After 3 Years, Local Body Polls to be Held in TN on 27 & 30 Dec

TN’s local body polls were were initially stayed by the SC in 2016 after DMK filed a plea to postpone the polls.

After a delay of three years, the State Election Commission announced the dates for rural local body polls in Tamil Nadu. The polls will be held in two phases on 27 and 30 December. The poll dates for urban local bodies, however, will be announced later, said Tamil Nadu State Election Commissioner R Palaniswamy, citing administrative reasons.

According to the announcement made by the State Election Commission on Monday, 2 December. The counting for the rural local body polls across Tamil Nadu to elect representatives for village panchayats will be on 2 January. The EC also announced that the first representatives’ meeting will be held on 6 January.

Nominations for the local body elections will begin on 6 December and will end on 13 December.