2011 Tamil Nadu local elections

Elections were held in Tamil Nadu on 17 and 19 October 2011 for the chairs and council members of all local bodies in the state. To the three levels of urban local bodies: 10 chairs (mayors) and 820 members of municipal corporations; 125 chairs and 3,697 members of municipal councils; and 529 chairs and 8,303 members of town councils. To the three tires of rural local bodies: 12,524 chairs and 99,333 members of village panchayats; 385 chairs and 6,470 members of township panchayats; and 31 chairs and 655 members of 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.[1]

2011 Tamil Nadu local elections

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All elected seats in the local bodies
Turnout78.80%
  First party Second party
 
Leader J. Jayalalithaa M. Karunanidhi
Party AIADMK DMK
Alliance AIADMK Alliance DPA
Leader since 1989 1969
Seats won 9864 4059
Percentage 39.02% 26.09%

Election results

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AIADMK received 39.02% of the popular vote: 39.24% of the urban vote and 38.69% of the rural vote. DMK received 26.09% of the popular vote: 26.67% of the urban vote and 25.71% of the rural vote. DMDK received 10.11% of the popular vote. Congress received 5.71% of the popular vote. PMK received 3.55% of the popular vote. MDMK received 1.70% of the popular vote. The Communist Party (Marxist) received 1.02% of the popular vote, and the Communist Party 0.71%. Independents received an additional 9.46% of votes.[2][3]

Elections to village panchayats are non-party contests.

City Municipal Corporation mayoral results[4]
Corporation Winner Runner-up
Candidate Party Candidate Party
Chennai Saidai Sa. Duraisamy AIADMK M. Subramaniam DMK
Coimbatore S. M. Velusamy N. Karthik
Madurai V. V. Rajan Chellappa P. Packianathan
Tiruchirapalli M. S. R. Jaya J. Vijaya Jayaraj
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

Urban - Corporation Councilor[5]

  AIADMK (71.34%)
  DMK (15.85%)
  IND (6.71%)
  INC (2.07%)
  MDMK (1.34%)
  DMDK (0.98%)
  BJP (0.49%)
  CPI (0.49%)
  PMK (0.24%)
  CPI(M) (0.37%)
  Others (0.12%)
Urban Local Body results[4]
Local Body/Party Corporation Mayor Corporation Councilor Municipal chairman Municipal Councilor Town Panchayat chairman Town Pt. Ward Member
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 10 585 90 1,688 287 2,928
Bharatiya Janata Party 0 4 2 37 13 181
Communist Party of India 0 4 0 10 2 32
CPI(M) 0 3 2 20 5 103
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 0 130 23 964 121 1,833
Indian National Congress 0 17 0 165 24 386
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 0 11 1 49 7 82
Pattali Makkal Katchi 0 2 0 60 2 109
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam 0 8 2 119 3 395
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi 0 2 0 13 0 11
Bahujan Samaj Party 0 0 0 2 0 2
Rashtriya Janata Dal 0 0 0 1 0 7
Puthiya Tamilagam 0 0 0 0 0 7
All India Forward Bloc 0 0 0 0 0 1
Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi 0 0 0 2 0 3
Independent politician 0 55 5 554 65 2,179
Others 0 0 0 12 0 15
Rural Local Body results[4]
Local Body/Party District Councilor Township Councilor
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 602 3,893
Bharatiya Janata Party 2 29
Communist Party of India 4 49
CPI(M) 2 25
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 30 1,007
Indian National Congress 5 153
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2 45
Pattali Makkal Katchi 3 229
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam 5 339
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi 0 6
Puthiya Tamilagam 0 9
Rashtriya Janata Dal 0 1
Bahujan Samaj Party 0 1
Independent politician 0 679
Others 0 2

References

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  1. ^ "AIADMK sweeps local body elections". The Hindu. 21 October 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  2. ^ "கட்சிகள் பெற்ற வாக்கு விழுக்காடு". Archived from the original on 27 October 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  3. ^ "பாமக பெற்ற வாக்கு விழுக்காடு". Archived from the original on 27 October 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "உள்ளாட்சித் தேர்தல்கள் முடிவுகள் - 2011" (PDF). www.tnsec.tn.nic.in (pdf). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  5. ^ "மாநகராட்சி வார்டு உறுப்பினர் தேர்தல் 2011" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.


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