiya Tamilagam}}|| 0 || 9
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}|| 0 || 1
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}|| 0 || 1
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Independent politician}} || 0 || 679
|-
| {{Party name with color no link|Others}} || 0 || 2
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20111027090551/http://tnsec.tn.nic.in/pdf/rural-notification-11.pdf Local body election notification 2011]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20111031210917/http://117.239.70.112/results/OverallStatewiseResult.htm Tamil Nadu state election commission]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20111031210754/http://117.239.70.112/nomination/fchart_tnlb_overall_votes Party Wise Percentage 2011]

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