2023 Punjab, India local elections

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2023 Punjab municipal elections
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  2021 TBA2025 
 Majority partyMinority party
  Indian National Congress symbol.svg Shiromani Akali Dal symbol.svg
Leader Amrinder Singh Raja Warring Sukhbir Singh Badal
Party INC SAD
Last election26737

 Third partyFourth party
  Lotos flower symbol.svg AAP Symbol.png
Leader Sunil Jakhar Bhagwant Maan
Party BJP AAP
Last election151

Municipal elections are scheduled to be held in the Indian state of Punjab in November 2023. [1] The elections are scheduled for 46 urban local bodies, including 5 municipal corporations and 41 municipal councils and nagar panchayats. [2]

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Background

Previously, elections for these local bodies were held in December 2017, where Indian National Congress won all the four Municipal Corporations. [3] Terms of Amritsar, Patiala and Jalandhar ended in January 2022, and of Ludhiana in March 2022. [4]

Elections

Delimitition of the wards started in December 2022. [2] [5] In March 2023, Punjab and Haryana High Court directed Punjab state election commission to draw schedule for elections within two weeks. [6] On 16 October 2023, election commission announced schedule for electoral rolls, with final publication for rolls scheduled for 10 November 2023. [7]

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References

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  3. "Punjab municipal election 2017: Congress sweeps polls; wins 267 wards". Financialexpress. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  4. "Punjab to conduct polls for five municipal corporations in Nov". Hindustan Times. 2023-10-13. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
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