Tamil Nadu urban civic polls: CM MK Stalin casts vote in Teynampet as voting begins
India Today
The voting in the urban civic polls in Tamil Nadu began on Saturday at 7am across the state amid tight police security.
Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin cast his vote for the urban local body elections in the state, at the polling booth at SIET college in Teynampet, Chennai on Saturday.
The voting in the urban civic polls in Tamil Nadu began on Saturday at 7am across the state amid tight police security.
Voting began across 38 districts with Tamil Nadu State Election Commission monitoring polling stations through web streaming and CCTV cameras. As many as 1 lakh security personnel have ben deployed to maintain law and order situation.
As many as 57,778 candidates are in the fray for 12,607 posts of ward members in 648 urban local bodies including municipal corporations, municipalities and town panchayats and the voting exercise began in over 31,000 polling stations.
The time for voting is from 7 AM to 6 PM. The last 1 hour is earmarked to people who have been affected by coronavirus.
The elections which are being held after 10 years are nothing but a fierce battle between Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). However, the BJP is also trying their best to gain ground in the state.
The election is being conducted for 648 urban local bodies and 12,607 ward members.
