Tamil Nadu urban local bodies polls to be held in single phase on February 19
The Hindu
The indirect elections for a total of 1,298 posts, including Mayor and Deputy Mayor, will be held on March 4.
Tamil Nadu State Election Commissioner V. Palanikumar on Wednesday announced that the urban local bodies polls for 21 municipal corporations, including Chennai, 138 municipalities and 490 town panchayats, will be held in a single phase on February 19.
The polling will be held, by following COVID-19 protocol, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. and in the last one hour, those infected with COVID-19 alone will be allowed to cast their votes, he told reporters. In Chennai, there will be 5,794 polling booths.
The counting of votes will start from 8 a.m. on February 22 and the process will conclude on February 24, he said. The indirect elections [by newly elected councillors] for a total of 1,298 posts, including Mayor and Deputy Mayor, will be held on March 4.
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