Tamil Nadu Local Body Election Polls 2017 Result Live Voting

Tamil Nadu Local Body Election Polls 2017 Result Live Voting

Tamil Nadu election commission to conduct local body polls by 17 November Tamil Nadu Local Body Election Polls 2017 Result Live Voting Over 131,000 local body posts across the state of Tamil Nadu have been lying vacant since October last year

Tamil Nadu election commission to conduct local body polls by 17 November

The Madras high court on Monday directed the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission (TNSEC) to conduct local body polls by 17 November.

• Over 131,000 local body posts across the state of Tamil Nadu have been lying vacant since October last year.
• Notifications were issued by the TNSEC in September 2016 and fixed 17 and 19 October (2016) to conduct elections.

• Following the opposition Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)’s petition, the court had observed that the notification on local body polls had been issued “in a rush” and without giving time to political parties to prepare. The HC quashed the commission’s order on the basis of “noncompliance of the Tamil Nadu Panchayat (Election) Rules of 1995”.
• While it was ordered to complete the elections by 31 December, TNSEC went on to appeal the judgment, to further extend the election date citing some “practical difficulties.”
• With opposition parties claiming that the ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) was delaying the conduct of local body elections, the poll has been delayed multiple times.

• After the HC, once again issued 14 May as the deadline, the state sought time till July, only to extend it further.

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