2024 Punjab, India local elections

2024 Punjab municipal elections

21 December 2024

Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Bhagwant Mann Amrinder Singh Raja Warring Sunil Kumar Jakhar Party AAP INC BJP Last election 18 267 15 Seats won 158 122 56 Seat change 140 145 41   Fourth party   Leader Sukhbir Singh Badal Party SAD Last election 37 Seats won 12 Seat change 25

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]

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]

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

Voter statistics

Gender	No. of voters[9]
Male	19,55,888
Female	17,76,544
Other	204
Total	37,32,636

Schedule

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

Municipal corporations results

S.No.	Municipal corporation	Government before		Government after
1.	Amritsar Municipal Corporation		Indian National Congress		Indian National Congress
2.	Jalandhar Municipal Corporation				Aam Aadmi Party
3.	Patiala Municipal Corporation
4.	Ludhiana Municipal Corporation
5.	Phagwara Municipal Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party		Indian National Congress

S.no.	Municipal corporations
1.	Party
		INC	SAD	BJP	AAP	Others	Total
2.	MC won
3.	Seats won

Municipal corporation detailed results

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

Municipal Councils Results

R

[11]

S.No.	Party	Wards Won
1	AAP	515
2	Congress	187
3	BJP	68
4	SAD	26
5	BSP	03
6	Independents	155

See also

2024 Indian general election in Punjab

Elections in Punjab

References

1. "Municipal elections in Punjab on December 21, nominations from tomorrow". The Indian Express. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
2. "5 municipal corporations, 41 councils in Punjab head for polls". Hindustan Times. 25 December 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
3. "Punjab municipal election 2017: Congress sweeps polls; wins 267 wards". Financialexpress. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
4. "Punjab to conduct polls for five municipal corporations in Nov". Hindustan Times. 13 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
5. Khanna, Ruchi M. (18 December 2022). "MC elections due, Punjab Govt eyes speedy delivery of services". The Tribune. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
6. "HC directs Punjab state election commissioner to draw schedule for sarpanch, municipal bodies polls". The Indian Express. 1 March 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
7. "SEC issues schedule for preparation of electoral rolls of 5 Municipal Corporations". Yes Punjab. 16 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
8. "Municipal Elections In Punjab To Be Held On Dec 21; Model Code Of Conduct Comes Into Effect".
9. "Municipal Elections In Punjab To Be Held On Dec 21; Model Code Of Conduct Comes Into Effect".
10. "ਪੰਜਾਬ ਵਿੱਚ ਨਿਗਮ ਤੇ ਕੌਂਸਲ ਚੋਣਾਂ 21 ਨੂੰ" [Corporation and council elections in Punjab on 21st]. punjabitribuneonline.com (in Punjabi). 9 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
11. "AAP wins 29 councils, Cong 2, hung verdict in 10".