THANJAVUR: More aspirants filed their nominations papers for the various local body offices in Thanjavur and Tiruvarur district on Friday.
In Thanjavur district, 6,239 persons filed their nominations for various positions in the local bodies during the day. That included 4,084 for the village panchayat ward members, another 1,465 for the village panchayat president office, a further 314 nominations for the town panchayat ward members, 236 for panchayat union ward member offices, 71 for the Thajavur Corporation Councillor positions and 51 nominations for the Kumbakonam and Pattukkottai municipalities.
In Tiruvarur district, 67 persons filed nominations for the four municipalities in the district taking the total entries to 86. While 32 persons filed papers for contesting ward member positions in Tiruthuraipoondi Municipality, 13 filed for Mannargudi, 12 for Koothanallur and 10 for Tiruvarur Municipality.
As for ward member offices in the seven town panchayats, the day saw 97 nominations with Nidamagalam claiming the top spot with 33 nominations followed by Muthupettai with 23 and Valangaiman with 17.
On the panchayat side, 18 nominations were received during the day for the District Panchayat ward member offices, 192 for the panchayat union ward member positions, 2,985 for the village panchayat ward member positions and 860 nominations for the village panchayat president offices in Tiruvarur district.
