Date: 2025-04-25Category: Not ApplicableState: Tamil NaduCountry: India
Tamil Nadu State Election Commission.--Elections – Municipal Corporations, Municipal Councils and Town Panchayats – Councillors – Conduct of – Use of Electronic Voting Machine At Elections – Ordered
The Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, Extraordinary, published by authority on Friday, April 25, 2025, includes a notification from the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission, Chennai-600 106, regarding elections for Municipal Corporations, Municipal Councils, and Town Panchayats. The order concerns the use of electronic voting machines in elections for councillors.
References are made to S.O. No. 1/2025/TNSEC/ME-1, dated 22nd April 2025 and S.O. No. 8/2022/TNSEC/ME-1, dated 29.01.2022. In accordance with sections 5, 10, and 10-A of the Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies Act, 1998, the commission specifies that electronic voting machines shall be used to record votes in elections to fill vacancies in the offices of Councillors of Town Panchayats, Municipal Councils and Municipal Corporations.
K. Balasubramaniam, Secretary, Tamil Nadu State Election Commission.
Key Entities Referenced
Tamil Nadu State Election Commission: The primary regulator of elections in Tamil Nadu, responsible for specifying the use of electronic voting machines.
Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies Act, 1998 (TN Act 9 of 1999): Law that confers powers to the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission to specify the process in elections.
Chennai: Location of the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission and place of publication for the gazette.
Municipal Corporations, Municipal Councils and Town Panchayats: Local government bodies where electronic voting machines are specified to be used for elections.