A total of 85 nominations were received on the first day of filing of nominations for 5,462 rural panchayat posts in Thanjavur district on Monday.
While election for the post of village panchayat ward member, village panchayat president, panchayat union ward member and district panchayat council member in Ammapettai, Budalur, Kumbakonam, Papanasam, Thriuvidaimaruthur, Thirupanandal and Thiruvaiyaru blocks would be held on December 27, elections in Madukur, Orathanadu, Pattukottai, Peravurani, Sethubavachatram, Thanjavur and Tiruvonam would be conducted on December 30.
On Monday, the first day of filing of nominations, 76 persons filed their papers for the village panchayat ward member posts and 9 for the village panchayat president posts, official sources said.
There are 589 village panchayats in the district. Apart from 589 panchayat presidents, 4,569 persons village panchayat ward members are to be elected. Similarly, 276 are to be elected as panchayat union ward members in 14 panchayat unions and 28 as district panchayat council members.
Tiruvarur
In Tiruvarur district, two nominations were received for panchayat union ward member post, four for village panchayat president post and 129 for village panchayat ward member post, according to official sources.
Tiruchi
Filing of nominations for the rural local bodies began on Monday with only the posts of village panchayat presidents and ward members attracting nominations in the central districts on the first day.
As many as 140 nominations were filed for village panchayat wards and panchayat presidents in Tiruchi district. While 127 nominations were received for village panchayat wards, 13 candidates filed their nominations for the posts of village panchayat presidents. No nomination was filed for the wards in the 14 panchayat unions in the district or the district panchayat, which normally generate much political heat.
Of the 14 panchayat unions in the district, polling for the local bodies in Andhanallur, Manapparai, Manikandam, Marungapuri, Tiruverumbur and Vaiyampatti would be held under the first phase on December 27. Lalgudi, Manachanallur, Musiri, Pullampadi, Thathaiyengarpet, Thottiyam, Thuraiyur and Uppilliyapuram would go to the polls in the second phase on December 30.
Collector S.Sivarasu inspected the process of filing of nominations in some places. He checked whether the guidelines for filing of nominations were followed. He also checked whether the ballot boxes kept ready at panchayat union offices were in order.
Later, the visited the counting centres at the Kurinji College of Engineering campus in Manapparai and the Vidiyal Matric School campus in Marungapuri, where the votes polled in local bodies in Manapparai and Vaiyampatti panchayat unions would be counted. He verified whether proper amenities have been provided at the counting centres and also the strong rooms where the ballot boxes are to be stored.
PUDUKOTTAI
A total number of 79 candidates filed their nomination papers for the post of Village Panchayat Ward member and eight others for Village Panchayat president in the district on Monday.
An official release said the nomination papers were filed by candidates belonging to different panchayats falling under Annavasal, Kundrandarkoil, Ponnamaravathy, Pudukottai, Tirumayam, Viralimalai, Avudaiyarkoil, Gandarvakottai, Karambakudi, Manamelkudi and Tiruvarankulam panchayat unions, an official release said.
PERAMBALUR In Perambalur district, 36 candidates filed their papers on Monday for Village Panchayat ward member and two for the post of Village Panchayat president.
The two persons who had filed their papers for the Village Panchayat president post were from Bhujarayanganallur panchayat in Alathur union, an official release said adding that the candidates who had filed their papers for panchayat ward members hailed from village panchayats coming under Alathur, Perambalur, Veppanthattai and Veppur panchayat unions.
ARIYALUR
In Ariyalur district 120 persons filed nominations for village panchayat wards and nine for village panchayat presidents. There was no nomination for the 12 district panchayat wards or the 113 panchayat union wards in the district.
