Tamil Nadu Urban Local Body Election Results LIVE Updates: The counting of votes for the Tamil Nadu urban local body elections began at 8am today. The single-phase elections were held on February 19 to fill 12,838 posts in 21 corporations, 138 municipalities, 490 town panchayats and 649 urban local bodies in Tamil Nadu. As many as 74,416 candidates, including many independents, entered the fray. Around 2,400 officials and 7,200 police personnel from the Greater Chennai, Avadi and Tambaram commissionerate have been deployed during the counting of votes for the urban local body polls Tuesday. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) is currently leading in 17 corporations. The AIADMK is currently leading in 3 municipalities and 41 town panchayats, while the Congress is leading in three municipalities, 15 town panchayats.
Here are the latest updates:
• Elections to over 12,500 wards across 21 corporations, 138 municipalities and 489 town panchayats were held on Saturday. The final voter turnout on Saturday was recorded at 60.7%.
• Following complaints of booth capturing and other irregularities, the State Election Commission ordered a re-polling on Monday in seven polling booths across Chennai, Madurai, Ariyalur and Tiruvannamalai districts.
• The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Tuesday won the elections at the Valparai municipality in Coimbatore.
• The results will be announced through loudspeakers as soon as the counting process for a ward gets completed.
• Former AIADMK minister D Jayakumar was arrested Monday night by the Chennai police from his residence for assaulting a DMK cadre on Saturday at Washermanpet during the urban local body polls.
• The Madras High Court on Monday refused to restrain the authorities concerned from counting the votes polled in the elections held on February 19 for the Coimbatore Corporation, along with other urban local bodies in Tamil Nadu.
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