Husband celebrates as both his 'wives' win Tamil Nadu local body polls

With the Tamil Nadu rural local body elections out M Dhanasekaran is a happy man as both his "wives" - Selvi and Kanchana - have been elected as president's of Vazhoor Agaram and Koilkuppam Panchayats respectively.

Tamil Nadu: While all those who have emerged victorious from the Tamil Nadu rural local body elections must have been elated, M Dhanasekaran, a government employee from the southern state, has 'two' many reasons to be happy.

Dhanasekaran, who has been married twice, is celebrating the election results as both his "wives" have won the seats they contested from.

While Selvi, the "first wife", retained the president's post in Vazhoor Agaram Panchayat, Kanchana, the "second wife", won the president's post in Koilkuppam Panchayat from where she hails.

Both the women contested as Independent candidates.

The Tamil Nadu local body election results were declared on Thursday.

The polls were held in two phases on December 27 and December 30.

The polls were conducted in 27 districts after the state election commission was ordered by the Supreme Court to postpone polls in districts in Tamil Nadu that have undergone changes - Kallakurichi, Tenkasi, Tirupattur, Ranipet, Chengalpattu, Villupuram, Tirunelveli, Vellore and Kancheepuram.