Over 3,200 nominations accepted in Erode
The Hindu
In Salem district, over 4,300 nominations were accepted
The scrutiny of nomination papers filed by candidates for contesting in the Erode Corporation, four municipalities and 42 town panchayats were taken up on Saturday with a few candidates staging sit-in protest against rejection of their nominations.
A total of 3,301 nominations comprising 490 nominations for the post for Corporation councilors, 517 for municipal councillors and 2,294 for town panchayat ward members were filed for contesting in the elections. Scrutiny of nominations took place at the respective Assistant Returning Officer’s (AROs) office in the presence of candidates amid tight security.
The nominations of three candidates, independent candidate Prabhu– Ward 40, AIADMK candidate Santhi Murugasekar – Ward 41 and Kanchana Palanisamy – Ward 51, were taken up for scrutiny at the Corporation’s Zone 4 office.
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