1st phase of the rural local body polls in the nine new Tamil Nadu districts on Oct 6

(G.N.S) Dt. 5 Chennai As per Tamilnadu election commission, 79,433 candidates will be contesting for 23,998 posts in these nine districts — Kancheepuram, Chengalpet, Vellore, Tiruppatur, Ranipet, Villupuram, Kallakurichi, Tirunelveli and Tenkasi — and the campaign ended on Monday. The first phase of rural local body polls in the nine