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Frequently Asked Questions :

1. Election Machinery :
1. What is the status of the Tamil Nadu State Election Commissioner?
The Status of the Tamil Nadu State Election Commissioner is equivalent to that of a serving Judge of a High Court.

The Presiding/Polling Officers are appointed by the Returning Officer

2. Which authority conducts elections to Corporation, Municipalities and other Local Bodies?
The State Election Commission constituted under the Constitution (73rd and 74th ) amendments Act, 1992 for each State / Union Territory is vested with the power of conduct of elections to the Corporations, Municipalities, District Panchayats, Panchayat Unions and Village Panchayats.

3. Who appoints the Tamil Nadu State Election Commissioner?
His Excellency the Governor of Tamil Nadu appoints the Tamil Nadu State Election Commissioner.

4. Who are the State Election Officers ?
The Commissioner/Director of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, Commissioner/Director of Town Panchayats and Commissioner of Municipal Administration are the State Election Officers.

5. Who is incharge of Conduct of elections at District level?
District Election Officer/ District Collector supervises the election work in the District.

6. Who appoints the State Election Officers and District Election Officers?
Tamil Nadu State Election Commission appoints the State Election Officers and District Election Officers.

7. Who is responsible for election in any local body?
The Returning Officer of the respective local body is responsible for conduct of election in that local body.

8. Who appoints the Returning Officer?
The District Election Officer appoints the Returning Officer.

9. Who appoints the Election Observers?
The Tamil Nadu State Election Commission appoints Election observers.

10. Who is the Electoral Registration Officer for local bodies?
The Panchayat Union Commissioners, Commissioners of Municipalities, Executive Officers of Town Panchayats and Commissioners of City Municipal Corporations (Revenue Officer in the case of Chennai) are the Electoral Registration Officers.

2. Electoral Roll :
1. Who is responsible for preparation of local body electoral roll?
The Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) of the Local Body concerned is responsible for preparation of local body electoral roll. The Panchayat Union Commissioner is the ERO of Panchayat, the Executive Officer is the ERO of Town Panchayat, the concerned Commissioner is the ERO of the Municipalities / Corporations.

2. What is the minimum age limit for enrolment in an electoral roll?
A person who has completed the age of 18 years as on the first day of January of the year can enroll himself as a voter in the assembly electoral roll concerned.

3.What is the procedure to include the name in the local body electoral roll?
The Electoral roll of the local body is prepared based on the current electoral roll of the Legislative Assembly Constituency concerned. Hence, the name of the individual should first be included in the respective Assembly electoral roll by submitting an application in Form 6 to the Electoral Registration Officer (Revenue Divisional Officer) of the Assembly Constituency Concerned. The ERO of Assembly Constituency will handover a list of such inclusions to the local body ERO before the last date of nomination and the newly enrolled voters will be included in the local body electoral roll at the appropriate ward by the local body ERO.

4. What is the last date for inclusion in the electoral roll?
There is no such restriction for applying for enrolment of the name as a voter in the electoral roll. However, during any election, inclusion, addition, deletion, modifications, etc., will be made till the last day of receiving nominations. Any application received after the last date of nomination till the election procedure is over will be processed only after the election is over. It should also to be kept in mind that the ERO requires a minimum of seven clear days notice time for processing applications related to inclusion, addition, deletion, etc., in the assembly electoral roll.

5. What is the procedure for settling the issues related to omissions of names in the electoral roll and objections to any entry?
All omissions of names in any part of the roll or objections to any entry in the roll, at any point of time after its publication, shall be settled first by getting amended suitably in the relevant portion of the electoral roll of the Assembly Constituency based on which the Panchayat roll is prepared.

Anybody wishing to raise a claim for inclusion of any name in the roll or any objection in respect of any entry in the roll so published, shall submit a proper claim or objection under the provisions of the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960 to the Electoral Registration Officer of the concerned Assembly Constituency. Subject to the provisions of the local body Acts and based on the orders of the Electoral Registration Officer of the Assembly Constituency on such claims and objections, the Local body Electoral Registration Officer shall amend the relevant portion of the Local body electoral roll, incorporating the changes by issuing an amendment to the relevant part of the Local Body electoral roll.

6. Can one be enrolled in more than one place?
A person cannot be enrolled as a voter in more than one place as per the provisions contained under Sec.17 and 18 of Representation of the People Act, 1950.

7. If the name of a person is found in two places or more than once, can he vote in more than one place?
No. One can vote only in one place though his/her name is found in two places or more.

3. Political Parties:
1. Who is the authority to register the political party?
The Tamil Nadu State Election Commission through its Statutory Order called the Tamil Nadu Local Bodies Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1996 started registering and notifying the list of recognized political parties and the Symbols reserved for them and the list of registered and unrecognized political parties for the purpose of elections to local bodies from the year 1996. This was practised upto 2001.

From 2001 onwards, the TNSEC in supersession of its earlier notification / order as amended from time to time, is now notifying the list of political parties based on the orders of ECI issued under section 29A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 for the purpose of elections to local bodies.

2.What are the parties considered as recognized political parties for local body election?
Every political party recognised by the Election Commission of India as a National party or as a State party in the State of Tamil Nadu under the Election symbols (Reservation and Allotment) order, 1968 shall be recognised parties for the purpose of election to local bodies in Tamil Nadu.

3. Who will publish the list of recognized parties and symbols for the Local Body Elections?
The Tamil Nadu State Election Commission will publish the list of recognised political parties and their symbols and the list of free symbols from time to time for use in the local body elections