Arrangements in place for second phase of polling

First phase for electing representatives to rural civic bodies took place last Wednesday

After the incident-free first phase of polling conducted on last Wednesday to elect local body representatives for 1,113 positions in rural civic bodies in five unions of the district, all arrangements have been put in place for conducting the second phase election on Saturday.

Polling for electing representatives for 2,069 vacancies in the rural civic bodies in nine unions in the district is to be held in two phases, the first phase was completed successfully on Wednesday last for electing the representatives to 1,113 positions including village panchayat ward members, village panchayat presidents, panchayat union councillors and district panchayat union councillors in Ambasamudram, Paappaakudi, Cheranmahadevi, Palayamkottai and Maanur panchayat unions. The first phase recorded a voter turnout of 70.36 percentage.