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CEO TN PR No : 002 , Date: 16.03.2026
GENERAL ELECTIONS - TAMIL NADU LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2026
Election Commission of India has announced the Schedule for General Elections to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, 2026 on 15.03.2026.
The Poll schedule is as follows:-
Sl. No. Poll Event Date
1. Issue of Gazette Notification 30.03.2026 (Monday)
2. Last date for making Nominations 06.04.2026 (Monday)
3. Date for the scrutiny of Nominations 07.04.2026 (Tuesday)
4. Last date for the withdrawal of candidatures 09.04.2026 (Thursday)
5. Date of Poll 23.04.2026 (Thursday)
6. Date of Counting 04.05.2026 (Monday)
7. Date before which election shall be completed 06.05.2026 (Wednesday)
The Model Code of Conduct comes into force with immediate effect from the date of announcement i.e. 15.03.2026 and shall remain in force till the completion of election process. The Model Code of Conduct is applicable to all the Political Parties, all the Contesting Candidates, and the Government machinery. We request all the Political Parties and the contesting candidates to strictly abide by the Model Code and extend their fullest co-operation for conduct of free, fair, peaceful and inclusive election. All Secretaries to Government and Heads of Departments/ Boards/Corporations were also sensitized on MCC. As all Officers / officials, including Police engaged in the conduct of elections are deemed to be on deputation to the Election Commission of India as per section 13CC of Representation of People Act, 1950 and they were all instructed to discharge their duties in an impartial manner without fear or favor.
The final Electoral rolls with reference to 01.01.2026 as qualifying date were published on 23.02.2026. As on 15.03.2026, the total number of electors is 5,69,17,979 (Male:2,78,32,032; Female: 2,90,78,291 and Third Gender: 7,656) This includes 2446 Overseas Electors. There are 67,168 Service Electors in the final Electoral roll. Currently, the process of continuous revision is ongoing and all Eligible applications for addition can submit their Form 6 and form 8 (only for shifting) till 10 days before the last date for nominations.
All electors are requested to ensure the availability of their name in the elector roll and find their Part no and Sl no well in advance, so that they are able to identify their polling station locations before the elections. In order to facilitate the electors to find their names in the Electoral roll , they can use the online voter search facility or contact the concerned DEO facilitation center for assistance.
The Election Commission of India has been implementing all possible additional facilities to ensure all the voters enrolled in the electoral roll to exercise their franchise in the forthcoming elections to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Action has been taken to facilitate voting through postal ballot to senior citizens aged above 85 years, and persons with above 40% benchmark disabilities including persons with intellectual disability and persons affected with Covid and taking treatment from home. (Absentee voters) The above persons have the option to apply for postal ballot to the Returning officer of the Legislative Assembly constituency within 5 days of the announcement of the elections.
Returning officers on receipt of the applications, verifying the eligibility will deliver the postal ballots at their home and take back the filled up postal ballots. Therefore, senior citizens aged above 85 years, persons with above 40% benchmark disabilities including persons with intellectual disability and persons who are taking treatment for Covid from home should fill up form 12D and handover to the returning officer within 5 days of notification.
It has been ensured that all the polling stations are provided with Assured Minimum Facilities such as adequate furniture, help desk, electricity and proper lighting, provision for ramp, proper signage, toilet, provision for drinking water ramps, shades, approach roads etc. Additional facilities for PwDs including Facilitation measures such as Wheel chairs, Wheel chair assistants / volunteers and adjustable tables are being arranged. For visually impaired, hearing impaired and speech impaired, Trained volunteers will be engaged at select booths. PwD voters can seek assistance through Saksham App developed by ECI.
The Election Expenditure Monitoring teams i.e., Flying Squads, Static Surveillance Teams, Video Surveillance Teams, have started functioning round the clock in shifts from 15.03.2026. The supporting teams of Expenditure Monitoring Cell, Video Viewing Team, Accounting Team have also started functioning. The State Level / District Level Media Certification and Monitoring Committee have been constituted and started functioning for pre-certification of Political advertisements and to keep watch over the instances of Paid News. No advertisement in electronic media shall be published or telecasted without the prior certification obtained from the district level or State level MCMC.
Complaint redressal mechanism – Call center - The State / District Call Centre at Tamil Nadu is operational with toll free number 1800-4252-1950, District Contact Centre at all the District headquarters have been established with Toll Free Number 1950.SCC & DCC is working on 24 × 7 mode. Citizens can make use of the services in https://voters.eci.gov.in to find their sl.no. part no., location of the Polling Station and the contact details of their BLO.Web based online complaints can also be registered through NGS portal.
The Voters shall present his/her EPIC or any of the following 12 original Photo identification documents (Identity Cards) for identification as approved by the Commission which shall be used as alternate are as listed below.
(i) Aadhaar Card.
(ii) MGNREGA Job Card.
(iii) Passbooks with photograph issued by Bank/Post Office.
(iv) Health Insurance Smart Card issued under the scheme of Ministry of Labour/Ayushman Bharat Health Card.
(v) Driving License.
(vi) PAN Card.
(vii) Smart Card issued by RGI under NPR.
(viii) Indian Passport.
(ix) Pension document with photograph.
(x) Service Identity Cards with photograph issued to employees by Central/State Govt./PSUs/Public Limited Companies.
(xi) Official identity cards issued to MPs/MLAs/MLCs and
(xii) Unique Disability ID (UDID) Card, M/o Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India.
In order to ensure fair, free, transparent, and inclusive election some of the new initiatives include.
1. Mobile deposit facility at the Polling stations.
2. Going for a Clearer Voter Information Slip.
3. Use of Colour photo of Candidates and Large font size on EVM Ballot paper.
4. Limiting to a Maximum of 1200 Electors per polling station.
5. Permitting Candidates’ booth just outside 100 meters of PS.
6. Integrated ECINET – One-stop Digital platform for all key voter services
for all stakeholders.
7. 100% Webcasting at all PSs, ensures round the clock monitoring (inside
& outside).
8. Standard ID cards for the BLOs.
With the support of all the media personnel who have assembled here and all other stake holders, we as a team will make this election a memorable one with increased voters participation.
“தேர்தல் திருவிழா – தமிழ்நாட்டின் பெருவிழா”.
ARCHANA PATNAIK,
CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER &
PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT
Issued By: - DIPR, Secretariat, Chennai – 9
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