In what could be a record turnout, an estimated 75-80 per cent of voters exercised their franchise in the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections on Wednesday. The voting percentage could break the all-time high of 76.57 recorded in 1967.
In the Union Territory of Puducherry, over 85 per cent cast their vote.
In Tamil Nadu, polling was largely peaceful. Braving the scorching sun, voters started thronging the polling stations as soon as voting began.
Emphasising that the voting figures were provisional and based on projections, Chief Electoral Officer Praveen Kumar told a press conference here that Karur district recorded 86 per cent.
Among other districts, it was 64 per cent in Kanyakumari; Chennai 66; Tuticorin 74, Coimbatore 75; Madurai 77 and Villupuram, Salem and Dharmapuri 81 per cent each.
Giving sufficient indications of a tough political battle, almost 75 per cent of the electorate of Kerala cast their votes in the 2011 Assembly election, polling for which was held on Wednesday.
Polling was by and large peaceful across the State and even Kannur, where 3,703 out of the 20,758 polling booths in the State had been identified as ‘sensitive' by the Election Commission, remained relatively calm throughout the day. There were some minor skirmishes and protests at some places, but these did not snowball into major law and order problems.
The heaviest polling was reported from Kannur and Kozhikode districts, the former recording 80.3 per cent and the latter 80.2, according to figures released by the Commission in the evening.
curtsy-The Hindu
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