Voting underway for 2nd phase of local body polls in Madurai

11:51 December 30

Voting underway for rural local body polls in Rameshwaram.Voting for the second phase of the local body polls at 1,093 polling stations in Madurai is underway and will continue till 5 pm.

The voting is taking place in Thiruparankundram, Usilampatti, Chellampatti, Sedapatti, Thirumangalam, T.Kallupatti and Kallikudi.

Out of 1,093 polling stations, 220 are set up in Thiruparankundram, 110 in Usilampatti, 154 in Chellambatti, 155 in Sedapatti, 169 in Thirumangalam, 148 in T Kalupatti and 137 in Kallikkudi Panchayat Union.

Around 12,372 people have filed their nominations for the local government election -- 181 in district Panchayat ward, 555 in the Panchayat union ward, 8,169 in the Gram Panchayat ward and 2,467 in the Gram Panchayat ward.

09:13 December 30

Polling begins in the 2nd phase rural local bodies polls in TN

Chennai:Polling in the second and final phase of the rural local body polls in Tamil Nadu began on Monday at 7 a.m.

A total of 158 Panchayat Unions are going to on Monday and security has been beefed up in those polling localities.

About 1.28 crore voters are expected to exercise their democratic right on December 30 to elect 38,916 panchayat members, 2,544 members of panchayat unions and 255 ward members of district panchayats.

There are 25,008 polling booths. Voting will end at 5 p.m.

The first phase of the election for the rural local bodies was held on December 27 and it saw a polling of 76.19 per cent, said Tamil Nadu State Election Commission (TNSEC).