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Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of elections in the 100 largest cities in America by population and the largest counties that overlap those cities. This encompasses all city, county, judicial, school district, and special district offices appearing on the ballot within those cities. Ballotpedia also covers mayors, city councils, and district attorneys in all state capitals.

This page includes the following resources:

* The county governments covered by Ballotpedia in Mississippi
* A list and map of counties in Mississippi
* An overview of local elections in Mississippi
* An overview of the initiative process in Mississippi

## Contents

* 1 Counties
* 1.1 County government
* 1.2 Full list of counties
* 1.3 Map of counties
* 2 Elections
* 2.1 2025
* 2.2 2024
* 2.3 2023
* 2.4 2022
* 2.5 2021
* 2.6 2020
* 2.7 2019
* 2.8 2018
* 2.9 2017
* 2.10 2016
* 2.11 2015
* 3 Initiative process availability
* 4 See also
* 5 External links
* 6 Footnotes

## Counties[edit]

### County government[edit]

Ballotpedia does not have any county governments in this state in its coverage scope.

### Full list of counties[edit]

According to a 2022 study from the U.S. Census Bureau, this state's local governments consist of 82 counties, 298 cities, towns, and villages, and 437 special districts.[1]

The following table defaults to displaying only 25 counties at a time. To change the number of counties displayed, use the drop-down menu above the upper left-hand corner of the table. You can also use the search bar above the upper-right corner of the table to look up a specific county.

County

Jasper
Chickasaw
Union
Kemper
Washington
Issaquena
Benton
Lowndes
Lamar
Alcorn
Lafayette
Carroll
Lincoln
Tunica
Montgomery
Choctaw
Tippah
Pearl River
Perry
Bolivar
Warren
Newton
Tallahatchie
Sharkey
Forrest
Yalobusha
Clarke
Simpson
Stone
Rankin
Marion
George
Monroe
Scott
Holmes
Oktibbeha
Covington
Pontotoc
Yazoo
Tate
Lawrence
Attala
Prentiss
Pike
Copiah
Calhoun
Greene
Amite
Hancock
Smith
Claiborne
Wayne
Winston
Humphreys
Noxubee
Leflore
Coahoma
Harrison
Jackson
Panola
Marshall
Grenada
Tishomingo
Quitman
Wilkinson
Leake
Clay
Franklin
Neshoba
Lee
Sunflower
Jefferson
Adams
Itawamba
Hinds
DeSoto
Jones
Lauderdale
Walthall
Jefferson Davis
Webster
Madison

### Map of counties[edit]

Counties in blue on the map below are part of Ballotpedia's county coverage scope:

## Elections[edit]

Click the links below for information about the elections held in each municipality. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of municipalities that held elections each year in this state; click here to learn more about Ballotpedia's local government coverage scope.

### 2025[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2025 and School board elections, 2025

* Jackson, Mississippi

### 2024[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2024 and School board elections, 2024

* Jackson, Mississippi
* Mississippi school board elections

### 2023[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2023 and School board elections, 2023

* Mississippi school board elections

### 2022[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2022 and School board elections, 2022

* Mississippi school board elections

### 2021[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2021 and School board elections, 2021

* Jackson, Mississippi

### 2020[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2020 and School board elections, 2020

* Mississippi school board elections

Past elections

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### 2019[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2019 and School board elections, 2019

Ballotpedia did not cover any local elections in Mississippi that year.

### 2018[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2018 and School board elections, 2018
* Mississippi school board elections

### 2017[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2017 and School board elections, 2017
* Kansas City, Missouri
* St. Louis, Missouri
* St. Louis County, Missouri
* Mississippi school board elections

### 2016[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2016 and School board elections, 2016
* Mississippi school board elections

### 2015[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2015 and School board elections, 2015
* Mississippi school board elections

## Initiative process availability[edit]

See also: Laws governing local ballot measures in Mississippi

Initiative is available for amendments to code and private charters under Mississippi Code Section 21-17-11 and 13. A private charter may vary from the statute requirements.

State law does not grant initiative for ordinances, and municipalities do not appear to have authority to adopt initiative for ordinances on their own.[2][3]

The 20 cities with private charters are:

Port Gibson, Rosedale, Okolona, Water Valley, Fulton, Carthage, Aberdeen, Louisville, Waveland, Indianola, West Point, Yazoo City, McComb, Corinth, Grenada, Natchez, Horn Lake, Columbus, Vicksburg, and Greenville.

The remaining cities operate under a code charter.[2][3]

## See also[edit]

Mississippi | Municipal government | Other local coverage

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## External links[edit]

* Search Google News for this topic
* Mississippi municipal code library
* Mississippi state government website

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, "2022 Census of Governments – Organization," accessed October 16, 2023
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ballotpedia, "Types & #s of local government by state," September 2012
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ballotpedia, "Mississippi Initiative, Referendum and Charter Cities Research Document," August 28, 2012

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