<span style="color: #222222;">In Tamil Nadu, the ruling DMK bagged 20 of the 21 mayor posts of the municipal corporations, while the only other seat went in favour of its alliance partner, the Congress. The Greater Chennai Corporation got its youngest woman mayor with R.Priya of the DMK taking oath today. The seat has been reserved for SC women. The 28-year-old debutant for electoral politics is a postgraduate in commerce.<br />''<br />''The indirect elections for the mayors of the corporations, chairpersons of 138 municipalities, and presidents of 489 town panchayats were held this morning. The ward councilors who won in the recent urban local body polls selected the civic body leaders from among themselves. Most of the winners took charge immediately after the declaration of the results.<br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports that the results of the indirect polls for selecting the mayors and presidents of the urban civic bodies were on expected lines. The reason is that, in the direct elections held on February 19, the DMK and its alliance partners captured a majority of the wards in most of the civic bodies.<br />'' <br />''As a result, most of the leadership positions have been garnered by the ruling combine. A significant feature of this election is that 50 percent of the posts including mayors were reserved for women with sub-quotas in them.<br />''<br />''The move attracted more women to electoral politics, including youngsters, which is reflected in today's results. Another notable feature is that all 21 mayors of the corporations were elected unopposed today.<br />''<br />''The same trend was witnessed in most of the other urban civic bodies as well. As far as Chennai is concerned, Ms Priya is the third woman to lead the country's oldest civic body since its inception in 1688.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, this afternoon, another round of indirect elections is set to be held for selecting the deputy mayors of corporations, deputy chairpersons of municipalities, and vice presidents of town panchayats. </span><br />