Thursday 20 October 2011

Tamilnadu Local bodies Poll Status

The Tamil Nadu local body polls are finished finally with two phases October 17 and October 19.  The election has happened with so many complaints for misconduct in Chennai.  The poll is started with dull opening in Chennai and many places in the city where only few numbers of people line up to choose 200 councilors and one mayor. The second phase of the election was done quietly, excepting a few stray things.

Tamil Nadu elections commission said 68 % of votes are recorded in the local assembly elections. The final phase election enclosed over 65 corporations, 31 district panchayats, 270 town panchayats, 194 panchayat unions, 50 3rd grade municipalities and 12,000 village panchayats.

In Chennai about 45,000 people have a chance for vote directly to choose the mayor candidate, election booths in north Chennai areas did not impress for many voters and the polling started at 7 pm while where there were medium crowds at some polling booths. No violence was reported there.

In some booths were get complained there electronic voting machines not working. Former Home minister of Tamil Nadu M K Stalin complained about election commission that many booths have no video cameras, also he requested there to conduct re election.

Many voters complained about they did not get vote receipts, totally 80,000 polices allotted for election duty over Tamil Nadu. The local bodies tamilnadu election results will be announced tomorrow 21st October include all places in Tamilnadu.

Read More: http://www.thisismyindia.com/election/tamilnadu-elections.html

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