Urban local bodies · ward level

Municipal elections

Ward-level municipal elections · 9 states · 2008–2022

Ward candidates

2,15,440

9 states · 2008–2022

Women ward winners

41.4%

9,529 of 22,997 winners

Local bodies

1,485

across 279 districts

Avg winner age

40.5

Elected ward members

[01]Ward winners by gender

Women's reservation lifts local-body representation well above Parliament

Men 13,46858.6%

Women 9,52941.4%

Ward candidate rows by body

Municipal Council 1,19,988

Municipal Corporation 49,470

Nagar Panchayat 45,982

Independents typically outpoll every party in local polls

IND 10,350

BJP 7,690

INC 5,781

AITC 3,016

TRS 2,008

SP 1,275

CPIM 1,099

CPI(M) 1,096

BSP 756

SHS 585

IUML 457

NCP 315

SourceTCPD/CASI Urban Local Body dataset, ward-level municipal election results across the digitised states

CoverageA partial tier: 9 states on record, 2008–2022; not every state holds (or has digitised) municipal polls