Municipal elections were held in the Indian state of Punjab on 21 December 2024. The elections took place for 46 urban local bodies, including 5 municipal corporations and 41 municipal councils and nagar panchayats.
Background Previously, elections for these local bodies were held in December 2017, where Indian National Congress won four out of 5 Municipal Corporations with the BJP winning 1. Terms of Amritsar, Patiala and Jalandhar ended in January 2022, and of Ludhiana in March 2022 and of Phagwara in March 2020.
Elections Delimitition of the wards started in December 2022. In March 2023, Punjab and Haryana High Court directed Punjab state election commission to draw schedule for elections within two weeks. On 16 October 2023, election commission announced schedule for electoral rolls, with final publication for rolls scheduled for 10 November 2023.
Elections were 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.
Total of 1,609 polling locations having 3,809 polling booths were made by state election commission
Voter statistics GenderNo. of votersMale19,55,888Female17,76,544Other204Total37,32,636
Schedule The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of Punjab on 8 December 2024. Poll eventScheduleNotification date9 December 2024Last date for filing nomination12 December 2024Scrutiny of nomination13 December 2024Last date for withdrawal of nomination14 December 2024Date of poll21 December 2024Date of counting of votes21 December 2024
Municipal corporations results S.No. Municipal corporation Government beforeGovernment after1.Amritsar Municipal Corporation2.Jalandhar Municipal Corporation3.Patiala Municipal Corporation4.Ludhiana Municipal Corporation5. Phagwara Municipal Corporation S.no.Municipal corporations1.PartyINCSADBJPAAPOthersTotal2.MC won0005053.Seats won122125615820368
Municipal corporation detailed results SnNo.Municipal corporationsSeatsIndian National CongressShiromani Akali DalAam Aadmi PartyBharatiya Janata PartyOthers1.Ludhiana95312401932.Amritsar8543424953.Jalandhar85240382034.Patiala*6042434–5.Phagwara502041349Total375122121585620
*Election to some wards of Patiala was cancelled by High Court of Punjab.
Municipal Councils Results
+ Overall Ward Results S.No. Party Wards Won 1 Aam Aadmi Party 515 2 Indian National Congress 187 3 Bharatiya Janata Party 68 4 Shiromani Akali Dal 26 5 Bahujan Samaj Party 3 6 Independents 155
Aftermath
Aam Aadmi Party won five out of five municipal corporations of its own after several members defected from other parties and joined it.
See also 2024 Indian general election in Punjab
Elections in Punjab
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