After the Andhra Pradesh High Court division bench allowed the appeal petition to move SEC for conducting elections to the Grama Panchayats, the hint to begin the first phase has already taken a shape in the form of the nomination process from Friday, 1st of February, 2021.
Filing of nominations for the panchayat polls in 12 districts of Andhra Pradesh concluded on Sunday on 31st January, 2021. A large number of contestants filed the nomination papers on the last day. The State Election Commission is conducting the panchayat polls in four phases.
The first phase of polls will be held on February 9. Stage-1 Returning officers have been appointed to the smaller panchayats by the Collectors.
According to the poll notification schedule issued by the State Election Commission (SEC) on January 23, the Local Body Elections is scheduled to be held in four phases on February 9, 13, 17, and 21.
The panchayat elections will be held in 2,883 village panchayats. The Election Commission has deferred the first phase of polling in Vizianagaram district. So, the elections will be held in only 12 districts.By the end of the second day on Saturday, 8,773 candidates had filed nominations for the posts of sarpanches and 25,529 candidates filed nominations for the posts of ward members.
On the other hand, arrangements are underway for the polls in the following number of villages panchayats:
239 village panchayats in West Godavari
234 panchayats in Krishna district
337 panchayats in Guntur district
229 panchayats in Prakasam district
163 panchayats in Nellore district
193 panchayats in Kurnool district
454 panchayats in Chittoor district
206 panchayats in Kadapa district
169 panchayats in Anantapur district
340 panchayats in Visakhapatnam district
319 panchayats in Srikakulam district.
On February 1, the scrutiny of nominations was held following the appeal against the rejection of nomination before the appellate authority was supposedly held yesterday on February 2. These disposal of appeals by appellate authority was carried out today on February 3 and concluding with the withdrawal of nominations tomorrow on February 4, 2021.
The final list for the contesting candidates shall be published on February 4 after 3 pm. Polling will be held on February 9 from 6.30 am to 3.30 pm. Counting of votes and declaration of the results the same day February 9 from 4 pm onwards. Election of deputy sarpanch will take place on February 9 after declaration of results.
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Though the panchayat elections are conducted in a political manner, the impact of political parties is clearly visible. The influence of political parties was very high in many parts of the State as the local leaders were trying for unanimous elections. The candidates have very limited time for the campaign. The YSRCP and TDP are extending support to their respective candidates. The BJP and Jana Sena have formed an alliance and decided to work together to win the polls.
Division-wise phases:
Meanwhile elections will be conducted division- wise in four phases in Vizianagaram, Prakasam and West Godavari districts.
The first installment shall be carried out in villages those fall under Narasapuram Revenue Division within the West Godavari district.
Kovvur in the second installment, Jangareddygudem in the third installment and Eluru Revenue Division in the fourth installment. Parvatipuram in the second installment and Vizianagaram Revenue Division in the 3rd and 4th installments.
Elections will be conducted in Ongole in the first installment, Kandukur, in the second installment in Prakasam district.
Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2021 is approaching soon most probably to be held in the month of May this year transferring the registration to a new place even though an individual has been registered as a voter for a specific period by releasing new voter lists for the citizens of Tamil Nadu. This transfer is carried out as it is at times tough enough to check one’s name in the local voter’s list.
The chief electoral officer has disclosed the Tamil Nadu voter list at the official website of CEO (Chief Electoral Officer) Tamil Nadu: https://www.elections.tn.gov.in/. This Voter list has the name of the applicant who is eligible and listed to give a vote for the election held in the state of Tamil Nadu. Interested applicants for checking their names on the TN Voter List can follow through this link given above.
The current sitting Chief Electoral Officer of Tamilnadu is Thiru. Satyabrata Sahoo, IAS tenured from 15th March, 2018.
In Tamil Nadu, the voting for 39 states was held on 18th April 2020 in the second phase.
The voter list published by TN CEO upon the official website along with an attached photo to so that those searching for their names can easily identify themselves irrespective of confusion son similar details, if any case.
People who want to search their name in the TN voter list can search by Name Epic Number District wise, Area wise or Assembly Constituency wise. Now citizens can download the PDF voter list along with the photograph. As the elections are very close, the department is updating its voter list on a regular basis to give the voter ID card so that people will be able to cast their votes in the upcoming elections.
The final electoral roll for the upcoming assembly election in the state of Tamil Nadu has been published by the election commission of India.
Around 6.26 crore voters are expected to be in the list this year following 3.18 crores as female voters whereas as 3.08 crore are male voters and 7200 as transgender voters in the line.
The electoral roll of the special summary was published by the election commission of India on 1st January 2021.
The highest number of voters numbering 6,94,845 were identified within the Shozhinganallur Assembly Constituency in Chengalpattu District whereas the lowest number was recognised from the Harbour Assembly Constituency in Chennai with 1,76,273 voters only.
The total number of electors 8,97,694 were belonging to the age group of 18 to 19 years who were listed in the electoral roll.
Below given are the list of documents which are required for identification during election voting process; including different processes for downloading the PDF of voter list; finding polling stations etc.
The District-wise polling station details mentioned in the table at the end of the page is subjected to the original post published by the TN CEO on the given official website.
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Documents Required for Identification Processes:
Passport
Driving License
Service Identity Cards with photographs issued to employees
Passbooks with photographs issued by the Bank/Post Office
PAN Card Smart Card issued by Registrar General of India under NPR MNREGA Job Card
Health Insurance Smart Card issued under the scheme of Ministry of Labour
Pension document with a photograph
Official identity cards issued to MPs/MLAs/MLCs
Aadhar Card
Process to Download CEO Tamil Nadu Voter List
Go through the official website of CEO Tamil Nadu: https://www.elections.tn.gov.in/
Click on the link “Final Publication of electoral Roll” appearing on the homepage itself.
A new web page will appear on your screen.
Fill in the required details such as ‘District’ and ‘Assembly Constituency’ and submit the form by clicking on the “submit button” below.
Download the Tamil Nadu PDF electoral roll file to search your name from the list manually.
Process to Know Candidate Details
On visiting the Official Website: https://www.elections.tn.gov.in/, the homepage will appear on the screen in Infront of you.
Click on the link that states “Know Your AC/ Candidate details” on the homepage itself.
A New web page will appear on your screen
Here you have to fill in the details such as ‘District Name’ and ‘Assembly Constituency’
Now click on the ‘Submit’ button
The details of the candidate will appear on your screen
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Process to Know Polling Stations
Visit the Official Website of the CEO of Tamil Nadu: https://www.elections.tn.gov.in/
The home page will appear on your screen
On the Home page click on the ‘Polling Stations’ option
A new web page will appear on your screen.
Here you have to click on the ‘list of polling station as on’
A-List of polling station will appear on your screen
Process to Search Name in Electoral Roll
After visiting the Official Website: https://www.elections.tn.gov.in/, a homepage will appear infront of you.
Click on the “Electoral Roll Services” from the homepage itself.
On the new page that shall appear on the screen, click on the option naming, “Search Your Name in Electoral Roll”.
A new web page will be displayed in front of you
Here, selectsyour category such as “Search by Details” and “Search by EPIC No.”
Now enter all the details that are asked in the form
After entering the details click on Search button
To View Electoral Roll PDF
https://www.elections.tn.gov.in/, the homepage will appear.
On homepage, click on the option of “Electoral Roll Services”
Click on the PDF file and fill the required details such as selecting “District and assembly Constituency”
Now click on the Submit button
The electoral roll PDF file will appear in front of you, download it for checking the electoral rolls.
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Process to Track Application
On visiting the Official Website of CEO Tamilnadu: https://www.elections.tn.gov.in/, the homepage will appear.
The home page will appear in front of you
On the homepage, click on “Electoral Roll Services”
Next, click on “Application Tracking Option” and wait for the new page to open.
A login form will appear in front of you
Here, fill in all the details such as Username, Password, and Captcha Code
Now click on the “Login option” and then select the option “Track Application Status”
Now enter the Reference Number and click on “Track Status”
The application status will be displayed on your screen.
Process to View District-Wise Polling Station
On visiting the Official Website of CEO Tamilnadu: https://www.elections.tn.gov.in/, the homepage will appear.
The home page will appear in front of you
On the home page click on the option “Final Publication of Electoral Roll-2021”
A new web page will be displayed in front of you.
Here, click on the option “District wise details of polling stations as on Drat Publication”.
The PDF file of the polling station will appear in front of you.
You can download it by clicking on the Download option
After the Andhra Pradesh High Court division bench allowed the appeal petition to move SEC for conducting elections to the Grama Panchayats, the hint to begin the first phase has already taken a shape in the form of the nomination process from Friday, 1st of February, 2021.
Filing of nominations for the panchayat polls in 12 districts of Andhra Pradesh concluded on Sunday on 31st January, 2021. A large number of contestants filled the nomination papers on the last day. The State Election Commission is conducting the panchayat polls in four phases.
The first phase of polls will be held on February 9. Stage-1 Returning officers have been appointed to the smaller panchayats by the Collectors.
According to the poll notification schedule issued by the State Election Commission (SEC) on January 23, the Local Body Elections is scheduled to be held in four phases on February 9, 13, 17, and 21.
The panchayat elections will be held in 2,883 village panchayats. The Election Commission has deferred the first phase of polling in Vizianagaram district. So, the elections will be held in only 12 districts.By the end of the second day on Saturday, 8,773 candidates had filed nominations for the posts of sarpanches and 25,529 candidates filed nominations for the posts of ward members.
On the other hand, arrangements are underway for the polls in the following number of villages panchayats:
239 village panchayats in West Godavari
234 panchayats in Krishna district
337 panchayats in Guntur district
229 panchayats in Prakasam district
163 panchayats in Nellore district
193 panchayats in Kurnool district
454 panchayats in Chittoor district
206 panchayats in Kadapa district
169 panchayats in Anantapur district
340 panchayats in Visakhapatnam district
319 panchayats in Srikakulam district.
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On February 1, the scrutiny of nominations was held following the appeal against the rejection of nomination before the appellate authority was supposedly held yesterday on February 2. These disposal of appeals by appellate authority was carried out today on February 3 and concluding with the withdrawal of nominations tomorrow on February 4, 2021.
The final list for the contesting candidates shall be published on February 4 after 3 pm. Polling will be held on February 9 from 6.30 am to 3.30 pm. Counting of votes and declaration of the results the same day February 9 from 4 pm onwards. Election of deputy sarpanch will take place on February 9 after declaration of results.
Though the panchayat elections are conducted in a political manner, the impact of political parties is clearly visible. The influence of political parties was very high in many parts of the State as the local leaders were trying for unanimous elections. The candidates have very limited time for the campaign. The YSRCP and TDP are extending support to their respective candidates. The BJP and Jana Sena have formed an alliance and decided to work together to win the polls.
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Division-wise phases:
Meanwhile, elections will be conducted division- wise in four phases in Vizianagaram, Prakasam, and West Godavari districts.
The first installment shall be carried out in villages those fall under Narasapuram Revenue Division within the West Godavari district.
Kovvur in the second installment, Jangareddygudem in the third installment, and Eluru Revenue Division in the fourth installment. Parvatipuram in the second installment and Vizianagaram Revenue Division in the 3rd and 4th installments.
Elections will be conducted in Ongole in the first installment, Kandukur, in the second installment in Prakasam district.
A new schedule has been revised by the Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission (SEC) for the first phase of elections preserving the fact that the district collectors have not made any arrangements to accept nominations from Monday. As per the latest schedule, the nominations for the first phase would commence on January, 29 and polling would be held on February 9.In January 23 elections to Local Body Elections will be held in four phases on February 9, 13,17 and 21.
Meanwhile, the AP government has finalised the name of senior IAS officer K Kanna Babu for the SEC secretary post. State Election Commissioner Nimmagadda Ramesh shall pay a visit to the Anantapur and Kurnool districts on Friday whereas to the Kadapa district on Saturday for reviewing the polling arrangements.
Elections for the posts of sarpanches and ward members are being held in 12 districts excluding the Vizianagaram district following the counting phase.
According to the SEC, the dates fixed for the polling (if necessary) for the II, III and IV phasesshall remain unalteredfollowing the listed events:
The II phase will become phase-I
Phase-III will become phase-II
Phase-IV will be treated as phase-III
phase-I had been rescheduled as phase-IV.
The second phase polling would be held on February 13, III phase polling will be held on February, 17. The phase-IV polling would be conducted on February, 21. The counting of votes would be held on the same day immediately after the completion of polling in the afternoon.
Timing for the Polling for all the phases will be held from 6.30 am to 3.30 pm whereas the acceptance of nominations will be from 10:30pm to 5:00pm on Sunday, January 31st.
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According to the last notification issued in Amaravati on Saturday, the elections will commence with the first phase on February 5. The development comes a day after the Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy government, vehemently opposed to the conduct of the polls, informed the SEC that the time was not conducive for the exercise.
In the first phase, gram panchayats under 146 revenue mandals in 11 districts will go to the polls, according to the notification.
Changes in three districts: Meanwhile elections will be conducted division- wise in four phases in Vizianagaram, Prakasam and West Godavari districts.
Returning officers have been appointed in Panchayats to receive nominations across the State. Elsewhere Assistant Returning , Stage-1 officers were appointed for the smaller Panchayats by the Collectors.
The Panchayat office will display voter lists on notice boards on Friday morning holding the first phase election on the ninth of January month.
Below mentioned are the instalments ascending along with various districts:
Instalment-1: Narasapuram revenue Division in the West Godavari District, Ongole.
Instalment-2: Kovvur, Parvatipuram, Kandukur in Prakasam district
Instalment-3: Jangareddygudem
Instalment-4: Eluru Revenue Division
The SEC has issued notification for elections in the first phase in 3,249 panchayats in 11 districts will go to the polls, according to the notification.
The rules the contestants need to follow strictly:
Those who want to contest for the seats of Sarpanch and ward members in connection with the first phase elections should submit nominations confirmed within the respective Gram Panchayats.
It is mandatory for every contestant to be at least 21 years of age.
Contestants/candidates should be registered as voters in their respective Panchayats/Wards.
Only two people are allowed with the candidate during the filing of nominations.
The authorities will announce the final list of contesting candidates on February 4.
Contestants can campaign for 3 days from the date of the final list announced until the evening of February 7.
In-charge district collector K Markendeyulu said 23.94 lakh voters, including 11.88 male voters and 12.06 lakh female voters under 1,369 Gram panchayats in the Chittoor district would exercise their franchise in the ensuring panchayat elections.
Around 47,000 polling personnel would be deployed for conducting the elections in a smooth and peaceful manner. The stage has been set for procuring the required ballot boxes and ballot papers would be printed.
Participating in the media conference, district SP Senthil Kumar said that an exercise for identifying the hypersensitive, sensitive and normal polling stations for deploying police force accordingly has been completed.
Additional police force would also be deployed from other parts of the state if needed. Bind over cases would be registered against the anti-social elements throughout the district,” the SP said. Joint collector (development) V Veera Brahmam, trainee collector Vishnu Charan, ZP CEO Prabhakar Reddy and others were present.
Singapore’s ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) wins over Worker’s party on Friday 15th January with a reduced majority.
The PAP, in power since 1965, won 83 of 93 parliamentary seats or 61.2% of the vote – down from nearly 70% it had in the 2015 poll whereas the opposition Worker’s party secured 10 seats at its best results.
The small city state is one of only a handful of countries to have held a vote during the pandemic.Strict safety measures were put in place, with voters wearing gloves and masks and given timed voting slots. In a fact, Singapore has been one of the worst hit countries in the Asia-Pacific region, with more than 45,000 cases.As large-scale gatherings and events are deemed a high risk during the pandemic, only a few countries have gone ahead with national elections during the past months.South Korea voted in April while Serbia went to the polls in late June. In both countries, voters returned the incumbent government to power.
The PAP victory now brings current Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yet another term in office.The son of country’s founding father and long-time ruler Lee Kuan Yew, Mr Lee has been in office since 2004 – but has indicated the forthcoming term will be his last.
The PAP’s two-thirds majority gives him a virtually free hand in passing key bills, although the party leadership is expected to start some soul-searching with the diminished popular support.Meanwhile, supporters of the Workers’ Party have been celebrating on the streets, with honking horns and waving party flags.
This time round, the main issues in the election were the government’s handling of the pandemic and the looming economic recession.Singapore had initially been praised for keeping the virus in check until clusters in its migrant population dramatically drove up infection numbers.In terms of per capita cases, Singapore now ranks among the world’s worst affected countries although the death rate is low and almost all cases originate from within the foreign worker community living in dormitories.After weeks of strict lockdown, measures have been gradually eased since June and there’s only been a small uptick in infections among the local population.
Social distancing rules remain in place and wearing face masks is compulsory in public.For the election process, this meant the 2.65 million voters had to sanitise their hands and wear disposable gloves before receiving their ballot paper and proceeding to vote.
People were given two-hour slots during which they were recommended to vote to avoid crowding.Mobile polling teams took ballot boxes to citizens who had recently returned from overseas and were in hotel quarantine.
List of Constituencies and its elected candidates and votes respectively:
Aljunied
Ang Mo Kio
Number of Electors: 185,261
List of Candidates according to PAP party:
DARRYL DAVID
GAN THIAM POH
LEE HSIEN LOONG
NADIA AHMAD SAMDIN
NG LING LING
List of candidates according to RP party:
KENNETH ANDREW JEYARETNAM
NORAINI BTE YUNUS
SOH GUAN SOON
YEO YAO HUI, CHARLES
ZHU LAICHENG
The total votes obtained from PAP party are 124,597 (71.91%)
The total votes obtained from WP party are 48, 677 (28.09%)
Bishan-Toa Payoh
Number of Electors: 101,220
List of Candidates according to PAP party:
CHEE HONG TAT
CHONG KEE HIONG
NG ENG HEN
SAKTIANDI BIN SUPAAT
List of candidates according to SPP party:
STEVE CHIA
MELVYN CHIU
WILLIIAMSON LEE
OSMAN SULAIMAN
The total votes obtained from PAP party are 62,983 (67.23%)
The total votes obtained from SPP party are 30,696 (32.77%)
Bukit Batok
Number of Electors: 29,948
List of Candidates according to SDP party:CHEE SOON JUAN
List of candidates according to PAP party:MURALI PILLAI
The total votes obtained from SDP party are 12, 787 (45.20%)
The total votes obtained from PAP party are 15,500 (54.80%)
Bukit Panjang
Number of Electors: 35,437
List of Candidates according to PAP party: LIANG ENG HWA
List of candidates according to SDP party: PAUL ANANTH TAMBYAH
The total votes obtained from PAP party are 18,085 (53.73%)
The total votes obtained from SDP party are 15,576 (46.27%)
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Chua Chu Kang
Number of Electors: 106,632
List of Candidates according to PSP party:
ABDUL RAHMAN BIN MOHAMAD
CHOO SHAUN MING
TAN MENG WAH
YUEN KIN PHENG
List of candidates according to PAP party:
GAN KIM YONG
LOW YEN LING
DON WEE
ZHULKARNAIN ABDUL RAHIM
The total votes obtained from PSP party are 42,012 (41.36%)
The total votes obtained from PAP party are 59,554 (58.64%)
East Coast
Number of Electors: 121,644
List of Candidates according to WP party:
ABDUL SHARIFF ABOO KASSIM
FOO SECK GUAN
DYLAN NG
NICOLE SEAH
TERENCE TAN LI-CHERN
List of candidates according to PAP party:
CHERYL CHAN WEI LING
HENG SWEE KEAT
MOHD MALIKI BIN OSMAN
TAN KIAT HOW
TAN SOON NEO JESSICA
The total votes obtained from WP party are 53,375(46.61%)
The total votes obtained from PAP party are 61,144(53.39%)
Holland-Bukit Timah
Number of Electors: 114,973
List of Candidates according to PAP party:
MIN CHEONG
JAMES GOMEZ
ALFRED TAN
TAN JEE SAY
List of candidates according to WP party:
EDWARD CHIA BING HUI
DE SOUZA CHRISTOPHER
SIM ANN
VIVIAN BALAKRISHNAN
The total votes obtained from PAP party are 36,100(33.64%)
The total votes obtained from WP party are 71,218(66.36%)
Hong Kah North
Number of Electors: 28,046
List of Candidates according to PAP party: AMY KHOR LEAN SUAN
List of candidates according to PSP party: GIGENE WONG
The total votes obtained from PAP party are 16,347(60.99%)
The total votes obtained from WP party are 10,457(39.01%)
Hougang
Number of Electors: 26,432
List of Candidates according to PAP party: LEE HONG CHUANG
List of candidates according to WP party: DENNIS TAN LIP FONG
The total votes obtained from PAP party are 9,791(38.79%)
The total votes obtained from WP party are 15,451(61.21%)
Jalan Besar
Number of Electors: 107,720
List of Candidates according to PV party:
MICHAEL FANG AMIN
LEONG SZE HIAN
LIM TEAN
NOR AZLAN BIN SULAIMAN
List of candidates according to PAP party:
HENG CHEE HOW
DENISE PHUA LAY PENG
JOSEPHINE TEO
WAN RIZAL
The total votes obtained from PV party are 34,261(34.64%)
The total votes obtained from PAP party are 64,631(65.36%)
Jurong
Number of Electors: 131,058
List of Candidates according to PAP party:
HUANG WEI ZHONG SHAWN
RAHAYU BINTE MAHZAM
TAN WU MENG
THARMAN SHANMUGARATNAM
XIE YAO QUAN
List of candidates according to RDU party:
MICHELLE LEE JUEN
LIYANA DHAMIRAH
RAVI PHILEMON
NICHOLAS TANG
ALEC TOK
The total votes obtained from PAP party are 91,846(74.61%)
The total votes obtained from RDU party are 31,260(25.39%)
KebunBaru
Number of Electors: 22,623
List of Candidates according to PSP party: KUMARAN PILLAI
List of candidates according to PAP party: KWEK HIAN CHUAN
The total votes obtained from PSP party are 7,842(37.08%)
The total votes obtained from PAP party are 13,309(62.92%)
MacPherson
Number of Electors: 28,513
List of Candidates according to PPP party: GOH MENG SENG
List of candidates according to PAP party: TIN PEI LING
The total votes obtained from PPP party are 7,489(28.26%)
The total votes obtained from PAP party are 19,009(71.74%)
Marine Parade
Number of Electors: 139,622
List of Candidates according to WP party:
AZHAR LATIP
FADLI FAWZI
NATHANIEL KOH
RON TAN JUN YEN
YEE JENN JONG
List of candidates according to PAP party:
MOHD FAHMI ALIMAN
SEAH KIAN PENG
TAN CHUAN-JIN
TAN SEE LENG
EDWIN TONG CHUN FAI
The total votes obtained from WP party are 55,047(42.26%)
The total votes obtained from PAP party are 75,203(57.74%)
Marsiling-Yew Tee
Number of Electors: 117,077
List of Candidates according to SDP party:
DAMANHURI BIN ABAS
KHUNG WAI YEEN
LIM BOON HENG
BENJAMIN PWEE
List of candidates according to PAP party:
HANY SOH HUI BIN
LAWRENCE WONG
ALEX YAM ZIMING
ZAQY MOHAMAD
The total votes obtained from SDP party are 40,690(36.82%)
The total votes obtained from PAP party are 69,813(63.18%)
Marymount
Number of Electors: 23,431
List of Candidates according to PSP party: ANG YONG GUAN
List of candidates according to PAP party: GAN SIOW HUANG
The total votes obtained from PSP party are 9,943(44.96%)
The total votes obtained from PAP party are 12,173(55.04%)
Mountbatten
Number of Electors: 24,246
List of Candidates according to PAP party: LIM BIOW CHUAN
List of candidates according to PV party: SIVAKUMARAN CHELLAPPA
The total votes obtained from PAP party are 16,285(73.82%)
The total votes obtained from PV party are 5,775(26.18%)
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Nee Soon
Number of Electors: 146,902
List of Candidates according to PSP party:
BOWYER BRADLEY PETER
KALAYARASU MANICKAM
MUHAMMAD TAUFIK BIN SUPAN
S NALLAKARUPPAN
TAY CHYE SENG
List of candidates according to PAP party:
DERRICK GOH SOON HEE
K. SHANMUGAM
MUHAMMAD FAISHAL IBRAHIM
NG KOK KWANG, LOUIS
CARRIE TAN HUIMIN
The total votes obtained from PSP party are 53,131(38.10%)
The total votes obtained from PAP party are 86,308(61.90%)
PasirRis-Punggol
Number of Electors: 166,556
List of Candidates according to PAP party:
ABU BIN MOHAMED
HARMINDER PAL SINGH S/O GURCHARAN SINGH
KUSWADI BIN ATNAWI
LIM BAK CHUAN DESMOND
KELVIN ONG SOON HUAT
List of Candidates according to PAP party:
GOH KEOW WAH
LIM KAY CHEOW JIREH
MOHAMED NASSIR ISMAIL
PRABU RAMACHANDRAN
VIGNESWARI VR
List of candidates according to WP party:
JANIL PUTHUCHEARY
SHARAEL TAHA
DESMOND TAN
TEO CHEE HEAN
YEO WAN LING
The total votes obtained from PAP party are 37,237(23.67%)
The total votes obtained from WP party are 19,147(12.17%)
The total votes obtained from WP party are 100,932(64.16%)
Pioneer
Number of Electors: 24,653
List of Candidates according to (unidentified)party: CHEANG PENG WAH
List of candidates according to PSP party: LIM CHER HONG
List of candidates according to PAP party: PATRICK TAY TECK GUAN
The total votes obtained from (unidentified) party are 100,932(64.16%)
The total votes obtained from PSP party are 8,289(35.22%)
The total votes obtained from PAP party are 14,593(62.00%)
PotongPasir
Number of Electors: 19,731
List of Candidates according to SPP party: JOSE RAYMOND
List of candidates according to PAP party: SITOH YIH PIN
The total votes obtained from SPP party are 7,302(39.33%)
The total votes obtained from PAP party are 11,264(60.67%)
Punggol West
Number of Electors: 26,587
List of Candidates according to PAP party: SUN XUELING
List of candidates according to WP party: TAN CHEN CHEN
The total votes obtained from PAP party are 15,655(60.98%)
The total votes obtained from WP party are 10,017(39.02%)
Radin Mas
Number of Electors: 24,931
List of Candidates according to RP party: KUMAR APPAVOO
List of candidates according to PAP party: MELVIN YONG YIK CHYE
The total votes obtained from RP party are 5,922(25.99%)
The total votes obtained from PAP party are 16,864(74.01%)
Sembawang
Number of Electors: 147,786
List of Candidates according to PAP party:
LIM WEE KIAK
MARIAM JAAFAR
ONG YE KUNG
POH LI SAN
VIKRAM NAIR
List of candidates according to NSP party:
NG CHUNG HON
SATHIN S/O RAVINDRAN
SEBASTIAN TEO
YADZETH BIN HAIRIS
YEO TIONG BOON
The total votes obtained from PAP party are 94,176(67.29%)
The total votes obtained from NSP party are 45,778(32.71%)
Sengkang
Number of Electors: 120,100
List of Candidates according to PAP party:
AMRIN AMIN
LAM PIN MIN
LYE HOONG YIP RAYMOND
NG CHEE MENG
List of candidates according to WP party:
CHUA KHENG WEE
HE TING RU
JAMUS JEROME LIM
RAEESAH BEGUM BINTE FARID KHAN
The total votes obtained from PAP party are 55,319(47.88%)
The total votes obtained from WP party are 60,217(52.12%)
Tampines
Number of Electors: 151,589
List of Candidates according to PAP party:
BAEY YAM KENG
CHENG LI HUI
DESMOND CHOO PEY CHING
KOH POH KOON
MASAGOS ZULKIFLI
List of candidates according to NSP party:
CHOONG HON HENG
FONG CHIN LEONG
MOHD RIDZWAN BIN MOHAMMAD
VINCENT NG KIAN GUAN
YEO REN-YUAN
The total votes obtained from PAP party are 94,668(66.41%)
The total votes obtained from NSP party are 47,875(33.59%)
Tanjong Pagar
Number of Electors: 134,494
List of Candidates according to PSP party:
A’BAS BIN KASMANI
CHUA TECK LEONG, MICHAEL
HARISH PILLAY
LOW WEI LING
SOON JUN WEI, TERENCE
List of candidates according to PAP party:
CHAN CHUN SING
ERIC CHUA SWEE LEONG
INDRANEE THURAI RAJAH
JOAN PEREIRA
ALVIN TAN SHENG HUI
The total votes obtained from PSP party are 45,807(36.90%)
The total votes obtained from PAP party are 78,330(63.10%)
West Coast
Number of Electors: 146,089
List of Candidates according to PSP party:
ANG WEI NENG
FOO MEE HAR
DESMOND LEE TI-SENG
RACHEL ONG SIN YEN
S ISWARAN
List of candidates according to PAP party:
KHOO POH TIONG JEFFREY
LEONG MUN WAI
N. LOGANATHAN
HAZEL POA
TAN CHENG BOCK
The total votes obtained from PSP party are 71,658(51.68%)
The total votes obtained from PAP party are 66,996(48.32%)
Yio Chu Kang
Number of Electors: 25,962
List of Candidates according to PSP party: KAYLA LOW
List of candidates according to PAP party: YIP HON WENG
The total votes obtained from PSP party are 9,519(39.18%)
The total votes obtained from PAP party are 14,775(60.82%)
Yuhua
Number of Electors: 21,351
List of Candidates according to PSP party: GRACE FU HAI YIEN
List of candidates according to SDP party: ROBIN LOW
The total votes obtained from PSP party are 14,131(70.54%)
The total votes obtained from SDP party are 5,901(29.46%)
Maharashtra Gram Panchayat Elections 2020 results are declared yesterday on 18th of January, 2020 which marked the opposition BJP as the single largest party although Shiv Sena-led MVA alliance party scored 2205 seats.
Congress bags over 4,000-gram panchayats in Maharashtra; 80%-gram panchayats won by the Maha Vikas Aaghadi. According to the official sources, Shiv Sena won 1446, NCP won 1211 seats, while the congress manages to win 994 seats. MNS, a small party of women workers won 29 seats whereas the independents and others together won 1348 seats. BJP scored 1373 seats in total emerging as the party with the highest votes and seats.
Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) ruled by Shiv Sena comprises of Shiv Sena party itself, NCP, as well as Congress. NCP alone has secured 221 seats whereas the Congress party secured 147. On the other hand, compared to these parties MVA-led parties, BJP has secured 266 seats in total emerging as the single largest party to win over such a huge range of seats. This fact was itself declared by the former CM and the present leader to BJP party in Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis.
The main takeaway is that the Sena, which had the image of a largely urban party, has enlarged its footprint in rural Maharashtra at the cost of BJP, helped no doubt by the fact that the MVA, headed by a Sena chief minister, is in power in the state. But it lost ground in its traditional turf Konkan to sworn opponent Narayan Rane,who delivered in the region for the BJP.
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Maharashtra Gram Panchayat Race vote tallying started at 9 AM on Monday. 14,000-gram panchayats in 34 areas in Maharashtra went to surveys on January 15, in the midst of strict COVID-19 conventions. 14 Thane locale towns have boycotted the gram panchayat decisions requesting to be a portion of the Navi Mumbai Civil Enterprise. There are 27,920-gram panchayats and 36 locales within the state. The gram panchayats are considered the 3rd level of administration.
Maharashtra Congress president Balasaheb Thorat claimed that 80 per cent of the seats in Gram Panchayats that went to surveys were won by the constituents of the MVA. This drive to the winning of 4000-gram panchayats for Congress in total.
A polling officer marks a voters’ finger with ink as she casts her vote at a local polling station for the state Assembly elections at Raisar Village of Jaipur District, Rajasthan ,India on Friday, Dec 07,2018.(Photo By Vishal Bhatnagar/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (Photo by Vishal Bhatnagar/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
According to the Maharashtra State Election Commissioner UPS Madan, there are 20,000-odd seats where members have already been elected unopposed. At least 14 Thane district villages have boycotted the gram panchayat elections to press for their demand to be a part of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation.
Polling for elections to atop 14,000-gram panchayats among 34 on the aggregate 36 districts of the western administration had made area of Friday. There are 27,920-gram panchayats within Maharashtra. However, over in regard to 20,000-odd seats, individuals bear meanwhile been choice unopposed. At least 14 Thane district villages boycotted the gram panchayat elections in imitation of press because theirs claim after standing a portion of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation.
According to the State Election Commission, the voting for 162-gram panchayats in six talukas of Gadchiroli, a Naxal-hit district, will be held on January 20.
About 1.25 lakh candidates regarding Monday rose victorious among the Gram Panchayat elections departed within Maharashtra remaining week, the effect who the ruling claimed a “huge win” while the opposition BJP talked about it had occur abroad stronger.
The party panels were deflected by several political parties or local leaders instead of fighting on party symbols.
According to the state electoral commission, around 2,41,598 candidates in total were running after reviewing and withdrawing nominations, the rest 26,718 candidates had no rivals, therefore, they were declared unhindered.
On December 11th last year, elections were announced for 14,234 grams of panchayats, but some local government agencies held all or part of the elections without opposing candidates. Later the elections got delayed mainly because of the natural calamity of coronavirus.
Permission was granted by the state election commission to those people who were suffering from the coronavirus infection or those who are in quarantine to visit the polling booth or state half-an hour before the ending of the poll so that even they can cast their vote.
According to a Free Press Journal report, there was a dispute between two groups over voting in Tale Hipparga village in North Solapur taluka. 2 groups hurled stones at each other during the polls in Solapur district. The altercation soon escalated into a brawl, 3 to 4 activists from both groups were injured in the pelting. A dispute broke out between two groups near the polling station in Kusegaon, voters complained about the breakdown of EVMs in Kolhapur and Nashik districts.
Polls were boycotted by at least 14 villages with a demand to become the part of the Navi Mumbai Corporation.
Even though the entire election process went smoothly there were certain gram panchayats which were cancelled due to the evidences that caught them from auctioning of the posts of the sarpanchs and other members. The poll panel cancelled the election process of these two places namelyUmrane and Khondamali gram panchayats in Nashik and Nandurbar districts, respectively.
Gram Panchayat polls witness 79% voter turnout where around 12, 711-gram panchayats got spread across 34 districts in Maharashtra. this information was personally declared by State Election Commissioner UPS Madan. The elections for the rest 14,234 grams panchayats were announced on 11 December 2020.
The NCP has won all 3-gram panchayats in Nagpur’s Katol taluka. Anil Deshmukh, Maharashtra Home Minister, represented the Katol Assembly seat. The results for 6 out of the 17 seats have been declared in Nasik’s Sayyed Pimpri gram Panchayat and Congress’ gram Vikas panel won all 6 seats.
Below given is a complete list of districts and number of gram panchayats won in each respective district. The lowest number of gram panchayats won by any district is Palghar with 3 seats only whereas the highest number goes to the Nanded district with 1013 seats.
Upcoming elections list in India includes elections to the Rajya Sabha, elections to state legislative assembly, bye-elections to the Lok Sabha, bye-elections to state legislative assemblies.
The listed upcoming election list is based on the recently on-going elections up to the tenure wise state elections in the upcoming years from 2021-2025.
As per the table drawn below, Pondicherry and Bihar recently completed their assembly elections with 30 and 243 seats respectively.
Bihar was the first big election after the world was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Although Pondicherry didn’t get affected much, Bihar witnessed a handful of pandemics spread yet both the states managed to complete the polling processes and the result declaration.
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What the sources have got to say?
Sources say that after the obliteration of Sections 370 and 35A, the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections will be held in 2021. According to which there were a total of 111 seats in the assembly. After the formation of Ladakh’s separate union territory, it will reduce by four seats. That means 107 will be left in the J&K assembly.
Kerala will go to polls in May 2021 to elect 140 MLAs to the 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly. The battle will be fierce in Kerala for the CPI (M) as it will try to hold on to power, for the Congress as it will attempt to get its ‘turn’ after five years, and for the BJP which will strive to make inroads into the southern state.
The Tamil Nadu assembly election is slated to be held on May 2021 for the 234 seats of the Legislative Assembly in the state. This will be the first full-state legislative election without the popular J. Jayalalithaa and M. Karunanidhi. The 2021 election will be keenly contested between the arch rivals AIADMK and DMK.
The high-stakes West Bengal assembly elections are likely to be held in May 2021The Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has approved a tie up with the Congress for the upcoming polls. The move is being seen as a “tactical” move to gain some lost ground in a state which the Left ruled for an uninterrupted 34 years. It will be the first electoral contest between the two parties since this year’s Lok Sabha polls, which saw the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) emerging as the main opposition in the state, with 18 of the 42 seats in its kitty, just four less than that of the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC).
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Here is the full list of upcoming elections in the various states:
Sl. No.
Tenure
House/State
Elections Due in
Assembly Seats
Lok Sabha Seats
Rajya Sabha Seats
1
3 Jun, 2016 – 4 Jun, 2020
Pondicherry
2020
30
1
1
2
20 Nov, 2015 – 19 Nov, 2020
Bihar
2020
243
2
16
3
17 Mar, 2015 – 16 Mar, 2021
Jammu and Kashmir
Jan-Feb 2020
87
6
4
4
23 May, 2016 – 22 May, 2021
Tamilnadu
2021
234
39
18
5
24 May, 2016 – 23 May, 2021
Assam
2021
126
14
7
6
25 May, 2016 – 24 May, 2021
Kerala
2021
140
20
9
7
27 May, 2016 – 26 May, 2021
West Bengal
2021
294
42
16
8
15 Mar, 2017 – 14 Mar, 2022
Goa
2022
40
2
1
9
15 Mar, 2017 – 14 Mar, 2022
Manipur
2022
60
2
1
10
16 Mar, 2017 – 15 Mar, 2022
Punjab
2022
117
13
7
11
18 Mar, 2017-17 Mar, 2022
Uttarakhand
2022
70
5
3
12
18 Mar, 2017 – 17 Mar, 2022
Uttar Pradesh
2022
403
80
31
13
Dec, 2017-Dec, 2022
Gujarat
2022
182
26
11
14
Dec 2017- Dec 2022
Himachal Pradesh
2022
68
4
3
15
10 Dec, 2018 – 07 Jan, 2023
Madhya Pradesh
2023
230
29
11
16
10 Dec, 2018 – 20 Jan, 2023
Rajasthan
2023
200
25
10
17
6 March, 2018 – 5 March, 2023
Meghalaya
2023
60
2
1
18
6 March, 2018 – 5 March, 2023
Nagaland
2023
60
1
1
19
14 March, 2018 – 13 March, 2023
Tripura
2023
60
2
1
20
29 May, 2018 – 28 May, 2023
Karnataka
2023
224
28
12
21
11 Dec, 2018 – 10 Dec, 2023
Chhattisgarh
2023
90
11
5
22
10 Dec, 2018 – 10 Dec, 2023
Telangana
2023
119
17
7
23
16 Dec, 2018 – 15 Dec, 2023
Mizoram
2023
40
1
1
24
28 May, 2019 – 27 May, 2024
Sikkim
2024
32
1
1
25
02 June, 2019 – 01 June, 2024
Arunachal Pradesh
2024
60
2
1
26
12 June, 2019 -11 June, 2024
Odisha
2024
147
21
10
27
15 Jun, 2019 – 18 Jun, 2024
Andhra Pradesh
2024
175
25
11
28
27 Oct, 2019 – 26 Oct, 2024
Haryana
2024
90
10
5
29
28 Nov, 2019 – 27 Nov, 2024
Maharashtra
2024
288
48
19
30
29 Dec, 2019 – 28 Dec, 2024
Jharkhand
2024
81
14
6
31
16 Feb, 2020 – 15 Feb, 2025
Delhi
2025
70
7
3
One seat each for UTs of ANI, CH, DNH, DD and LKD
5
Nominated Members in Rajya Sabha
12
Nominated Members in Lok Sabha
2
Total
4120
545
2
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We preferred to mention the recently completed state election for giving a broad interface about the prepared list.
The following list is completely based upon the official website https://eci.gov.in/elections/future-elections. We tend to update every detail of our information as per the ECI guidelines and announcements.
Refer to our other blogs to know more variedly about the recent elections as well as the upcoming ones.
The Election Commission has started taking stock of the preparations for upcoming West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.The Bengal Election 2021 is still 10 months away but the State is heating up. Nearly 10 years ago, Mamata was able to end 34 years of Communist rule in Bengal, now she finds herself under threat as well.
The tenure of the current Mamata Banerjee led government is coming to an end on May 30, which means the elections will be scheduled in April, close to the board examinations.
A team of the poll panel led by deputy election commissioner Sudeep Jain is on a two-day observation tour in Kolkata. Jain is scheduled to meet senior IAS and IPS officers including the district magistrates, superintendents of police and police commissioners in various districts of south and north Bengal to gauge the current situation on ground in the state.
ECI officials have met with Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) officials and a discussion on the dates of the upcoming board examination has taken place. Given the violence in the state, the commission is getting regular updates from state election officers.
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BJP has emerged as a huge threat after winning 18 seats out of the 42 Lok Sabha seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. The Bengal BJP under President Dilip Ghosh as well as the work done on the ground by numerous central Governments have grabbed large proportions of the SC/ST vote during the General elections and put Trinamool Congress TMC under huge pressure.In the meanwhile, the BJP has tightened the screws by elevating 3 Ex TMC leaders to the post of General Secretary.
The Commission has asked all the DMs and SPs to send daily report to the EC and identify the trouble mongers from now onwards so that none of them stays outside jail once election notification is issued. The Commission is keeping a close watch on the law-and-order situation and will take all possible steps so that voters can exercise their franchise.
Sources close to the Chief Electoral Officer in Bengal said Jain, who arrived in the city on Wednesday night, will be interacting with government officials over the next two days. He is also likely to coordinate with health officials to find out about the Covid-19 safety measures that need to be put in place during the poll process.
With 10 months to go for the assembly elections, Mamata is ahead. However, a whole host of factors – Anti-incumbency against Mamata, Perceived appeasement of radical Islamists, Issue of Bangladeshis, India’s relationship with China, the State of the Indian economy, West Bengal BJP’s CM candidate etc will all play out. Whoever manages this well will win Bengal Election 2021.
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What Bihar Election taught us?
Even though the state election is scheduled to be held in 2021, the threat of the pandemic still looms large. According to sources, a few lessons learnt from the Bihar Assembly elections will come handy this time around.
Interactions between health officers in charge of Bihar elections and their counterparts in states going to polls next year is already underway. The Commission is facilitating these as it will lead to sharing of experiences and lessons learnt on holding elections during a pandemic.
Preparations for putting up additional polling booths near the main polling booths to help voters maintain physical distancing, witnessed during the Bihar elections, will also be done in West Bengal.
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News on Polling Booths:
According to several sources, more than 28,000 polling booths are expected to take place during the West Bengal Assembly Election 2021.
To provide minimum assured facilities like toilets, drinking water and ramps, on the polling day, the poll panel has also started the process of checking all 78,000-odd polling booths across West Bengal.
The election commission had held regular press briefing on the counting day, four to be precise, the last one at one in the night during the Bihar polls. This process of regular press briefings on the day of counting would now be a ‘template’ for all upcoming polls.
Also being arranged are additional EVMs, including VVPATs, owing to the current pandemic.
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Is the commission ready to meet Bengal the upcoming year?
The commission will visit the poll-bound state next year to assess the situation and to take stock of the situation.
The commission will seek report on sensitive areas. State officials including West Bengal CEO will give presentations on law-and-order situation, sensitive booths, police deployment in the state, updated voter list, EVMs, VVPATs etc.
Earlier this week, a Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) delegation from West Bengal also met the chief election commissioner Sunil Arora to request early deployment of Central police forces. The delegation also requested early enforcement of the Model Code of Conduct to avoid any kind of violence during election campaigning.
Political parties in the state have also urged ECI to prepare an error-free electoral roll and to include the names of migrant workers who have returned to the state during the pandemic.
West Bengal Assembly Poll Prediction 2021
A few weeks ago, an opinion poll by ABP CNX has predicted a comfortable win for Mamata Banerjee
Recently, ABP Ananda-CNX released its prediction for the opinion poll of West Bengal Assembly Elections 2021. The prediction saw Mamata Banerjee, the representative of TMC party as the winner of 2021. This opinion was made by ABP calculating how much ahead is TMC compared to those of other parties in the state.
Though Trinamool (TMC) is ahead in the list, yet numerous voters are in the verge to make up their minds to quit TMC. This creates a quite tension out of riskiness for the Trinamool Congress party.
The TMC is predicted to win 35% of the Hindu Vote, 80% of the Muslim Vote. These are almost similar to 2019 Lok Sabha election with additional Muslim consolidation behind Mamata probably due to NRC.
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Party Name
Predicted Seats and reservation of wards
TMC
155-163
BJP
97-105
Left+Congress
22-30
Others
6-10
Total
294.
AITC: 194-225 (47%)
BJP: 60-87 (37%)
INC: 6-9
Left: 1-2 (Left+INC 12%)
GJM: 2
Key Factors for the Prediction:
1) Anti-Incumbency against State Govt:
After 2019 results, TMC was on sticky wicket because of “Cut-Money” Issue & then BJP did a mistake by shifting the Narrative to NRC, so anti i/c took a backseat. But there’s a Resentment among people on Corona & Amphan Management though we don’t know the extent of this till this period ends but it’s also true that BJP leaders were seen nowhere in Lockdown Period
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2) Organizational Strength:
BJP has grown Organizationally since 2019, but TMC has not weakened either and hence it is advantage TMC. But if BJP can get Suvendu Adhikari on Board then Election will be wide open
3) Anti-Incumbency against Central Govt:
This is Restricted to Urban Areas only.
4) If Not Mamata Then Who?
Though Opposition lacks CM Face, TMC hasn’t been able to Capitalize into this issue wholly.
5) BJP Wave in the State:
After 23rd May many people believed that TMC govt will not survive till 2021 & even if they survive, they will surely get defeated in 2021. Then the By Elections took place & this Wave Evaporated.
6) NRC CAA
Results of By-Elections proved that NRC benefited TMC but BJP has able to neutralise this a bit after enactment of CAA. Violence Created by Muslims helped BJP to continue their Propaganda.
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What the sources have to say?
Dilip Ghosh of BJP has improved quite a bit since April 2019 as a potentially challenger but the gap with the TMC leader Mamata Banerjee is quite stark. For example, in Jharkhand, the gap between Hemant Soren and Raghubar Das was much lesser in April 2019. The Bengal Election 2021 is still 10 months away, enough time for BJP to consider an alternative or Dilip Ghosh to step up his presence.
In the meanwhile, the COVID Situation in Bengal is improving. This was a major source of criticism until a few weeks back. Bengal’s active cases have fallen for nearly two weeks now and in this period, death rate amongst completed cases was 2.6%, much lower than many States.
After former TMC leader Suvendu Adhikari wrote to Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar expressing his concerns of being framed in “false criminal cases”, Dhankhar on Thursday wrote to Mamata Banerjee asking her to take “affirmative steps”.
Janata Dal (United) on Thursday said it will contest in 75 seats in upcoming Assembly elections in the state. The party will fight the election alone if an alliance with ally, the BJP, fails to materialise.
While on a two-day tour to Bengal, Union Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah on Sunday alleged that political violence has reached its peak in Bengal and around 300 BJP workers have been killed under her tenure. He hits on the Mamata Government with a warning blow off that the people are now aware of the dark hidden side of TMC.
Shah said the people of Bengal want change in the state to end political violence, extortion and Bangladeshi infiltration.Sending out a warning to CM Banerjee, Shah Saturday said the BJP will win more than 200 seats in next year’s state Assembly elections.
The leader visited Vishwa-Bharati; Siddeshwari Kali Mandir of Habibpur; memorials of Rabindranath Tagore and Khudiram Bose; as well as scheduled to have lunch with a farmer’s family in Balichuri village along with BJP leaders. After the public meeting, he is supposed to return to Kolkata and hold meetings with BJP state leaders.
Ending weeks of speculations, West Bengal political heavyweight Suvendu Adhikari along with nine MLAs of different parties and a TMC MP joined the BJP at Shah’s rally in Midnapore.
A big scoop of victory in Kerala coalited the rule of the Left on Wednesday in local body polling result by all parties for the assembly elections in the state next year. The ruling alliance, hammered by corruption allegations, took the most of the Grama-Panchayats and district-panchayats in villages and districts.
The counting of votes polled in the crucial local body elections was conducted with the traditional political fronts-CPI (M)-led LDF, Congress-headed UDF and BJP-NDA- keeping their fingers crossed as its result is generally seen as pointer to the upcoming Kerala Assembly Elections.
In a major boost to the Pinarayi Vijayan-led government, the electorate in Kerala granted victory to the CPI(M)-led LDF in majority of the local bodies.
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The LDF was suave for victory in three-tier panchayats sweeping in the following:
514 Gram Panchayats
108 Block Panchayats
10 District Panchayats
35 Municipalities and 3 Corporations.
With that of the Congress-led UDF, the party was ahead inincluding Pandalam, which was the centre of protests against the entry of women of the banned age group into the Sabarimala Ayyappa shrine.
377 Gram Panchayats
46 Block Panchayats
4 District Panchayats
45 Municipalities and 3 Corporations.
The NDA led by the BJP had secured a lead in 24 Gram Panchayats and 2 Municipalities.
Local Self Government Wards on Wednesday, 16th of December, 2020.
The ruling CPI(M)-led LDF has made inroads in UDF strongholds in central Kerala wresting power in Kottayam and Idukki district panchayats and winning several municipalities and panchayats in the civic polls.
2020 Kerala local body election was the first election since the Jose K Mani faction of the KC(M) severed its decades-old ties with the UDF over its differences with the Congress over sharing the Kottayam district panchayat president’s post in the previous council.
The saffron party was ahead in Palakkad municipality also. Though the BJP could not put up a spectacular show, it still seemed to better its 2015 record, where it won 14 grama panchayats and the lone Palakkad municipality, and if the trends hold, could nearly double its seats this time.
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The overall voter turnout was 76%, only marginally lower than 77.76% in 2015. The ruling Left front had nearly swept the civic polls by winning 549 village panchayats, 90 block panchayats, 44 municipalities and four corporations. At the district panchayat level, both UDF and LDF had won 7 seats each.
The BJP had earlier organised state-wide protests against the entry of young women in the age group of 10-50 years into the shrine. UDF leaders– KPCC President Mullapally Ramachandran, Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala and former Chief Minister OommenChandy said the claims that the party-led front had been routed was baseless.
In corporations, the LDF achieved simple majority in Kozhikode, Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram and became the single largest party in Kochi. The UDF got a simple majority in Kannur and the single largest party status in Thrissur. In Both Kochi and Thrissur, both fronts will have to shore up support of rebels or Independents to get mayor and deputy mayor posts.
The results are certainly a stinging setback to the UDF which was hoping to win big in the local body polls and thereby present a united and strong campaign in 2021 Assembly polls.
Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala admitted that the ‘public sentiment against the corruption of the LDF government’ in the backdrop of the gold smuggling case has not reflected in the results.
LDF’s major inroads into UDF vote-banks particularly in Thrissur, Ernakulam and Kottayam districts indicates a popular support base that goes beyond the CPM’s strict cadre votes.
As for the BJP, it has faced setbacks in contests to Thrissur and Thiruvananthapuram corporations. At the same time, it has doubled the number of gram panchayats it holds and has added a municipality to its tally.
As much the BJP is concerned, it did not make much significant gains. While it repeated its performance in Thiruvananthapuram corporation, it won one more municipality – Panthalam, in addition to Palakkad – and 9 grama panchayats more than in 2015. But it did manage to win more many more wards and divisions this time, including in areas where it was not a significant presence.
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The COVID-19 Atmosphere during Kerala Local Body Elections, 2020:
According to Election Commission figures, a total of 73.12 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the first phase, 76.78 per cent in the second phase and 78.64 per cent in the third and final phase.The counting began at 244 centres at 8.00 am on Wednesday.
Postal ballots, including the special ballots issued to the COVID-19 positive voters and those under quarantine, were counted first, they said adding that the entire counting procedure was held in adherence with the COVID-19 protocols.
Section 144 has been in place in northern Malappuram and in some pockets of neighbouring Kozhikode and Kasaragod districts ahead of the announcement of the poll results.
This time, the civic body polls have gained comparatively more significance as its result is generally considered to reflect the political mindset of the southern state which would go to assembly polls after some months.
So, despite COIVD-19 protocols and restrictions, the state witnessed a fierce campaign in which everything right from national politics to state issues became a campaign tool.
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Other factors:
The first phase of elections was held for five southern districts Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, and Idukki.
The second phase of elections was held for five southern districts Ernakulam, Kottayam, Thrissur, Palakkad, and Wayanad.
The final stage was on 14 December in Malappuram, Kozhikode, Kannur, and Kasaragod in northern Kerala.
In the upcoming elections, a total of 2.71 crore voters are eligible to vote across 34,744 polling stations.
The Kerala State has 1200 self-government institutions categorized into village panchayats, block panchayats, district panchayats, municipalities, and municipal corporations across 14 districts.
However, the local body elections are scheduled for 1199 local bodies, and the Mattanur segment follows a separate election tenure.
The ruling LDF, which used to showcase a good performance in the civic body polls, banked on the achievements in the development front under the four and half years old rule of Pinarayi Vijayan government.
However, opposition UDF, during the campaign, focused on various corruption charges against the government and controversies related to the gold smuggling case and allegations cropped up against the Chief Minister’s office.
BJP-NDA, which was looking all means to break the decades-old bipolar polity led by UDF and LDF, was hopeful of showcasing an impressive performance and garner three-fold seats compared to the 2015 civic polls.
The UDF has won majority in Kannur. In Thrissur and Kochi corporations, however, UDF and LDF have a close call, with independents likely to decide their fate.
The BJP also counted some gains on Wednesday; its councillor won in the Kannur Corporation for the first time. The BJP alliance has seen a marginal increase in its tally in Grama Panchayats and Municipalities.
In Kochi Corporation, Congress’ mayor candidate N Venugopal loses by one vote to BJP.While BJP District President VV Rajesh won thein the Poojappura ward.
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In the six corporations, Left is ahead in four and UDF is ahead in two corporations
This time, the civic body polls have gained comparatively more significance as its result is generally considered to reflect the political mindset of the southern state which would go to assembly polls after some months.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has been the face of the party and government — this is his personal triumph; especially after the LDF won only one seat in the Lok Sabha elections. These are not the same as Assembly elections, but the victorywill be read as a referendum on his government.
Vijayan’s office has been caught in the gold smuggling scandal; CPM state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan was forced to go on leaveafter his son was jailed in a drug case. While the opposition went after him, the CM kept the focus on the achievements of his government, especially welfare schemes and grassroots interventions, including housing for the poor.
Vijayan masterminded the move of the Kerala Congress (M), the Christian party led by Jose K Mani, from the UDF to the LDF, ignoring protests from the CPI. Thanks to the KC(M), the LDF has gained in traditional UDF strongholds in Kottayam, Idukki and Pathanamthitta.
The Congress’s deal with the Jamaat-e-Islami’s Welfare Party of India allowed the CPM to claim that the UDF was aligning with communal forces. It brought back some Hindu voters who had turned away from the LDF over the entry of women into Sabarimala. The LDF also signalled to Christians who have been upset over Muslim organisations gaining an upper hand in the UDF.
During the catastrophic flood of 2018, and in the initial days of the Covid-19 lockdown, LDF-ruled local bodies did a stellar job of crisis management. The government gave local bodies bigger roles in health and education, allowing them to touch people closely.
The UDF failed to anticipate the damage Jose K Mani, son of the late K M Mani, would do. Jose’s rival in Kerala Cong (M), P J Joseph, failed to stem the Jose tide in central Kerala.
The UDF’s understanding with Jamaat-e-Islami’s Welfare Party of India — which had won several seats with LDF in 2015 — has been counterproductive.
Within the UDF too, some Muslim voters were opposed to the Jamaat-e-Islami — and several Muslim religious heads close to the Indian Union Muslim League warned against the alliance. The Jamaat-e-Islami presence on the UDF platform also triggered unrest among pro-Congress Christians — the Kerala Catholic Bishops Council criticised the Congress’s decision.
In several seats, the Congress faced rebels. Disputes over seat-sharing led to UDF allies fielding candidates against each other. In the time of Covid-19, the Congress could not match the LDF’s ground-level electoral machinery and social media campaign.
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Complete list on how the wards in panchayats of Kerala got registered:
The election result for Rajasthan Nagar Nigam was declared by the State Election Commission Official on Sunday, 13th December 2020, making Congress win the list.
Party name
Winning seats
Congress
620
Independent
595
BJP
548
BSP
7
CPI
2
CPI (M)
2
RLP
1
BJP came third in its position when the independent candidates overcame to the second position all together winning 595 wards/seats.
Among other winners are seven Bahujan Samaj Party leaders, two members each of the Communist Party of India, and the Communist Party of India (Marxist), and one Rashtriya Loktantrik Party candidate.
Voting for 1,775 yards in 50 municipal bodies in 12 districts was held on December 11, and 79.90% of the electorate had showed up to vote.
The Congress leader claimed that the party was set to form its boards in 41 municipal bodies, and the BJP would be able to preside over nine of them.
This Tuesday, Congress emerged victorious in the Jaipur Heritage Municipal Corporation and Jodhpur Municipal Corporation (North). As counting of votes for Jodhpur, Jaipur, and Kota Nagar Nigam elections neared the end, the BJP managed to grab Jodhpur Municipal Corporation (South).
The elections to six municipal corporations of Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota were held in two phases on October 29 and November 1.
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A total of 2,238 candidates were in the fray for the 560 wards of the six municipal corporations of Jaipur Heritage, Jaipur Greater, Jodhpur North, Jodhpur South, Kota North and Kota South.
First phase:
Jaipur Heritage (100 wards)
Jodhpur North (80 wards)
Kota North (70 wards).
Second Phase:
Jaipur Greater (150 wards)
Jodhpur South (80 wards)
Kota (80 wards)
As many as 2,622 polling booths were set up for the election. A total of 14.32 lakh voters were eligible to exercise their franchise while 7,249 candidates were in the fray. The notification for the election to the post of chairman in these local bodies will be issued on December 14. The voting for the post of chairman will be held on December 20, while for the vice-chairman post, it will be conducted on December 21.
Earlier this month, the Congress had suffered a setback in the Rajasthan rural body elections. In the Panchayat Samiti, which were conducted in 21 districts of Rajasthan, the BJP won 1,989 seats while the Congress secured 1,852. Of the 636 Zila Parishad (or district council) seats, the saffron party won 353 and the Congress bagged 252. The BJP touted its performance as a symbol of the trust that the poor, labourers and farmers have in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership.
Voting for Panchayat Samiti and Zila Parishads or local bodies in districts and villages was held across 21 districts in four rounds in November and early December.
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The BJP won 14 Zila Parishads or district-level boards while the Congress managed only five, according to Union Minister Prakash Javadekar. As for Panchayat Samitis or block-level boards in villages, the BJP has an edge in 93 of the 222 seats where voting took place. The Congress has 81.
But while the BJP has beaten the Congress, it hasn’t done better than its own performance in 2015. The total number of seats is different in 2020 from 2015; there was no voting this time in 12 districts where the redefining of boundaries has been challenged in court. So, the BJP only appears to have done better. Compared to 2015, there is a three per cent slide in the BJP’s tally. In the Panchayat Samitis, the BJP won 48.4 per cent of the seats in 2015, compared to 45.5 this time. In Zila Parishads, the BJP has won 55 per cent of the seats compared to 58.2 per cent in 2015.
Smaller parties like former BJP leader Hanuman Beniwal’sRashtriyaLoktantrik Party (RLP), a BJP ally, have done well. He is set to be the kingmaker in his area of influence, Nagaur. The Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP), is winning in Dungarpur, beating both giants, BJP and Congress.
After emerging as the single largest in the recent local body polls, the Congress will be hoping for a repeat performance in Rajasthan’s panchayat samiti and zila parishad elections despite the BJP giving a tough fight.
The polling was held in four phases on November 23, 27, December 1 and 5 to elect a total of 636 zila parishad members and 4371 panchayat samiti members. Today’s results will decide the fate of 1778 candidates for zila parishad elections and 12,663 candidates for panchayat samiti elections.
Ajmer, Banswara, Barmer, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Bundi, Chittorgarh, Churu, Dungarpur, Hanumangarh, Jaisalmer, Jalore, Jhalawar, Jhunjhunu, Nagaur, Pali, Pratapgarh, Rajsamand, Sikar, Tonk and Udaipur went to polls.
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The elections were held as per guidelines related to COVID-19 and arrangements were made to ensure social distancing and use of face masks at the polling centres, according to State Election Commission secretary ShyamRajpurohit.
The first phase voting took place on September 28 in 947-gram panchayats. There were 34.06 lakh voters in the gram panchayats where voting took place in the second phase. In the third phase, polling was held in October 6 and the fourth on October 10.
On November 3, the results of civic polls in Rajasthan were declared. Of the total 560 wards in the six corporations — two each in Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota — Congress won 261 against BJP’s 242, while 57 were won by others. As a result of this division, the Congress won a clear majority in the newly formed civic bodies of Jodhpur North and Kota North while the BJP won in Jaipur Greater and Jodhpur South. Later, with the help of independents, the Congress formed Boards in Jaipur Heritage and Kota South as well. It also won the four mayoral positions in these municipal corporations.
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Here are the results of the Nagar Nigams that have been declared so far: Jaipur Nagar Nigam election result:
Jaipur Greater Municipal Elections Winning Candidate List:
Ward Number
Winning Party
Winning Candidate
1
Congress
Dhapa Devi
2
Congress
Kesarmal Sharma
3
BJP
Harishankar Bohra
4
BJP
Raju Devi
5
Congress
Santosh
6
Congress
Mahesh Aggrawal
7
BJP
Santosh Aggrawal
8
BJP
Suman Gupta
9
Congress
Kishanlal Ajmera
10
Congress
Sajna Devi
11
BJP
Rashmi Saini
12
Independent
Ranveer Singh Rajawat
13
BJP
Suresh Saini
14
BJP
Meenakshi Sharma
15
BJP
Deepa Mala
16
Independent
Kamlesh Yadav
17
BJP
Priyanka Agarwal
18
Congress
Pradeep Tiwari
19
BJP
BhanwarlalMalakar
20
BJP
Roop Kanwar
21
BJP
Suresh Jangid
22
BJP
Dinesh Kanwat
23
BJP
Prem Devi Sharma
24
Congress
LadaramDulariya
25
Congress
Nasreen Bano
26
Congress
Rekha
27
BJP
Ram Kishore Prajapat
28
BJP
Mahesh Kumar Sanghi
29
BJP
Ganesh Nathavat
30
BJP
Virendra Singh
31
BJP
Archana Sharma
32
BJP
Susheela Bari
34
Congress
Santosh Chaudhary
35
Congress
Ram Janaki
36
Independent
Vikas Bareth
37
BJP
Sukhpreet Bansal
38
BJP
Vinod Choudhary
39
Independent
Gajendra Shekhawat
40
BJP
Praveen Yadav
41
BJP
Akshat Khoonteta
42
Congress
RadheshyamRaigar
43
BJP
Nishant Sarolia
44
BJP
Rakhi Rathore
45
Congress
Vijendra Saini
46
BJP
Piyush Kiradu
47
Congress
Rajendra Agrawal
48
Congress
Ram Singh Chaudhry
49
BJP
Ashok Bohra
50
BJP
Ganesh Chowdhry
51
BJP
Harish Kumar Sharma
52
BJP
Mukesh Sharma
53
BJP
Paras Jain
54
BJP
Arun Kumar Sharma
55
Congress
Hema Singhania
56
BJP
Bharti Lakhanai
57
BJP
Shakti Prakash Yadav
58
BJP
Seema Gupta
59
BJP
Ravi Kant Upadhyay
60
BJP
Kumkum Sharma
61
Independent
Jai Vashisht
62
BJP
Manoj Kumar
63
Congress
Shankar
64
BJP
Abhay Purohit
65
Congress
Hari Om
66
Congress
Damodar Meena
67
BJP
Dr SaumyaGurjar
68
Congress
Maya Devi
69
Congress
Jyoti Saini Jyati
70
BJP
Ratan Kanwar
71
BJP
Moti lal
72
BJP
Mahendra Sharma
73
Congress
OM prakash
74
Congress
Subhash Chand
75
BJP
Chhota Devi
76
BJP
Om Prakash Swami
77
BJP
Govind Cheepa
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Jaipur Heritage Municipal Elections Winning Candidate List:
WARD NUMBER
Winning Party
Winning Candidate
1
Congress
Hanuman Gurjar
2
Congress
Anjali Brahmbhatt
4
BJP
Puranmal Saini
5
BJP
Barkha Devi
6
Congress
AdbulWaheed
7
Independent
Jahid Ali
8
Congress
Bhupendra Meena
9
Independent
MaujamBano
10
BJP
Suresh
11
BJP
Nand Kishore Saini
12
Independent
Ehsaan
13
Congress
Krishna Sharma
14
BJP
Anita Jain
15
BJP
Vimal Aggrawal
16
Independent
Jayda bano
17
BJP
Manaksharma
18
BJP
Vikram Singh
19
Congress
Asaduddin
20
Congress
Vijendra Tiwari
21
Congress
Umesh sharma
22
BJP
Subhash vyas
23
Congress
Manoj Mudgal
24
Congress
Arif khan
25
Congress
Dasarathsingh
26
Congress
Muneshgurjar
27
Congress
Sunita shekhawat
28
BJP
Dheeraj sharma
29
Congress
Jyoti Chauhan
30
BJP
Rekha rathore
31
BJP
Rajesh kumawat
32
BJP
Rahul sharma
33
BJP
Poonam sharma
34
BJP
Kamlesh kanwar
35
BJP
Anshusharma
36
BJP
Jitendra lakhwani
37
Congress
Reshma begum
38
Congress
Mahendradhalet
39
Congress
Ayesha Siddiqui
40
Independent
Rohit kumar
41
Congress
Susheeladevi
42
Congress
Nasreen bano
43
Congress
Mohammed Zakaria
44
Independent
Mahesh chand
45
BJP
Ayub khan
46
Congress
Naseem bano
47
BJP
Farid qureshi
48
BJP
Girrajnahata
49
Independent
Arvind methi
50
Congress
Lalita Jaiswal
51
Congress
Amar singhgurjar
52
Independent
Kusum Yadav
53
Congress
md. Shoaib
54
Congress
Sohaidmansoori
55
Congress
Asma khan
56
Congress
Savitri
57
Congress
Firoz khan
58
Congress
Naresh kumar
59
Congress
Suneetamawar
60
Congress
Umar daraj
61
BJP
Shyamsundar Saini
62
BJP
Ritumotiani
63
Congress
Neeraj aggrawal
64
BJP
Ghyanshamchandlani
65
BJP
Mahesh kalwani
66
BJP
Mahendrapahariya
Jodhpur North Municipal Elections Winning Candidate List:
