Section 112(2) in The Tamil Nadu Town Panchayats, Third Grade Municipalities, Municipalities and Corporations (Elections) Rules, 2006
(2)In case of election of members of Statutory Committee, after the counting of votes has been completed, the Returning Officer shall draw a list of contesting candidates arranged in descending order of votes secured by them. He shall then declare as many candidates from the top of the list as there are vacancies to be filled up as duly elected. In the event of there being an equality of votes between any two candidates, and the addition of one vote to anyone of such candidates will entitle him to be declared duly elected, the Returning Officer shall draw a lot in the presence of the members, and the candidate whose name is first drawn shall be deemed to have secured one additional vote and shall be declared elected.
