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
17 and 19 October
All elected seats in the local bodies
Turnout78.80%
  First party Second party
 
Leader J. Jayalalithaa M. Karunanidhi
Party AIADMK DMK
Alliance ADMK Alliance DPA
Leader since 1989 1969
Seats won 9864 4059
Percentage 39.02% 26.09%

Election results

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
ChennaiSaidai Sa. Duraisamy AIADMKM. Subramaniam DMK
CoimbatoreS. M. VelusamyN. Karthik
MaduraiV. V. Rajan ChellappaP. Packianathan
TiruchirapalliM. S. R. JayaJ. Vijaya Jayaraj
SalemS. SoundappanS. T. Kalai Amudhan
TirunelveliVijila SathyanandS. Amutha
ErodeMallika ParamasivamA. Sellaponni Manoharan
TirupurA. VisalakshiK. Selvaraj
VelloreP. KarthiyayiniR. Rajeswari
ThoothukudiSasikala PushpaPon 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/PartyCorporation MayorCorporation CouncilorMunicipal chairmanMunicipal CouncilorTown Panchayat chairmanTown Pt. Ward Member
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam10585901,6882872,928
Bharatiya Janata Party0423713181
Communist Party of India04010232
CPI(M)032205103
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam0130239641211,833
Indian National Congress017016524386
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam011149782
Pattali Makkal Katchi020602109
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam0821193395
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi02013011
Bahujan Samaj Party000202
Rashtriya Janata Dal000107
Puthiya Tamilagam000007
All India Forward Bloc000001
Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi000203
Independent politician0555554652,179
Others00012015
Rural Local Body results[4]
Local Body/PartyDistrict CouncilorTownship Councilor
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam6023,893
Bharatiya Janata Party229
Communist Party of India449
CPI(M)225
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam301,007
Indian National Congress5153
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam245
Pattali Makkal Katchi3229
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam5339
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi06
Puthiya Tamilagam09
Rashtriya Janata Dal01
Bahujan Samaj Party01
Independent politician0679
Others02

References
  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. "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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