Tamil Nadu State Election Commissioner V Palanikumar notified the dates for the rural local body polls in the nine newly constituted districts in the state.
Elections are being held in Kanchipuram, Chengalpattu, Villupuram, Kallakurichi, Vellore, Ranipet, Tirupathur, Tirunelveli and Tenkasi districts.
The polls will be held in two phases on October 6 and October 9 and the counting will take place on October 12.
Indirect elections to posts like district panchayat and panchayat union chairpersons and vice-chairpersons will be held on October 22.