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]

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2021 Punjab municipal elections

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2215 seats (400 municipal corporations + 1815 municipal councils/ nagar panchayats)
Turnout	73.53%
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 51 4   Third party Fourth party   Leader Ashwani Kumar Sharma Bhagwant Maan Party BJP AAP Last election 15 1 Seats won 20 18 Seat change 5 17

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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]

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.^{[citation needed]}

He^[who?] 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.^{[citation needed]}

This section does not cite any sources. (February 2021)

The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of Punjab on 16 January 2021.

This section does not cite any sources. (February 2021)

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.

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