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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2022 Tamil Nadu urban civic body elections
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = [[2011 Tamil Nadu local elections]]
| previous_year = [[2011 Tamil Nadu local elections|2011]]
| next_election = 2027 tamilnadu civic body elections
| next_year = [[2027 Tamil Nadu urban local body elections|2027]]
| election_date = 19 February 2022
| seats_for_election =
| turnout =
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Thiru MK Stalin.jpg|bSize=155 |cWidth=110 |cHeight=150 |oTop=08 |oLeft=22 |Location=center}}
| image1_size = 130px
| leader1 = '''[[M. K. Stalin]]'''
| leader_since1 = 2017
| party1 = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| seats1 = '''2360'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/tamil-nadu-urban-local-body-election-results-live-updates-counting-of-votes-aiadmk-dmk-winning-candidates/2441052/|title = Tamil Nadu Urban Local Body Election Results 2022 Highlights: DMK alliance decimates opposition parties}}</ref>
| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Palanisamy.jpg |bSize=155 |cWidth=110 |cHeight=150 |oTop=05 |oLeft=22 |Location=center}}
| leader2 = '''[[Edappadi K. Palaniswami]]'''
| party2 = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| seats2 = 638
| leader_since2 = 2017
| alliance1 = [[Secular Progressive Alliance|SPA]]
| alliance2 = [[AIADMK-led Alliance|AIADMK+]]
}}
The '''2022 Tamil Nadu urban local body elections''' to the [[local government in Tamil Nadu]] were held in urban areas in February 2022. The [[Greater Chennai Corporation]], alongside 20 other municipal corporations of Tamil Nadu, went to polling on 19 February 2022 to elect councillors to represent the wards in the respective cities; the elected councillors chose a mayor from amongst themselves.

==Seats==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! S.No !! District !! Corporation councilor !! Municipal councilor !! Town panchayat ward members
|-
| 1 || [[Ariyalur district|Ariyalur]] || || 39 || 30
|-
| 2 || [[Erode district|Erode]] || 60 || 102 || 628
|-
| 3 || [[Cuddalore district|Cuddalore]] || 45 || 180 || 222
|-
| 4 || [[Karur district|Karur]] || 48 || 75 || 123
|-
| 5 || [[Kallakurichi district|Kallakurichi]] || || 72 || 81
|-
| 6 || [[Kanyakumari district|Kanyakumari]] || 52 || 99 || 828
|-
| 7 || [[Kanchipuram district|Kanchipuram]] || 50 || 57 || 48
|-
| 8 || [[Krishnagiri district|Krishnagiri]] || 45 || 33 || 93
|-
| 9 || [[Coimbatore district|Coimbatore]] || 100 || 198 || 513
|-
| 10 || [[Sivaganga district|Sivaganga]] || || 117 || 167
|-
| 11 || [[Chengalpattu district|Chengalpattu]] || 70 || 108 || 99
|-
| 12 || [[Chennai district|Chennai]] || 200 || ||
|-
| 13 || [[Salem district|Salem]] || 60 || 165 || 474
|-
| 14 || [[Thanjavur district|Thanjavur]] || 99 || 60 || 299
|-
| 15 || [[Dharmapuri district|Dharmapuri]] || || 33 || 159
|-
| 16 || [[Dindigul district|Dindigul]] || 48 || 75 || 363
|-
| 17 || [[Tiruchirappalli district|Tiruchirappalli]] || 65 || 120 || 216
|-
| 18 || [[Tirunelveli district|Tirunelveli]] || 55 || 69 || 273
|-
| 19 || [[Tirupathur district|Tirupathur]] || || 126 || 45
|-
| 20 || [[Tiruppur district|Tiruppur]] || 60 || 147 || 233
|-
| 21 || [[Tiruvannamalai district|Tiruvannamalai]] || || 123 || 150
|-
| 22 || [[Tiruvallur district|Tiruvallur]] || 48 || 141 || 129
|-
| 23 || [[Tiruvarur district|Tiruvarur]] || || 111 || 105
|-
| 24 || [[Thoothukudi district|Thoothukudi]] || 60 || 81 || 261
|-
| 25 || [[Tenkasi district|Tenkasi]] || || 180 || 260
|-
| 26 || [[Theni district|Theni]] || || 177 || 336
|-
| 27 || [[Nagapattinam district|Nagapattinam]] || || 57 || 60
|-
| 28 || [[Namakkal district|Namakkal]] || || 153 || 294
|-
| 29 || [[Nilgiris district|Nilgiris]] || || 108 || 186
|-
| 30 || [[Pudukkottai district|Pudukkottai]] || || 69 || 120
|-
| 31 || [[Perambalur district|Perambalur]] || || 21 || 60
|-
| 32 || [[Madurai district|Madurai]] || 100 || 78 || 144
|-
| 33 || [[Mayiladuthurai district|Mayiladuthurai]] || || 59 || 63
|-
| 34 || [[Ranipet district|Ranipet]] || || 168 || 120
|-
| 35 || [[Ramanathapuram district|Ramanathapuram]] || || 111 || 108
|-
| 36 || [[Virudhunagar district|Virudhunagar]] || 48 || 171 || 143
|-
| 37 || [[Viluppuram district|Viluppuram]] || || 102 || 108
|-
| 38 || [[Vellore district|Vellore]] || 60 || 57 || 63
|-
!colspan="2" |Total|| 1373 || 3842 || 7604
|}

==Election results==
Counting of votes commenced on 22 February 2022. Official results were published on Tamil Nadu State Election Commission website.
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Date
!Municipal corporation
!colspan=2|Government before
!colspan=2|Government after
|-
|rowspan=21|19 February 2022
|[[Coimbatore Municipal Corporation|Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation]]
|rowspan=12|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|{{party color cell|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|rowspan=12}}
|rowspan=21|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|{{party color cell|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|rowspan=21}}
|-
|[[Dindigul Municipal Corporation|Dindigul City Municipal Corporation]]
|-
|[[Erode Municipal Corporation|Erode City Municipal Corporation]]
|-
|[[Greater Chennai Corporation]]
|-
|[[Madurai Municipal Corporation]]
|-
|[[Salem City Municipal Corporation]]
|-
|[[Thanjavur Municipal Corporation|Thanjavur City Municipal Corporation]]
|-
|[[Thoothukkudi City Municipal Corporation]]
|-
|[[Tiruchirappalli City Municipal Corporation]]
|-
|[[Tirunelveli Municipal Corporation|Tirunelveli City Municipal Corporation]]
|-
|[[Tiruppur Municipal Corporation|Tiruppur City Municipal Corporation]]
|-
|[[Vellore Municipal Corporation|Vellore Corporation]]
|-
| [[Hosur Municipal Corporation|Hosur City Municipal Corporation]]
| colspan="2" rowspan="9" style="text-align:center;" |''did not exist''
|-
| [[Nagercoil Municipal Corporation|Nagercoil Corporation]]
|-
| [[Avadi Municipal Corporation|Avadi City Municipal Corporation]]
|-
| [[Kancheepuram Municipal Corporation|Kancheepuram City Municipal Corporation]]
|-
| [[Karur Municipal corporation|Karur City Municipal Corporation]]
|-
| [[Cuddalore Municipal corporation|Cuddalore City Municipal Corporation]]
|-
| [[Sivakasi Municipal corporation|Sivakasi City Municipal Corporation]]
|-
| [[Tambaram Municipal Corporation|Tambaram City Municipal Corporation]]
|-
| [[Kumbakonam Municipal Corporation|Kumbakonam City Municipal Corporation]]
|}

== Greater Chennai Corporation results ==
[[File:India Greater Chennai Corporation 2022.svg|thumb|2022 Chennai Municipal Corporation election 
'''[[Government]] [[Secular Progressive Alliance|SPA]] (DMK+) (178)'''
{{legend|#EE0808|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]: 153 seats}}
{{legend|#00BBFF|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]: 13 seats}}
{{legend|#CC0D0D|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]: 4 seats}}
{{legend|#007FEB|[[Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi|VCK]]: 4 seats}}
{{legend|#FF0000|[[Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|MDMK]]: 2 seats}}
{{legend|#228B22|[[Indian Union Muslim League|IUML]]: 1 seat}}
{{legend|#F9001B|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]: 1 seat}}
'''[[Opposition (politics)|Opposition]] (22)'''
{{legend|#00992E|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]: 15 seats}}
{{legend|#FF9933|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]: 1 seat}}
{{legend|#005121|[[Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam|AMMK]]: 1 seat}}
'''Others (5)'''
{{legend|#B2B2B2|[[Independent politician|Independents]]: 5 seats}}]]
[[File:Chennai Corporation Election 2022 map.png|thumb|Map of [[Chennai]] showing [[Greater Chennai Corporation|corporation]] wards and winning parties]]

===Chennai===
The seats of the [[Mayor]], [[Deputy mayor|Deputy Mayor]] and the Greater Chennai Corporation Council had been vacant since 2016. The [[Greater Chennai Corporation]] went to polling on 19 February 2022, to elect 200 councillors to represent the city's 200 wards; the councillors choose one amongst themselves as the [[List of mayors of Chennai|mayor of Chennai]], a historically significant, coveted office. The [[Government of Tamil Nadu]] had announced that the Mayor's seat has been reserved for a [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Caste]] woman this time.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tamil Nadu civic polls: Who will be the Chennai Mayor?|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/230222/tamil-nadu-civic-polls-who-will-be-the-chennai-mayor.html|access-date=2022-02-23|website=[[Deccan Chronicle]]}}</ref> The election results were announced on 22 February 2022 by the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission. The [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK) won 153 out of the total 200 wards in Chennai, with the other parties in its [[Secular Progressive Alliance]] winning 25 more seats—13 for [[Indian National Congress]], four for [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Communist Party of India – Marxist]] (CPI-M), four for [[Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi]] (VCK), two for [[Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (MDMK), one each for [[Communist Party of India]] (CPI) and [[Indian Union Muslim League]] (IUML). The [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (AIADMK) won 15 seats. The [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP), the ruling party of the [[Government of India|Union Government of India]], won one seat. The [[Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam]] (AMMK) also won a seat. Aside parties, five [[independent candidates]] won in their respective wards. The councillors formally elected the Mayor and the Deputy Mayor on 4 March 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|date=22 February 2022|title=Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies Elections – 2022|url=https://tnsec.tn.nic.in/result/election_urban2022/index.php?dcode=Mjk=|access-date=22 February 2022|website=Tamil Nadu State Election Commission}}</ref> Having secured an [[Supermajority|absolute majority]], the DMK's mayoral candidate Priya Rajan became the 46th Mayor of Chennai, unopposed. She is the youngest mayor in Chennai's history (aged 28), and the first [[Dalit]] woman to hold the office.
<ref>{{Cite web|date=22 February 2022|title=Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies Elections – 2022|url=https://tnsec.tn.nic.in/result/election_urban2022/index.php?dcode=Mjk=|access-date=22 February 2022|website=Tamil Nadu State Election Commission}}</ref>

== Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation results ==
[[File:India Coimbatore Municipal Corporation election 2022.svg|thumb|2022 Coimbatore Municipal Corporation election 
'''[[Government|Ruling Party]] (96)''' 
'''[[Secular Progressive Alliance|SPA]] (96)'''
{{legend|#D80000|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]: 76 wards}}
{{legend|#00BFFF|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]: 9 wards}}
{{legend|#FE0A0A|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPIM]]: 4 wards}}
{{legend|#FF0000|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]: 4 wards}}
{{legend|#AD0000|[[Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|MDMK]]: 3 wards}}
'''[[Opposition (politics)|Opposition]] (4)'''
{{legend|#0D7005|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]: 3 wards}}
{{legend|#CB0404|[[Social Democratic Party of India|SDPI]]: 1 ward}}]]
[[File:Coimbatore Corporation 2022 map.png|thumb|[[Coimbatore]] map showing [[Coimbatore Municipal Corporation|Corporation]] wards and winning parties]]
DMK and its allies in the Secular Progressive Alliance, won 96 wards out of total 100 wards in the [[Coimbatore Municipal Corporation]] election. The DMK won 76 and its allies 20. Among the allies of DMK, Congress won nine, CPI(M) and CPI - four each, and MDMK three wards. The incumbent ruling party in the Coimbtore corporation council, AIADMK won three seats. [[Social Democratic Party of India]] won 1 ward.<ref name="Madhavan 23 Feb">{{cite news |last1=Madhavan |first1=Karthik |title=DMK juggernaut too strong for AIADMK and BJP in Coimbatore |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/dmk-juggernaut-too-strong-for-aiadmk-and-bjp-in-coimbatore/article65077074.ece |access-date=3 March 2022 |work=The Hindu |date=23 February 2022 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

=== Win percentage ===
The percentage of winning candidates from each parties in the election.<ref>{{Cite web|title=உள்ளாட்சியில் எந்தெந்த கட்சிக்கு எவ்வளவு ஓட்டு?|url=https://tamil.samayam.com/latest-news/state-news/did-you-know-party-wise-vote-percentage-in-tamil-nadu-urban-local-body-election/articleshow/89757322.cms|access-date=2022-02-23|website=Samayam Tamil|language=ta}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Maran|first=Mathivanan|date=2022-02-23|title=நகர்ப்புற உள்ளாட்சித் தேர்தல்: கட்சிகளின் வாக்கு சதவீதம் இதுதான்.. யாரு டாப், யாரு வீக்?!|url=https://tamil.oneindia.com/news/chennai/urban-local-poll-political-parties-and-vote-percentage-449759.html|access-date=2022-02-25|website=tamil.oneindia.com|language=ta}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!colspan="2"|Parties
!Municipal corporations
!Municipality
!Town panchayats
|-
! {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
| 69.29% || 61.41% || 57.58%
|-
! {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
| 11.94% || 16.60% || 15.82%
|-
! {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| 5.31% || 3.93% || 4.83%
|-
! {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| 1.75% || 1.1% || 1.33%
|-
! {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| 1.60% || 1.46% || 3%
|-
! {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
| 1% || 0.5% || 0.34%
|-
! {{Full party name with color|Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam}}
| 0.0% || 0.3% || 0.3%
|-
! {{Full party name with color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}
| 0.0% || 0.08% || 0.01%
|-
! {{Party name with color no link|Others}}
| 9.10% || 14.62% || 16.52%
|}

===Party-wise===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!colspan="2"|Parties
!Municipal corporations
!Municipality
!Town panchayats
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} || 952 || 2360 || 4389
|-
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} || 164 || 638 || 1206
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Independent politician}} || 73 || 381 || 980
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} || 73 || 151 || 368
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}} || 24 || 41 || 101
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} || 22 || 56 || 230
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} || 21 || 34 || 34
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi}} || 16 || 26 || 51
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} || 13 || 19 || 26
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Indian Union Muslim League}} || 6 || 23 || 12
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}} || 5 || 48 || 73
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam}} || 3 || 33 || 66
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Social Democratic Party of India}} || 1 || 5 || 16
|-
| {{Full party name with color|All India Forward Bloc}} || 0 || 1 || 0
|-
| {{Full party name with color|All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen}} || 0 || 1 || 0
|-
| {{Full party name with color|All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi}} || 0 || 1 || 0
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Bahujan Samaj Party}} || 0 || 3 || 1
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)}} || 0 || 0 || 1
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam}} || 0 || 12 || 23
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Indians Victory Party}} || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi}} || 0 || 2 || 1
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal (Secular)}} || 0 || 1 || 0
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Manithaneya Jananayaga Katchi}} || 0 || 1 || 1
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Manithaneya Makkal Katchi}} || 0 || 4 || 13
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Naam Tamilar Katchi}} || 0 || 0 || 6
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party}} || 0 || 0 || 1
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Puthiya Tamilagam}} || 0 || 1 || 3
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Tamilaga Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam}} || 0 || 0 || 1
|-class="sortbottom"
| colspan="5"|Source:''www.tnsec.tn.nic.in''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tnsec.tn.nic.in/result/election_urban2022/index.php|title=நகர்ப்புற உள்ளாட்சி தேர்தல் முடிவுகள் - 2022|access-date=24 Feb 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223162548/https://tnsec.tn.nic.in/result/election_urban2022/index.php |archive-date=23 Feb 2022}}</ref>
|}
== Salem City Municipal Corporation results ==
[[File:Salem Corporation 2022.png|thumb|2022 Salem Municipal Corporation election {{legend|#D80000|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam: 48 seats}} {{legend|#00BFFF|Indian National Congress: 2 seats}} {{legend|#21971F|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam: 7 seats}} {{legend|#696969|Independent : 3 seats}}]]
[[File:Salem Corporation Election Results 2022.jpg|thumb|Map of [[Salem, Tamil Nadu|Salem]] showing [[Salem City Municipal Corporation|corporation]] wards and winning parties]]

The Salem City Municipal Corporation went to polling on 19 February 2022 for the seats of the [[mayor]], [[deputy mayor]] and the Salem Corporation Council, alongside [[List of municipal corporations in Tamil Nadu|20 other municipal corporations of Tamil Nadu]], to elect 60 councillors to represent [[List of Salem Corporation zones|the city's 60 wards]]. The election results were announced on 22 February 2022 by the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission. The [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK) won 48 out of the total 60 wards in Salem, with the other parties in its [[Secular Progressive Alliance]] winning 2 seats by [[Indian National Congress]]. The [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (AIADMK) won 7 seats. 3 [[independent candidates]] won in their respective wards. Having secured an [[Supermajority|absolute majority]], the DMK councillors will formally elect the Mayor and the Deputy Mayor on 4 March 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|date=22 February 2022|title=Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies Elections – 2022|url=https://tnsec.tn.nic.in/result/election_urban2022/index.php?dcode=Mjk=|access-date=22 February 2022|website=Tamil Nadu State Election Commission}}</ref>

== References==
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{{Tamil Nadu elections}}

[[Category:Elections in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:2020s in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:2022 elections in India|T]]
[[Category:Local government in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Local elections in Tamil Nadu]]

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