The Election Commission said on Thursday that voters in Tamil Nadu’s Vellore Lok Sabha seat will go to the polls on August 5, and votes will be counted on August 9. It also fixed July 20 as the polling date for the Patkura Assembly seat in Odisha, where the election had been put off because of cyclone Fani. Why Vellore’s election was cancelled In April, President Ram Nath Kovind cancelled the Vellore Lok Sabha poll on the Commission’s recommendation, after a report that money was being used to sway voters.Read More