election commission Citizen Matters, Chennai

Missing! Our city’s Corporation

February 16, 2018 V Sriram

It has been well over a year since the city has had an elected municipal Council to handle civic issues and it is still uncertain when elections to the Greater Chennai Corporation will be held.

R K Nagar wakes up to songs of a different kind on election eve

December 20, 2017 Laasya Shekhar

A day ahead of the controversial R K Nagar byelections, VoiceOfPeople used music and conversation to educate people about responsible voting in a constituency plagued by myriad problems.

With no elected councillors in office, how will Chennai take on the monsoon?

October 26, 2016 Bhavani Prabhakar

While the Chennai city council stands dissolved, a recent order of the Madras High Court has delayed elections to the municipal body; how do citizens feel about this as they brace themselves for the rains?

Poor voter turnout – lazy Chennai or lazy analysis?

October 4, 2016 Mahesh Kumar S T

Urban voters have often been berated for the low polling percentages recorded across cities. But is the percentage really that low? And are there procedural issues that could be the reason? Mahesh S T analyses the Chennai rolls.