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Municipal elections were held in the Indian state of Punjab on 21 December 2024. [1] The elections took place for 46 urban local bodies, including 5 municipal corporations and 41 municipal councils and nagar panchayats. [2]
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Municipal elections were held in the Indian state of Punjab on 21 December 2024. [1] The elections took place for 46 urban local bodies, including 5 municipal corporations and 41 municipal councils and nagar panchayats. [2]
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]
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]
Elections will be held for the five municipal corporations--Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Phagwara and Patiala--besides the 44 municipal councils and by-polls to some urban local bodies. [8]
Total of 1,609 polling locations having 3,809 polling booths are made by state election commission
| Gender | No. of voters [9] |
|---|---|
| Male | 19,55,888 |
| Female | 17,76,544 |
| Other | 204 |
| Total | 37,32,636 |
The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of Punjab on 8 December 2024. [10]
| Poll event | Schedule |
|---|---|
| Notification date | 9 December 2024 |
| Last date for filing nomination | 12 December 2024 |
| Scrutiny of nomination | 13 December 2024 |
| Last date for withdrawal of nomination | 14 December 2024 |
| Date of poll | 21 December 2024 |
| Date of counting of votes | 21 December 2024 |
| S.No. | Municipal corporation | Government before | Government after | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Amritsar Municipal Corporation | Indian National Congress | Indian National Congress | ||
| 2. | Jalandhar Municipal Corporation | ||||
| 3. | Patiala Municipal Corporation | Aam Aadmi Party | |||
| 4. | Ludhiana Municipal Corporation | ||||
| 5. | Phagwara Municipal Corporation | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| S.no. | Municipal corporations | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Party | ||||||
| INC | SAD | BJP | AAP | Others | Total | ||
| 2. | MC won | ||||||
| 3. | Seats won | ||||||
| SnNo. | Municipal corporations | Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Indian National Congress |  Shiromani Akali Dal |  Aam Aadmi Party |  Bharatiya Janata Party | Others | |||
| 1. | Ludhiana | 95 | 31 | 2 | 40 | 19 | 3 |
| 2. | Amritsar | 85 | 43 | 4 | 24 | 9 | 5 |
| 3. | Jalandhar | 85 | 24 | 0 | 38 | 20 | 3 |
| 4. | Patiala* | 60 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 4 | - |
| 5. | Phagwara | 50 | 20 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 9 |
| Total | 375 | 122 | 12 | 158 | 56 | 20 | |
*Election to some wards of Patiala was cancelled by High Court of Punjab
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