CEC Gyanesh Kumar shares key insights ahead TN Assembly polls ensures transparent & fair elections

Feb 27, 2026

Chennai (Tamil Nadu): Feb 27, 2026 ANI Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar says, "Tamil Nadu has 234 Assembly constituencies, out of which 188 are General, 44 are Schedule Caste, and 2 are Schedule Tribe... The special intensive revision which was carried out in Tamil Nadu from 27th October 2025 till 23rd February 2026, the simple, straight, clear, transparent objective was that no eligible voter should be excluded, while no ineligible person should be included. As on today, Tamil Nadu has 5 crore 67 lakh voters and a large number of dead voters, people who have shifted or people whose names are in more than one constituency have been correctly removed from the electoral rolls of the past. He also says, "Tamil Nadu is going to go for the elections with nearly 75,000 polling stations, out of which 44,000 are rural. 100% webcasting will be available in each and every polling booth to ensure transparency. For the ease of voters, the average voter per polling station will be 756, resulting in comfortable and seamless voting. The women-managed polling stations are going to be 258, and the physically disabled managed polling stations 47, and roughly 265 model polling stations will be set up in Tamil Nadu..."