Polling to fill over 12,800 posts in more than 640 urban local bodies across Tamil Nadu will commence at 7 a.m. and end at 6 p.m. on February 19.
More than 2.79 crore residents, including 1.42 crore women, 1.37 crore men and over 4,300 from the third gender, are eligible to vote.
Between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m., only those having COVID-19 symptoms and those who have been infected will be allowed to vote, according to the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission. Over 1.54 crore are eligible to vote in the Municipal Corporations and over 64 lakh and over 59 lakh are eligible in the Municipalities and the Town village respectively.
In the Greater Chennai Corporation, over 61.18 lakh (30.93 lakh women, 30.23 lakh women and over 1,500 from the third gender) are on the rolls.
Over 57,700 candidates are in the fray. A total of 228 candidates have been declared elected unopposed. There was no candidate in one ward. The State government has declared a public holiday in areas going to the polls.
According to the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission, voters who were and weren’t issued booth slips could produce the Electoral Photo Identity Cards or any one of the 11 documents to cast their vote. They are Aadhaar cards, job cards given under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, bank passbooks with photographs, medical insurance smart cards provided by the Union Labor Ministry, driving licenses, PAN cards, smart cards issued under the National Population Register by the Registrar-General of India, the passports, pension documents with photographs, identity cards with photographs issued by the Central/State governments and the Central/State public sector units and identity cards issued for members of Parliament and the Assembly.
How are the ongoing urban local body elections different from the previous elections 10 years ago, or even the rural local body elections held by the opposite party govt in 2019?
In a democracy, local administration is very important. It is the root of democracy. For 10 years, under the Opposite party regime, the local administration was steeped in corruption, serving selfish interests.
There are 5.95 crore voters in Tamil Nadu, according to the draft roll published by the Election Commission on Tuesday. Out of the 5.95 crore voters, three crore are women while 2.94 crore are men.
The state has 5,242 transgender voters.
According to the 2011 census, the total population of Tamil Nadu is 7.93 crore and thus the total number of voters in the state is 75% of the population. Only a few states in the country have a high percentage of the population as voters.
Tamil Nadu has only 5.50 lakh voters in the age group of 18 and 19 years, but has 10 lakh voters in the age group of 80 years and above. The state has a total of 3.97 crore voters in the age group of 18-49 years
Out of the 5.95 crore voters, three crore are women while 2.94 crore are men.
The state has 5,242 transgender voters.
More than 2.79 crore residents, including 1.42 crore women, 1.37 crore men and over 4,300 from the third gender, are eligible to vote.
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