Tamil Nadu local body polls to be held in two phases on 17 and 19 October
The civic polls for urban and rural local bodies in Tamil Nadu will
be held in two phases on 17 and 19 October, the state election
commission said on Sunday.
“The last date for filing nomination is October 3. Reviewing of the
documents will take place the following day. The last date for
withdrawal of nominations is on October 6,” said state election
commissioner P. Seetharaman. The nomination documents can be collected
from 26 September.
With the announcement of the dates of local body polls, the model code of conduct comes into force in Tamil Nadu.The first phase of elections will be held in 10 corporations. Over
1.31 lakh posts are to be filled through direct polls for which a total
of 5.8 crore people are eligible to vote.
While the counting of votes will be held on 21 October, oath taking
ceremony for all directly elected members will take place on 26 October.
The state election commission has said that the indirect elections to
the posts of mayors, municipality chairman, other local body chiefs and
deputy chiefs will be held on 2 November.
The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) government
recently reintroduced indirect elections for the post of mayor of
municipal corporations and chairpersons in all local bodies in the
state.
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