2021 Punjab, India local elections
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2302 Seats (400 Muncipal corporations + 1902 Muncipal Councils/ Nagar Panchayats) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 73.53% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Municipal elections are scheduled to be held in the Indian state of Punjab on 14 February 2021, result will be declared on 17 February. The elections are scheduled for 117 urban local bodies, including 8 municipal corporations and 109 municipal councils and nagar panchayats. Elections were originally scheduled to be held in October 2020, but were delayed because of pandemic.[1]
Background
The previous elections were held in February 2015, in which, Shiromani Akali Dal and Bharatiya Janata Party lead in the most of the councils.[2] The elections are first elections since Akali Dal left the National Democratic Alliance over farm laws protest; both Akali Dal and BJP are contesting alone.[3] Bhagwant Maan, the state president of Aam Aadmi Party said the party will contest elections on its party symbol (broom).[4] Jarnail Nangal of Lok Insaaf Party demanded to postpone the elections citing large number of farmers and peasants from state are present in farmers' protest in Delhi.[5]
Elections
On 16 January 2021, Punjab's state election commission announced the schedule for elections. Nominations were filed till 3 February, elections on 14 February and result on 17 February.[6][7]
Expenditure limit for a candidate of municipal corporation is ₹ 3 lakh; for candidate of municipal council Class-I is ₹ 2.70 lakh, Class-II is ₹ 1.70 lakh, Class-III is ₹ 1.45 lakh and candidates for nagar panchayats is ₹ 1.05 lakh.
He said that 400 members would be elected for eight municipal corporations and 1,902 members would be elected for 109 municipal councils/nagar panchayats in the state. Fifty per cent reservation has been given for women in municipal elections, according to Punjab Government’s instructions.
Election Day
20,510 polling officers with 19,000 police officials are posted for peaceful and faired elections in 108 Municipal Councils and Nagar panchayats with 8 Municipal Corporations.
In Bathinda Ward no. 34 a fake voter is caught in the polling booth and more. At many places conflict between Congress, AAP and Akali workers was seen.
Repolling for 2 booths of Samana and 1 booth of Patran in Patiala district was held on 16 February, 2021
Repolling for two booths of Mohali is ordered by Punjab Election Comission on 17 February 2021 on the day of results and subsequently, the result for Mohali Muncipal Corporation was postponed to 18 February 2021.[8]
Voter statistics
| Gender | No. of voters |
|---|---|
| Male | 20,49,777 |
| Female | 18,65,354 |
| Other | 149 |
| Total | 39,15,280 [9] |
Voter Turnout
| S. No. | District | Vote% |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mansa | 82.99 |
| 2. | Bathinda | 79 |
| 3. | Sangrur | 77.39 |
| 4. | Fatehgarh Sahib | 75.78 |
| 5. | Faridkot | 71.03 |
| 6. | Pathankot | 75.37 |
| 7. | Ferozepur | 74.01 |
| 8. | Ropar | 73.90 |
| 9. | Jalandhar | 73.29 |
| 10. | Fazilka | 72.40 |
| 11. | Barnala | 71.99 |
| 12. | Patiala | 70.09 |
| 13. | Ludhiana | 70.33 |
| 14. | Amritsar | 71.20 |
| 15. | Moga | 69.50 |
| 16. | Kapurthala | 64.34 |
| 17. | Sri Muktsar Sahib | 68.65 |
| 18. | Hoshiarpur | 66.68 |
| 19. | Gurdaspur | 70.00 |
| 20. | S. B. S. Nagar | 69.71 |
| 21. | Tarn Taran | 73.12 |
| 22. | Mohali | 60.08 |
| Total | 73.53 | |
Schedule
The election schedule was announced by Election Commission of Punjab on 16 January 2021
| Poll Event | Schedule |
|---|---|
| Notification Date | 30 January 2021 |
| Last Date for filing nomination | 3 February 2021 |
| Scrutiny of nomination | 4 February 2021 |
| Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination | 5 February 2021 |
| Date of Poll | 14 February 2021 |
| Date of Counting of Votes | 17 February 2021 |
Parties and alliances
| S.No. | Party | Symbol | Candidates | Percentage | |
| 1. | Indian National Congress | 
|
2037 | 22.08% | |
| 2. | Shiromani Akali Dal | bgcolor="Template:Shiromani Akali Dal/meta/color" | | 
|
1569 | 17.01% |
| 3. | Aam Aadmi Party | bgcolor="Template:Aam Aadmi Party/meta/color" | | 
|
1606 | 17.41% |
| 4. | Bharatiya Janata Party | 
|
1003 | 10.87% | |
| 6 | Independent | 2832 | 30.07% | ||
| 7. | Others | 175 | 0.01% | ||
| Total [1] | 9222 | 100% | |||
Municipal Corporations
Punjab have 13 Municipal corporations, and 8 are going to poll on 14 Feb. 2021. In contrast, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Patiala and Amritsar polled 2018 and Polling for Phagwara suspended due to voter list formation.
| Rank | City | District | Municipal Corporation | Area K.M.2 | Population (2011) | Formation | Total Seats | INC | SAD | AAP | BJP | Others | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bathinda | Bathinda | Bathinda Municipal Corporation | 285,813 | 50 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2. | Batala | Gurdaspur | Batala Municipal Corporation | 42 | 211,594 | 2019 | 50 | ||||||
| 3. | Mohali | Mohali | Municipal Corporation SAS Nagar (Mohali) | 176.17 | 174,000 | 50 | |||||||
| 4. | Hoshiarpur | Hoshiarpur | Hoshiarpur Municipal Corporation | 168,731 | 50 | TBD | |||||||
| 5. | Moga | Moga | Moga Municipal Corporation | 163,897 | 50 | TBD | |||||||
| 6. | Pathankot | Pathankot | Pathankot Municipal Corporation | 159,460 | 50 | TBD | |||||||
| 7. | Abohar | Fazilka | Abohar Municipal Corporation | 188.24 | 145,658 | 2019 | 50 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8. | Kapurthala | Kapurthala | Kapurthala Municipal Corporation | 101,854 | 2019 | 50 | TBD |
List of Municipal Councils
Municipal councils list is as follow [2]
| Sl. No. | District | Class-I | Class-II | Class-III |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sri Amritsar Sahib | - | 1. Jandiala Guru | 1. Majitha
2. Ramdass |
| 2 | Gurdaspur | 1. Gurdaspur | 2. Dinanagar
3. Dhariwal |
3. Quadian
4. Sri Hargobindpur 5. Dera Baba Nanak 6. Fatehgarh Churian |
| 3 | Pathankot | 4. Sujanpur | ||
| 4 | Sri Tarn Taran Sahib | - | 5. Tarn Taran
6. Patti |
- |
| 5 | Jalandhar | 3. Nakodar | 7. Noormahal
8. Phillaur 9. Kartarpur 10. Bhogpur 11. Adampur 12. Goraya |
7. Alawalpur |
| 6 | Kapurthala | 13. Sultanpur Lodhi | - | |
| 7 | Hoshiarpur | 14. Dasuya
15. Mukerian 16. Urmur Tanda 17. Garh Shankar |
8. Garhdiwala
9. Hariana 10. Sham Churasi | |
| 8 | Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar | 4. Nawanshahr | 18. Banga | 11. Rahon
12. Balachaur |
| 9 | Ludhiana | 5. Khanna
6. Jagraon |
19. Samrala
20. Raikot 21. Sahnewal 22. Doraha 23. Mullanpur Dakha |
13. Payal
14. Machhiwara |
| 10 | Roopnagar | 7. Nangal
8. Anandpur Sahib |
24. Roop Nagar
25. Morinda |
|
| 11 | Sri Fatehgarh Sahib | 9. Gobindgarh | 26. Sirhind FG Sahib | 15. Bassi Pathana
16. Amloh |
| 12 | Patiala | 10. Rajpura
11. Nabha 12 Samana |
27. Patran | 17. Sanaur |
| 13 | Sangrur | 13. Sangrur
14. Malerkotla 15. Sunam |
28. Ahmadgarh
29. Dhuri 30. Lehragaga |
18. Longowal
19. Bhawanigarh |
| 14 | Barnala | 16. Barnala | - | 20. Tapa
21. Bhadaur 22. Dhanaula |
| 15 | Sahibzada Ajit singh Nagar | 17. Kharar
18. Zirakpur 19. Dera Bassi |
31. Kurali | 23. Banur |
| 16 | Bathinda | - | 32. Rampura phul
33. Bhucho Mandi 34. Goniana 35. Maur 36. Raman |
24. Kotfatta
25. Sangat |
| 17 | Mansa | 20. Mansa | 37. Budhlada | 26. Bareta |
| 18 | Sri Muktsar Sahib | 21. Sri Muktsar Sahib
22. Malout |
38. Gidderbaha | - |
| 19 | Firozpur | 23. Ferozepur | 39. Guru Har Sahai
40. Zira 41. Talwandi Bhai |
|
| 20 | Fazilka | 24. Fazilka | 42. Jalalabad | - |
| 21 | Faridkot | 25. Faridkot
26. Kotkapura |
43. Jaito | - |
| 22 | Moga | - | 44. Bagha Purana
45. Dharamkot |
- |
| Total | 26 | 45 | 26 |
Results
| Municipal Corporation/Council | Total Seats | W
I N N E R
|
INC | SAD | AAP | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amritsar District | ||||||
| Ajnala | 15 | - | - | - | ||
| Jandiala Guru | 15 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Majitha | 13 | bgcolor="Template:Shiromani Akali Dal/meta/color" | | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| Ramdass | 11 | - | - | - | ||
| Rayya | 13 | 6 | ||||
| Barnala District | ||||||
| Barnala | 31 | - | - | - | ||
| Bhadaur | 13 | - | - | - | ||
| Dhanaula | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Tapa | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Bathinda District | ||||||
| Bathinda | 50 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bhucho Mandi | - | - | - | |||
| Goniana | - | - | - | |||
| Kotfatta | - | - | - | |||
| Kot shamir | 13 | |||||
| Maur | - | - | - | |||
| Rama Mandi | 15 | |||||
| Sangat | - | - | - | |||
| Faridkot District | ||||||
| Faridkot | 25 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jaito | 27 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Kotkapura | 29 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Fatehgarh Sahib District | ||||||
| Amloh | - | - | - | |||
| Bassi Pathana | - | - | - | |||
| Khamano | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
| Mandi Gobindgarh | 29 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 4 | |
| Sirhind FG Sahib | 23 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Fazilka District | ||||||
| Abohar | 50 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fazilka | 25 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 4(BJP) | |
| Jalalabad | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Arniwala | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ferozepur District | ||||||
| Ferozepur | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Guru Har Sahai | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mudki | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mamdot | 13 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Talwandi Bhai | 13 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Zira | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gurdaspur District | ||||||
| Batala | 50 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 5(4BJP) | |
| Dera Baba Nanak | - | - | - | |||
| Dhariwal | - | - | - | |||
| Dinanagar | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| FatehgarhChurian | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Quadian | - | - | - | |||
| Sri Hargobindpur | - | - | - | |||
| Hoshiarpur District | ||||||
| Dasuya | - | - | - | |||
| Garhdiwala | - | - | - | |||
| Garh Shankar | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Hariana | - | - | - | |||
| Hoshiarpur | 50 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 7(4 BJP) | |
| Mukerian | - | - | - | |||
| Sham Churasi | - | - | - | |||
| Urmur Tanda | - | - | - | |||
| Jalandhar District | ||||||
| Adampur | - | - | - | |||
| Alawalpur | - | - | - | |||
| Bhogpur | - | - | - | |||
| Goraya | - | - | - | |||
| Kartarpur | - | - | - | |||
| Nakodar | - | - | - | |||
| Noormahal | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Phillaur | - | - | - | |||
| Lohian | ||||||
| Kapurthala District | ||||||
| Kapurthala | 50 | 44 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Sultanpur Lodhi | 13 | 10 | 3 | - | ||
| Ludhiana District | ||||||
| Doraha | - | - | - | |||
| Jagraon | 23 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Khanna | 33 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 6 | |
| Machhiwara | - | - | - | |||
| Mullanpur Dakha | - | - | - | |||
| Payal | 15 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Raikot | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sahnewal | - | - | - | |||
| Samrala | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mansa District | ||||||
| Bareta | - | - | - | |||
| Budhladha | - | - | - | |||
| Mansa | - | - | - | |||
| Moga District | ||||||
| Bagha Purana | - | - | - | |||
| Badhni Kalan | 13 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| Dharamkot | - | - | - | |||
| Moga | 50 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 11 | |
| Nihal Singh Wala | 13 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| Pathankot District | ||||||
| Pathankot | 50 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 12(11BJP) | |
| Sujanpur | 15 | T | 8 | 0 | 7(6BJP) | |
| Patiala District | ||||||
| Nabha | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Patran | - | - | - | |||
| Rajpura | 31 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| samana | - | - | - | |||
| Sanaur | - | - | - | |||
| Rupnagar District | ||||||
| Anandpur Sahib | 13 | - | - | 13 | ||
| Kiratpur Sahib | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | |
| Morinda | - | - | - | |||
| Nangal | 19 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4(2BJP) | |
| Sri Chamkaur Sahib | - | - | - | |||
| Rupnagar | - | - | - | |||
| S.A.S nagar District | ||||||
| Banur | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dera Bassi | 19 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Kharar | 27 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 8 | |
| Kurali | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
| Mohali | - | - | - | |||
| Zirakpur | 29 | 21 | 8 | - | ||
| Sangrur District | ||||||
| Amargarh | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bhawanigarh | - | - | - | |||
| Dhuri | - | - | - | |||
| Lehragaga | - | - | - | |||
| Longowal | - | - | - | |||
| Malerkotla | 33 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | |
| Sangrur | - | - | - | |||
| Sunam | 23 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| S.B.S nagar District | ||||||
| Balachaur | - | - | - | |||
| Banga | 15 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2(1BJP) | |
| Nawan Shehar | 19 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Rahon | 13 | T | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Sri Muktsar Sahib District | ||||||
| Gidderbaha | 19 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Malout | 27 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 4 | |
| Sri Muktsar sahib | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| Tarn Taran District | ||||||
| Patti | 14 | - | - | - | ||
| Tarn Taran | - | - | - | |||
| Bhikhiwind | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
See also
- 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
- 2019 Indian general election in Punjab
- 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
- 2021 elections in India
- Abohar Municipal Corporation
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