TN local body polls to be held on Oct 17, 19

Elections to over 1.31 lakh local body posts in Tamil Nadu will be held in two phases next month, the State Election Commission said today.
Announcing the schedule, State Election Commissioner P Seetharaman said the elections will be held on October 17 and 19 and filing of nominations will start tomorrow.
Counting of votes will be taken up on October 21, he told reporters here.
Polling will be held for a total of 1,31,794 posts, he said.
Sufficient security will be provided during elections and the polling process will be videographed, he said, adding, the model code of conduct comes into effect immediately.

The state had a total of 5.80 crore voters, with 2.88 crore of them being men and 2.92 crore women. About three lakh electronic voting machines will be used, an official release said.