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(1) The same State Election Commission that oversees Panchayat elections (under Article 243K) also has superintendence, direction, and control over Municipality elections. (2) State law governs other Municipality election matters.
Rather than a separate election body for cities, the same independent State Election Commission handles both Panchayat and Municipal elections - keeping local body election oversight unified and consistent within each state.
The same State Election Commissioner who oversees a state's village Panchayat elections also conducts and supervises that state's Municipal Corporation and Council elections.