Urban Local Body Elections
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Mahabubabad Municipal election results 2026: Congress stars with wins in Dornakal, Maripeda
Telangana | Feb 13, 2026, 11:33 PM ISTThe Congress put up a strong show in the district, winning two municipalities outright, tying with the BRS in one, and finishing as the single-largest party in Mahabubabad Municipality. The polls were part of the 2026 Telangana urban local body elections.
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Adilabad Municipal election results 2026: BJP emerges as largest party, Congress tied with others
Telangana | Feb 13, 2026, 11:33 PM ISTThe BJP emerged as the single-largest party in the 49-member Adilabad Municipality, winning 21 wards and leading the contest. The Congress and other candidates secured 11 wards each, while the BRS managed to win six seats.
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Rajasthan govt set to amend 30-year-old two-child rule for panchayat, urban local body polls
Rajasthan | Nov 10, 2025, 02:18 PM ISTRajasthan is preparing to strike down the two-child disqualification clause in local body and panchayat election laws. Drafts have been sent for legal vetting and will soon reach the Cabinet. The change will restore eligibility for many leaders across both major parties.
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Despite court setback, Yogi Adityanath firm on OBC reservation: Here's what UP CM said
India | Dec 28, 2022, 06:11 AM ISTOBC reservation in UP: The chief minister's remarks came following the Allahabad High Court's judgment quashing the state government's December 5 notification for reservation of Other Backward Classes in the urban local body elections.
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Allahabad HC's big decision over OBC reservation paves way for UP urban body polls
India | Dec 27, 2022, 02:52 PM ISTThe bench quashed the draft notification issued by the Uttar Pradesh government on December 5 for reservation of Other Backward Classes in the urban local body elections.
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MP local urban body polls: Counting of votes underway for first-phase polling
Elections | Jul 17, 2022, 10:18 AM ISTMP urban local body polls: Elections were held for the posts of mayor and corporators in these local bodies spread in 44 districts of the state.
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Polling across Odisha’s 109 urban local bodies underway amid tight security
Elections | Mar 24, 2022, 01:17 PM ISTLong queues of voters, mostly women, were seen outside polling booths in the morning hours to avoid the scorching sun and heatwave conditions prevailing in the state capital, neighbouring Cuttack and Berhampur.
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Tamil Nadu urban local body polls: BJP surprises, wins over dozen seats, four wards
Elections | Feb 22, 2022, 04:02 PM ISTThe Urban Local Body elections in Tamil Nadu were held on Saturday for 12,607 posts in 21 corporations, 138 municipalities, and 490 town panchayats.
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Counting of votes for 116 urban local bodies underway in Punjab
Elections | Feb 17, 2021, 09:21 AM ISTThe counting began for seven municipal corporations -- Abohar, Bathinda, Batala, Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur, Pathankot and Moga -- and 109 municipal councils and municipal panchayats. A total of 9,222 candidates were in fray for 2,302 wards.
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Elections to 14 urban local bodies conclude in Karnataka
India | Nov 12, 2019, 08:31 PM ISTThe local bodies that went to polls are two major municipal corporations of Mangaluru and Davangere and six city municipal councils, three town municipal councils and three town Panchayats in seven districts.
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J-K local body election: Dull voting in Kashmir in final phase, not a single vote polled in Srinagar's Soura ward
India | Oct 16, 2018, 07:00 PM ISTOut of 2.42 lakh voters in 24 wards of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation, only 9,678 (four per cent) turned up at heavily-fortified polling stations, officials said.
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J&K urban local body polls: Voting for fourth phase concludes
Elections | Oct 16, 2018, 06:27 PM ISTVoting for the third phase of municipal polls ended peacefully on Saturday in Jammu & Kashmir's Samba, Srinagar, Anantnag and Baramulla districts, with an overall turnout of 16.3 per cent.
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J-K urban local body polls: Over 1,000 candidates to participate in second phase
India | Oct 09, 2018, 07:14 PM ISTIn the first phase polls Monday, threats from militant groups kept a majority of people away from polling booths in Kashmir Valley where the turnout was a paltry 8.3 per cent, whereas over 65 per cent of the electorate voted in the Jammu and Ladakh divisions of the state.
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J&K Urban Local Body Elections: Jammu witnesses brisk voting
News | Oct 08, 2018, 11:36 PM ISTPolls in the state were organised amid boycott calls by the National Conference and the People's Democratic Party