T.N. Civic Polls Live Updates | Polling to start at 7.00 a.m. across 640 urban local bodies

More than 2.79 crore residents, including 1.42 crore women, 1.37 crore men and over 4,300 from the third gender, are eligible to vote.

Tamil Nadu will go to poll to fill over 12,800 posts in more than 640 urban local bodies across the State. With over 57,700 candidates are in the fray, a total of 228 candidates have been declared elected unopposed.

Here are the latest updates:

The Greater Chennai City Police has tightened security arrangements and deployed over 18,000 police and 4,000 non- police personnel for local bodies polls to be held in 167 wards of Chennai Corporation which fall under the city police jurisdiction.

On the orders of City Police Commissioner Shankar Jiwal, the police have put in place elaborate security arrangements in all the wards so as to ensure people cast their votes without any fear or hesitation.

Elaborate security arrangements have been made by the police in Tiruchi and other districts in the central region to ensure smooth conduct of the elections to be held for the urban local bodies on Saturday. 

Comprehensive security schemes have been drafted in each district in the region with field-level police personnel having been given briefings about their role and responsibilities. 

Polling to fill over 12,800 posts in more than 640 urban local bodies across Tamil Nadu will commence at 7 a.m. and end at 6 p.m. on February 19.