2021 Punjab municipal elections
14 February 2021
2215 seats (400 municipal corporations + 1815 municipal councils/ nagar panchayats)
Turnout73.53%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Amarinder Singh Sukhbir Singh Badal
Party INC SAD
Leader's seat -- --
Last election 267 37
Seats won 317 33
Seat change Increase51 Decrease4
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Ashwani Kumar Sharma Bhagwant Maan
Party BJP AAP
Last election 15 1
Seats won 20 18
Seat change Increase5 Increase17

Municipal elections were held in the Indian state of Punjab on 14 February 2021; the result was 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 the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Background

The previous elections were held in February 2015, in which Shiromani Akali Dal and Bharatiya Janata Party led in most of the councils.[2] The elections were the first since Akali Dal left the National Democratic Alliance over the farm laws protest; both Akali Dal and BJP were 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, saying that a large number of farmers and peasants from the state were present at the farmers' protest in Delhi.[5]

Elections

On 16 January 2021, Punjab's state election commission announced the schedule for elections. Nominations were filed until 3 February, elections on 14 February and results on 17 February.[6][7]

The expenditure limit for a candidate of a municipal corporation is ₹ 3 lakh; for the 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 were posted for peaceful and fair elections in 109 municipal councils and nagar panchayats with eight municipal corporations.

In Bathinda Ward no. 34, a fake voter was caught in the polling booth. At many places conflict between Congress, AAP and Akali workers was seen.[8]

Repolling for two booths of Samana and one booth of Patran in Patiala district was held on 16 February 2021.

Repolling for two booths of Mohali is ordered by Punjab Election Commission on 17 February 2021 on the day of results and subsequently, the result for Mohali Municipal Corporation was postponed to 18 February 2021.[9]

Voter statistics

GenderNo. of voters
Male20,49,777
Female18,65,354
Other149
Total39,15,280 [10]

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 the 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

Party wise candidates

S.no. Party Symbol Candidates Percentage
1. Indian National Congress 2037 22.09%
2. Shiromani Akali Dal 1569 17.01%
3. Aam Aadmi Party 1606 17.41%
4. Bharatiya Janata Party 1003 10.88%
6 Independent 2832 30.71%
7. Others 175 1.90%
Total[11] 9222 100%

List of participating municipal corporations/councils

Municipal corporations

Punjab has 13 municipal corporations, and eight went to the polls on 14 February 2021. In contrast, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Patiala and Amritsar polled in 2018, and polling for Phagwara was suspended due to voter list formation.

Municipal corporations
Rank City District Municipal corporation Area km2 Population (2011) Formation
1. Bathinda Bathinda Bathinda Municipal Corporation 285,813
2. Batala Gurdaspur Batala Municipal Corporation 42 211,594 2019
3. Mohali Mohali Municipal Corporation SAS Nagar (Mohali) 176.17 174,000
4. Hoshiarpur Hoshiarpur Hoshiarpur Municipal Corporation 168,731
5. Moga Moga Moga Municipal Corporation 163,897
6. Pathankot Pathankot Pathankot Municipal Corporation 159,460
7. Abohar Fazilka Abohar Municipal Corporation 188.24 145,658 2019
8. Kapurthala Kapurthala Kapurthala Municipal Corporation 101,854 2019

List of municipal councils

The municipal councils list is as follows:[12]

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

Party wise results

S.no. Party Symbol Candidates Municipal corporations

results

400 seats

 Municipal councils/ panchayats results Total seats won
1. Indian National Congress 2037 317 1,115 1432
2. Shiromani Akali Dal 1569 33 251 284
3. Aam Aadmi Party 1606 18 51 69
4. Bharatiya Janata Party 1003 20 29 49
6 Independent 2832 12 352 364
7. Others 175 0 17(5 BSP + 12 CPI) 17
Total[13] 9222 400 1815 2215

Municipal corporations results

S.no. Municipal corporations
1. Party
INC SAD AAP+ Others Total
2. MC won 8 0 0 0 8
3. Seats won 317 33 18 32 400

Municipal corporation detailed results

SnNo. Municipal corporations Seats
Indian National Congress Shiromani Akali Dal Aam Aadmi Party Bharatiya Janata Party Others
1. Abohar 50 49 1 0 0 0
2. Batala 50 36 6 3 4 1
3. Bathinda 50 43 7 0 0 0
4. Hoshiarpur 50 41 0 2 4 3
5. Kapurthala 50 45 3 0 0 2
6. Mohali 50 37 0 9 0 4
7. Moga 50 29 15 4 1 1
8. Pathankot 50 37 1 0 11 1
Total 400 317 33 18 20 21

Municipal councils results

Municipal councils/nagar panchayats
Party
INC SAD AAP CPI BJP BSP Others/hung Total
Councils/

panchayats won

 77 5 0 1 0 0 26 109
Seats won 1,115 251 51 12 29 5 352 1,815

District wise municipal councils/nagar panchayat results

S.no. Districts Total seats
Indian National Congress Shiromani Akali Dal Aam Aadmi Party Bharatiya Janata Party Bahujan Samaj Party Others
1. Amritsar 67 39 25 0 0 0 3
2. Barnala 72 28 10 3 0 0 31
3. Bathinda 170 117 26 3 0 1 23
4. Faridkot 71 44 13 3 1 0 10
5. Fatehgarh Sahib 82 53 8 6 0 0 15
6. Fazilka 53 40 6 3 4 0 0
7. Ferozpur 102 86 13 1 0 0 2
8. Gurdaspur 96 73 12 0 0 0 11
9. Hoshiarpur 91 60 7 4 3 0 17
10. Jalandhar 110 47 1 1 0 2 59
11. Kapurthala 13 10 3 0 0 0 0
12. Ludhiana 114 82 16 3 2 0 11
13. Mansa 85 22 6 4 0 0 53
14. Moga 39 21 9 4 0 0 5
15. Pathankot 15 8 0 0 5 0 2
16. Patiala 92 66 11 2 2 0 11
17. Roopnagar 92 47 3 0 2 1 39
18. S.A.S.Nagar 145 85 34 1 5 0 20
19. Sangrur 150 96 19 5 2 0 28
20. S.B.S.Nagar 47 16 6 5 1 1 18
21 SriMukatsar Sahib 77 49 19 1 2 0 6
22. Tarn Taran 32 26 4 2 0 0 0
Total 1,815 1,115 251 51 29 5 352

Results by municipality

S.no. Municipal council Total seats W

I

N

N

E

R

 INC SAD BJP AAP Others
Amritsar District
1. Ajnala 15 78 0 0 0
2. Jandiala Guru 15 103 0 0 2
3. Majitha 13 210 0 0 1
4. Ramdass 11 83 0 0 0
5. Rayya 13 12 1 0 0 0
Barnala District
6. Barnala 31 164 0 3 8
7. Bhadaur 13 63 0 0 4
8. Dhanaula 13 00 0 013
9. Tapa 15 63 0 0 6
Bathinda District
10. Bhucho Mandi 13 102 0 0 1
11. Bhagta Bhai ka 13 9 3 0 0 1
12. Bhai Roopa 13 8 4 0 0 1
13. Goniana 13 70 0 0 6
14. Raman 15 11 2 0 0 2
15. Maluka 11 9 2 0 0 0
16. Maur 17 13 1 0 0 3
17. Nathana 11 13 0 3 4
18. Kot Shahmir 13 10 1 0 0 2
19. Kotha Guru 11 11 0 0 0 0
20. Kot Fatta 11 9 0 0 0 2
21. Lehra Muhobbat 7 7 0 0 0 0
22. Mehraj 13 10 1 0 0 2
23. Sangat 9 27 0 0 0
Faridkot District
24. Faridkot 25 167 0 1 1
25. Jaito 17 73 2 1 4
26. Kotkapura 29 213 0 0 5
Fatehgarh Sahib District
27. Bassi Pathana 16 92 0 1 4
28. Khamano 13 5 1 0 0 7
28. Mandi Gobindgarh 29 194 0 2 4
30. Sirhind FG Sahib 23 191 0 3 0
Fazilka District
31. Arniwala 11 10 1 0 0 0
32. Fazilka 25 19 0 4 2 0
33. Jalalabad 17 115 0 1 0
Ferozepur District
34. Ferozepur 33 330 0 0 0
35. Guru Har Sahai 13 130 0 0 0
36. Mudki 13 5 8 0 0 0
37. Mamdot 13 9 2 0 0 2
38. Talwandi Bhai 13 93 0 0 1
39. Zira 17 170 0 0 0
Gurdaspur District
40. Dhariwal 13 92 0 0 2
41. Dinanagar 15 140 0 0 1
42. FatehgarhChurian 13 121 0 0 0
43. Gurdaspur 29 29 0 0 0 0
44. Qadian 15 67 0 0 2
45. Sri Hargobindpur 11 31 0 0 7
Hoshiarpur District
46. Dasuya 15 11 0 0 4 0
47. Garhdiwala 11 10 0 0 0 1
48. Garh Shankar 13 30 0 0 10
49. Hariana 11 71 0 0 3
50. Mukerian 15 11 1 3 0 0
51. Sham Churasi 9 43 0 0 2
52. Urmur Tanda 15 12 2 0 0 1
Jalandhar District
53. Adampur 13 00 0 0 13
54. Alawalpur 11 0 1 0 0 10
55. Kartarpur 15 60 0 0 9
56. Nakodar 17 90 0 0 8
57. Noormahal 13 00 1 0 12
58. Phillaur 15 110 0 0 4
59. Lohian 13 10 0 0 0 3
60. Mehatpur 13 11 0 0 0 2
Kapurthala District
61. Sultanpur Lodhi 13 103 0 00
Ludhiana District
62. Doraha 15 112 0 1 1
63. Jagraon 23 17 1 0 0 5
64. Khanna 33 196 2 2 4
65. Payal 11 91 0 0 1
66. Raikot 15 150 0 0 0
67. Samrala 15 105 0 0 0
Mansa District
68. Bareta 13 0 0 0 0 13
69. Budhlada 19 62 0 1 10
70. Joga 13 0 0 0 0 13 (12 CPI)
71. Boha 13 2 2 0 0 9
72. Mansa 27 142 0 3 8
Moga District
73. Badhni Kalan 13 4 5 0 0 4
74. Kot Isse Khan 13 92 0 1 1
75. Nihal Singh Wala 13 4 5 0 4 0
Pathankot District
76. Sujanpur 15 80 6 01
Patiala District
77. Nabha 23 146 0 0 3
78. Patran 17 7 3 0 1 6
79. Rajpura 31 271 2 1 0
80. samana 21 181 0 02
Rupnagar District
81. Anandpur Sahib 13 00 0 0 13
82. Kiratpur Sahib 11 0 1 0 0 10
83. Morinda 15 70 0 0 8
84. Nangal 19 150 2 0 2
85. Sri Chamkaur Sahib 13 90 0 03
86. Rupnagar 21 162 0 0 3
S.A.S. Nagar District
87. Banur 13 121 0 0 0
88. Dera Bassi 19 133 1 0 2
89. Kharar 27 108 0 1 8
90. Kurali 17 92 1 0 5
91. Larlu 17 12 2 0 0 3
92. Nawan Gaon 21 6 10 3 0 2
93. Zirakpur 31 238 0 00
Sangrur District
94. Amargarh 11 55 0 1 0
95. Ahmedgarh 17 9 3 0 1 4
96. Bhawanigarh 15 13 1 0 0 1
97. Dhuri 21 110 0 2 8
98. Lehragaga 15 90 0 0 6
99. Longowal 15 9 2 0 0 4
100. Malerkotla 33 218 2 1 1
101 Sunam 23 190 0 0 4
S.B.S. Nagar District
102. Banga 15 53 1 5 1
103. Nawan Shehar 19 113 0 0 5
104. Rahon 13 74 0 0 2
Sri Muktsar Sahib District
105. Gidderbaha 19 180 0 0 1
106. Malout 27 14 9 0 0 4
107. Sri Muktsar sahib 31 1710 1 2 1
Tarn Taran District
108. Patti 19 152 0 20
109. Bhikhiwind 13 11 2 0 0 0

Bypolls

S.no. District Corporation/

council/ panchayat

 Ward no. Reservation Winner
1. Amritsar Amritsar 37 BC INC
2. Ludhiana Mullanpur Dakha 8 Gen. INC
3. Ludhiana Sahnewal 6 Gen. SAD
4. FatehgarhSahib Amloh 12 Gen. INC
5. Hoshiarpur Talwara 1 Gen. INC
6. Hoshiarpur Mahilpur 1 Women INC
11 SC INC

Aftermath

Indian National Congress won eight out of eight municipal corporations of its own, and nine out of ten independents joined the Indian National Congress in Moga Municipal Corporation.

In municipal councils and nagar panchayats of 109, INC won 78 of its own and 20 with the support of independents, having 98 out of 109. Akali dal won five, and CPI won Joga Council in Mansa. Still, five councils are not clear, and independents have the majority in those five.

See also

References

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