Tamil Nadu Urban Local Body Polls: 35% Turnout Till 1PM, Lowest in Chennai

Tamil Nadu Urban Local Body Polls: After scoring a hat-trick, Chief Minister MK Stalin is aiming for a fourth consecutive win for his DMK.

A little over 35 per cent voter turnout was reported in Tamil Nadu urban local body polls, which are being held today after a gap of 10 years. The data was released by the State Election Commission at 1pm. State capital Chennai recorded the lowest turnout of 23.42 per cent, while in Namakkal, 50.58 per cent of the voters exercised their franchise till 1pm.

The voting began at 7am and will end at 6pm.

As many as 57,778 candidates are in the fray for 12,607 posts of ward members in 648 urban local bodies.

The voting for the urban local body elections is being held in a single phase. The elections were scheduled in October 2016, but had to be postponed in the wake of the Madras High Court's direction.