Concerned over reports of malpractices in the 1999 Lok Sabha election, Chief Electoral Officer Naresh Gupta had started working on the single-day polling. Thanks to his efforts, polling for the 2001 Assembly election was held on a single day across the State. Since 2004, Lok Sabha elections in the State are being held in one phase
How Tamil Nadu made the switch from two-phase polling to one-day polls
