Chennai sources stated that after a delay of three years, the State election commission announced the dates for rural local body polls in tamilnadu and the polls will be held in two phases on december 27 and december 30. Apparently the poll dates for urban local bodies, however, will be announced later, said tamilnadu State election Commissioner R Palaniswamy, citing administrative reasons.  

Meanwhile according to the announcement made by the State election commission on monday, the counting for the rural local body polls across tamilnadu to elect representatives for village panchayats will be on january 2. Perhaps nominations for the local body elections will begin on december 6 and will end on december 13. Furthermore Tamilnadu’s local body polls were due to be held in october 2016 and were initially stayed by the supreme court after the DMK filed a plea to postpone the polls until reservation and delimitation of wards are completed. Since then the ruling AIADMK government also postponed the polls due to various reasons including Cyclone Gaja in 2018.

Perhaps the announcement has been in the pipeline for some time now since the Union government had made it clear that the funds pertaining to local bodies will be released to tamilnadu only after the representatives are elected. Apparently the local body polls are likely to see a multi-cornered contest with the AIADMK, DMK and the AMMK in the fray.

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