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The Tamilnadu State Election Commission has announced that elections will be held to fill the vacancies in the rural local bodies. Seven of these mayoral posts will be reserved for women. The State Election Commission will strictly stick to the poll schedule and also ensure reservation for women thereby honouring the Supreme Court’s direction.
Seven corporations viz Tiruchirapalli, Turunelveli, Nagercoil, Dindigul, Madurai, Coimbatore and Erode will be reserved for women while the Vellore corporation has been reserved for a scheduled caste woman. The Thoothukudi corporation has been allotted for scheduled caste general while all the remaining 6 corporations of Chennai, Salem, Tiruppur, Thanjavur Hosur and Avadi will be allotted for the general quota. The polls will be held in two phases on the 27th and 30th of December. Filing of nominations has already begun and will continue till December 16th. Counting would be done on January 2nd and would be completed by January 4th.
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