As many as 309 contestants are in the fray for 114 rural local body offices and 63 candidates for 23 urban local body offices for which elections are to be held on January 10.
According to a release from the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission, casual elections to fill the vacancies which have occurred up to October last are scheduled next week.
In the rural local bodies, out of the 471 offices notified, candidates were elected unopposed for 297 offices. Besides, no nominations were filed for 60 offices. In the urban local bodies, out of the 52 offices notified, candidates were elected unopposed for 22 offices. No nominations were filed for seven.
