The Tamil Nadu State Election Commission (TNSEC) has ordered a re-poll in seven booths in five wards. Two of the wards are in the Greater Chennai Corporation. The re-poll will be held on February 21, a day before the counting of votes, the TNSEC said in a release.
Polling will begin at 7 a.m. and end at 6 p.m., the last hour — 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. — set aside for COVID-19 patients.
The repoll has been ordered in booth 1174 AV in Ward 51 at Washermanpet and booth 5059 AV in Ward 179 at Odai Kuppam, Besant Nagar, Chennai; booth 17W in Ward 17 in the Tirumangalam municipality; booth 16 M and booth 16 W in Ward 16 in the Jayankondam municipality; and booth 57 M and booth 57 W in Ward 25 in the Tiruvannamalai municipality.