Civic polls in TN will be completed by mid-May: SEC informs HC

Elections to the civic bodies in Tamil Nadu would completed by May 14, the state Election Commission on Tuesday informed the Madras High Court. This was submitted by the counsel for the State Election Commission B Kumar to the division bench comprising justices Nooty Ramamohana Rao and S M Subramaniam.

As the school examinations and evaluation of answer sheets would be held in April, the elections could be conducted in May, the counsel said. On October 4, 2016, a single judge bench of the high court set aside the September 26, 2016 election notification issued by the SEC on petitions by DMK and other political parties citing non-compliance of Tamil Nadu Panchayat (Elections) Rules, 1995, following which the polls scheduled for October 17 and 19 were cancelled.