Tamil Nadu local body polls on Oct 17, 19

CHENNAI: Elections to over 131,000 local body posts in Tamil Nadu will be held in two phases next month, as announced by the State Election Commission. Election Commissioner P Seetharaman announced the schedule saying the elections will be held on October 17 and 18. Counting of votes will be taken up on October 21, and the polling will be held for a total of 1,31,794 posts, he said. An official release said about 300,000 electronic voting machines will be used.