Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, centre, with Election Commissioners S.S. Sandhu and Vivek Joshi saying Tamil Nadu Meeting polls.
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The Election Fee of India (ECI) on Sunday (March 15, 2026) introduced the entire schedule for the 234 Meeting seats in Tamil Nadu. The polling is scheduled to be held on April 23, 2026, and the counting is on Might 4, 2026.
The full variety of electors in Tamil Nadu, in accordance with the electoral rolls, is 5.67 crore. Of the 234 Meeting seats, 44 have been reserved for Scheduled Castes and a couple of for Scheduled Tribes, it famous.
12. 51 lakh younger electors (18-19 years of age) are more likely to solid their vote for the primary time in Tamil Nadu. The determine is the best among the many 5 poll-bound States. Furthermore, third-gender electors and electors with disabilities have been pegged at 7,617 and 4.63 lakh, respectively. The senior residents to solid votes (85+ years) have been estimated at round 3.99 lakh for the Tamil Nadu Meeting polls.
The announcement acknowledged that 75,032 polling stations have been set as much as conduct the State’s Meeting polls. “It has been determined that there shall be a most of 1200 electors in a polling station. An intensive survey has been carried out through the train of rationalisation of polling stations for organising new polling stations within the Excessive Rise/Group Housing societies/RWA colonies which have frequent facilitation space/group halls at floor ground inside the premises and in slum dwelling clusters of city areas”, the notification mentioned.
The entire schedule for 2026 Tamil Nadu Meeting elections is as follows:
Date of Challenge of Gazette Notification: March 30, 2026 (Monday)
Final Date for making Nominations: April 4, 2026 (Monday)
Date for the scrutiny of Nominations: April 7, 2026 (Tuesday)
Final date for the withdrawal of candidatures: April 9, 2026 (Thursday)
Date of Ballot: April 23, 2026 (Thursday)
Date of Counting: Might 4, 2026 (Monday)
Date earlier than which election shall be accomplished: Might 6, 2026 (Wednesday)
Revealed – March 15, 2026 05:44 pm IST
