The Greater Chennai Corporation has started issuing voter slips in the 16 Assembly constituencies under its jurisdiction from Friday. The exercise will be completed by Sunday evening.
A senior official said voter slips had been supplied to the electoral registration officers (EROs) and the same were being distributed through the booth-level officers (BLOs) since Friday in north Chennai areas such as Thiru.Vi.Ka. Nagar and Perambur. The officials of all 200 divisions of the civic body would be involved in the distribution of 40,57,061 voter slips.
Of the 16 Assembly constituencies in the city, Perambur has the highest number of voters, at 3,15,884, followed by Velachery, with 3,14,537 voters. Virugambakkam has more than 2,90,000 voters.
For residents who miss the voter slips because of the house being locked or being out of station, the same would be available at the polling booth concerned. The voters can also download the voter slips from the national voters’ services portal at