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Tamil Nadu local body polls to be held in two phases on 17 and 19th October
Posted on: 26/Sep/2016 10:38:30 AM
State Election Commission was making efforts to conduct Tamil Nadu’s local bodies’ elections. The state election commission said on Sunday that direct polls to fill over 1.31 lakh posts in various urban and rural local bodies in Tamil Nadu will be held in two phases on October 17 and 19,
Filing of nominations for the two-phase polls - October 17 and 19 - will begin on Monday morning. The last date for filing nominations is October 3.
In the first phase, elections would be held for 10 municipal corporations, 64 municipalities, 255 town panchayats and 332 district panchayat ward members and 3,250 panchayat unions ward members coming under 193 panchayat unions, 50,640 village panchayat ward members, and 6,444 village panchayat presidents. During the second phase, Chennai and Dindigul municipal corporations, and 60 town panchayats and 273 town panchayats, 323 district panchayat ward members, 3,221 panchayat union wards coming under 195 panchayat unions, 48,684 village panchayat wards and 6,080 village panchayat presidents would go to polls.
Counting of votes would be held on October 21. Following the announcement of elections, the Model Code of Conduct came into force on Sunday.
Nominations can be filed till October 3 and they would be scrutinized on October 4. Withdrawal of nominations could be made on October 6. All the elected candidates would assume charge on October 24. Local bodies under the Greater Chennai Corporation would go to the polls during the second phase on October 19.
The indirect polls for posts such as Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson of Municipalities and similar posts in rural local bodies would be held on November 2,
