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{{short description|2019 Tamil Nadu local elections}}
Elections to [[Local Body in Tamil Nadu|Local bodies]] in [[Tamil Nadu]] were held in two phases in rural areas in the month of December 2019 viz. 27 December 2019 and 30 December 2019 for 27 districts.<ref>{{Cite news|others=Special Correspondent|date=2019-12-27|title=Phase 1 of Tamil Nadu local body polls on December 27|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/phase-1-of-local-body-polls-today/article30406174.ece|access-date=2019-12-27|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2019 Tamil Nadu Rural Local Elections
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election =[[2011 Tamil Nadu local elections]]
| previous_year = [[2011 Tamil Nadu local elections|2011]]
| next_election =
| next_year = 2024
| election_date = 27 and 30 December 2019
| seats_for_election =
| turnout = 77.5%
}}
India's top court also holds the election for remaining 9 newly formed districts from the four existing districts. It is also stated that Election Commission should conduct proper frame rule with the reservations for Women and SC/ST for the newly formed districts and shall conduct the elections for remaining 9 districts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/supreme-court-puts-on-hold-local-body-polls-in-9-newly-carved-out-tamil-nadu-districts/article30207375.ece|title=Supreme Court puts on hold local body polls in 9 newly-carved out Tamil Nadu districts|last=PTI|website=@businessline|language=en|access-date=2019-12-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/supreme-court-puts-hold-on-tamil-nadu-local-body-elections-2144398|title=Supreme Court Puts Hold On Tamil Nadu Local Body Elections|website=NDTV.com|access-date=2019-12-27}}</ref> Urban Local Body elections (15 municipal corporations, including mayoral posts, 148 municipalities and 561 town panchayats) were also on hold and it will be conducted along with the Rural Local body election held for the 9 newly formed districts.<ref>{{Cite news|title=https://thefederal.com/analysis/elections-to-urban-local-bodies-in-tn-to-be-put-off-by-a-few-months|url=https://thefederal.com/analysis/elections-to-urban-local-bodies-in-tn-to-be-put-off-by-a-few-months/}}</ref> It has been delayed due to the Pandemic Situation.

==Election Schedule==

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

{| class="wikitable"
! 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 Tamilnadu State Election Commission website<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tnsec.tn.nic.in/nomination/project_main/election_result/index.php|title=Tamilnadu State Election Commission|website=tnsec.tn.nic.in|access-date=2020-01-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thefederal.com/states/south/tamil-nadu/tn-civic-polls-heads-for-rural-local-bodies-elected-indirectly/|title=TN civic polls: Heads of local bodies elected indirectly|last=Tiwari|first=Nidhi|date=2020-01-12|website=The Federal|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-13}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" width="60%" style="font-size: x-big; font-family: arial"
|+ Rural Local Body results
|-
! Local Body/Party !! District Panchayat Chairmans <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2020/jan/12/aiadmk-surges-ahead-of-dmk-in-indirect-elections-2088410.html|title=AIADMK surges ahead of DMK in indirect elections|website=The New Indian Express|access-date=2020-01-13}}</ref>!!District Panchayat Councillors !! Panchayat Union Chairmans !! Panchayat Union Councillor
|-
| [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]], DMK ||12 || 243 || 125 || 2111

|-
| [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]], AIADMK ||13 || 214 || 140 || 1797
|-
| [[Indian National Congress]], INC || 0 || 13 || 5 || 132
|-
| [[Communist Party of India]], CPI || 0 || 7 || 3 || 64
|-
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], BJP || 0 || 7 || 3 || 88
|-
| [[Pattali Makkal Katchi]], PMK ||1 || 16 || 7 || 224
|-
| [[Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam]], AMMK || 0 || 0 || 2 || 94
|-
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]], CPI(M) || 0 || 2 || 0 || 33
|-
| [[Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam]], DMDK || 0 || 4 || 0 || 99
|-
| [[Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]], MDMK || 0 || 2 || 0 || 20
|-
| [[Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi]], VCK || 0 || 1 || 0 || 8
|-
| [[Tamil Maanila Congress]], TMC || 0 || 1 || 0 || 8
|-
| [[Naam Tamilar Katchi]], NTK || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| [[Independent politician|Independent]] || 0 || 3 || 25 || 440
|-
| '''Total seats faced election'''||'''27'''||'''515'''||'''314'''|| '''5090'''
|}

*Corporation Mayor, Chairman of Municipalities and Town panchayat will be elected through in-direct election method.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kumar|first=J. V. Siva Prasanna|date=2019-11-21|title=No direct election of mayors in Tamil Nadu|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/211119/no-direct-election-of-mayors-in-tamil-nadu.html|access-date=2021-05-19|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Tamil Nadu to hold indirect elections for mayors & panchayat chiefs - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/tn-to-hold-indirect-elections-for-mayors-panchayat-chiefs/articleshow/72133744.cms|access-date=2021-05-19|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>
i.e. The elected Councillors of the local bodies will elect the heads of the urban local bodies among-st themselves after the results.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/tn-to-hold-indirect-elections-for-mayors-panchayat-chiefs/articleshow/72133744.cms|title=Tamil Nadu to hold indirect elections for mayors & panchayat chiefs|date=20 November 2019|first=Julie|last=Mariappan|newspaper=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref>

== References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://tnsec.tn.nic.in/tnsec_upload/elections/type_of_local_body_elections.html Local body election model 2019]
*[https://tnsec.tn.nic.in/tnsec_upload/statutory%20orders/SO2019/SO0060to87-2019.pdf Local body election notification 2019]
*[https://tnsec.tn.nic.in/tnsec_upload/statutory%20orders/SO2019/Gazeetee%20Election%20Notification,%20RLB%202019.pdf Official TN Government Gazette election notification 2019]

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