2024 Punjab, India local elections
State elections in India
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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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Background
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 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.[8]
Total of 1,609 polling locations having 3,809 polling booths were 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 | Aam Aadmi Party | ||
| 2. | Jalandhar Municipal Corporation | ||||
| 3. | Patiala Municipal Corporation | ||||
| 4. | Ludhiana Municipal Corporation | ||||
| 5. | Phagwara Municipal Corporation | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
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
Aftermath
Aam Aadmi Party won five out of five municipal corporations of its own after several members defected from other parties and joined it.