Kallakurichi ready for local bodies polls phase II
The Hindu
Elections will be held on Saturday to fill 1,584 posts in five panchayat unions of the district
The district administration is gearing up for the second phase of the local bodies polls that will be held on Saturday. Elections will be held for 1,584 posts in five panchayat unions — Sankarapuram, Thiyagadurgam, Chinna Salem, Kallakurichi and Kalvarayan Hills and 5,010 candidates are in the fray.
A total of 4,90,095 (2,44,724 men, 2,45,270 women and 101 others) are expected to exercise their franchise in the polls.
According to Collector P.N. Sridhar, the five panchayat unions in the district had been divided into 66 zones and arrangements had been made to despatch polling materials to the booths on Friday. As many as 52 booths had been identified as vulnerable.