Panchayat president election: Votes to be recounted on Tue

The Chinna Thadagam village panchayat president election will be held on January 24th, and the district administration has appointed officials to count the votes. P Srinivasan, assistant project officer of rural development department, and Periyanaickenpalayam block development officer V Senthil Kumar have been appointed election conducting officer and assistant election conducting officer, respectively. The election will be videotaped. Sudha 48 of Veerapandi Pudur near Periyanaickenpalayam contested for the post of village panchayat president with DMK support. Soundaravadivu 40 of Chinna Thadagam near Periyanaickenpalayam contested with the support of AIADMK. The results were announced in January 2020, though Sudha was initially announced winner. However, the winning certificate was not given to her, and the process was delayed citing an error in counting the next day. Subsequently, Sudha demanded a recounting, and filed a petition before the returning officer. The verdict ordering a recounting was announced on January 5th.