In Tamil Nadu, 21 local bodies, including Chennai, Coimbatore and Salem, went to the polls in a single phase yesterday, after nearly 10 years. The votes will be counted on the 22nd and the results will be announced. Opposition parties have stated they will not run in the by-elections, but will use electronic voting machines.
Meanwhile, the State Election Commission has announced that re-polling will be held tomorrow in 7 polling stations in 5 wards where complaints have been raised in the urban local body elections. Accordingly, re-polling will be held at Ward No. 51 in Washermenpet, Polling Station No. 1174 and Ward No. 179 in Besant Nagar Odaikuppam, Polling Station No. 5059 in Chennai Corporation.
Re-polling will be held at Polling Station 17W in Madurai District, Thirumangalam Municipal Ward No. 17 and Polling Station 16M in Jayankondam Municipal Ward No. 16, Polling Station 16W and Polling Station 16W in Thiruvannamalai Municipal Ward No. 25, Polling Station 57W and Polling Station 57W. .
In this situation, the Tamil Nadu School Education Department has announced that the schools in other places except the places where the re-polling will take place tomorrow will continue as usual. In addition, students and teachers are advised to attend school regularly.