PUDUCHERRY: The State Election Commission (SEC) has published the final electoral registers on its website, www.sec.py.gov.in, indicating that local body elections in the Union Territory of Puducherry will be held shortly.

Five municipal chairmen, 116 municipal councillors, 108 commune panchayat council members, 108 village panchayat presidents, and 812 village panchayat ward members will be elected by the SEC.

According to the SEC's final electoral list, there are 10.1 lakh voters in the Union Territory of Puducherry, with 4.75 lakh men and 5.35 lakh women. In all four regions, Puduhcerry, Karaikkal, Yanam, and Mahe, women clearly outnumber men in the electoral list.

After the term of the 2006 elected representatives ended in 2011, no elections to local bodies were conducted in the Union Territory.  Karaikkal, Mahe, and Yanam each have one municipality, whereas Puducherry has two municipalities and five commune panchayats.

After adding the Election Commission's changes to its records issued in January 5, the SEC has published the final electoral rolls.  From January 1 to January 7, 2022, the SEC showed the electoral rolls in the offices and sub-offices of the electoral registration officers around the UT.

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