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Tamil Nadu will have a total of 79 expenditure observers for the April 18 Lok Sabha elections and all of them have taken position across the state. CHENNAI: The Election Commission has appointed two expenditure observers per constituency in 38 constituencies. "We have appointed three expenditure observers for the Chennai Central, taking into consideration factors like expenditure sensitivity and previous history," said chief electoral officer Satyabrata Sahoo. "The expenditure observers will monitor the political parties and the campaigns by candidates. Interestingly though, Central Chennai constituency alone will have three expenditure observers to monitor how loose the purse strings of candidates get during campaign and to check voter bribing..