Municipal elections were held in the Indian state of Punjab on 21 December 2024. The elections took place for 46 urban local bodies, including 5 municipal corporations and 41 municipal councils and nagar panchayats.
Previously, elections for these local bodies were held in December 2017, where Indian National Congress won four out of 5 Municipal Corporations with the BJP winning 1. Terms of Amritsar, Patiala and Jalandhar ended in January 2022, and of Ludhiana in March 2022 and of Phagwara in March 2020.
Delimitition of the wards started in December 2022. In March 2023, Punjab and Haryana High Court directed Punjab state election commission to draw schedule for elections within two weeks. On 16 October 2023, election commission announced schedule for electoral rolls, with final publication for rolls scheduled for 10 November 2023.
Elections were held for the five municipal corporations--Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Phagwara and Patiala--besides the 44 municipal councils and by-polls to some urban local bodies.
Total of 1,609 polling locations having 3,809 polling booths were made by state election commission
The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of Punjab on 8 December 2024.
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Election to some wards of Patiala was cancelled by High Court of Punjab
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Aam Aadmi Party won five out of five municipal corporations of its own after several members defected from other parties and joined it.
2024 Indian general election in Punjab