Mahé Municipality

The councillors were:[2] Fresh local body elections were not held in 2011 due to political issues and legal battles.

Although there were some moves to conduct elections, they were thwarted by legal disputes or political infighting.

The crisis became worse during the time of the 2016-21 Congress government when Kiran Bedi IPS (Retd.)

Instead, the Governor appointed a retired IFS officer, Roy P. Thomas as the State Election Commissioner.

Contrary to normal practice across India, Mahé had its municipal wards reduced from the earlier 15 to 10 despite registering a growth in the population between the 2001 and 2011 Censuses.

[11][12] The State Election Commission released the final delimitation report in June 2021.