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Date: 2025-04-25 Category: Not Applicable State: Tamil Nadu Country: 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

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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.
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© [Regd. No. TN/CCN/467/2012-14. GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU [R. Dis. No. 197/2009. 2025 [Price: Re. 0.80 Paise. TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 182] CHENNAI, FRIDAY, ARRIL 25, 2025 Chithirai 12, Visuvaavasu, Thiruvalluvar Aandu-2056 Part VI—Section 2 Notifications or Orders of interest to a section of the public issued by Heads of Departments, etc. NOTIFICATIONS BY HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS, ETC. TAMIL NADU STATE ELECTION COMMISSION, CHENNAI - 600 106. [ELECTIONS – MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS, MUNICIPAL COUNCILS AND TOWN PANCHAYATS – COUNCILLORS – CONDUCT OF – USE OF ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINE AT ELECTIONS – ORDERED.] ( S.O. No. 1/2025/TNSEC/ME-1, dated 22nd.April 2025) Read: (S.O. No. 8/2022/TNSEC/ME-1, dated 29.01.2022) No. VI(2)/ 8(a)/2025. In exercise of the powers conferred under section 5, 10 and 10-A of the Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies Act, 1998 (TN Act 9 of 1999) and in supersession of the Statutory Order No. 08/2022, dated 29.01.2022 read above, the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission hereby specifies that in the Elections to fill up the vacancies in the offices of the Councillors of Town Panchayats, Municipal Councils and Municipal Corporations, the giving and recording of votes by electronic voting machine shall be adopted. (By Order of the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission) Chennai-600 106, K. BALASUBRAMANIAM, 25th April 2025. Secretary, Tamil Nadu State Election Commission. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF STATIONERY AND PRINTING, CHENNAI ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU VI-2 Ex. (182)

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