Assembly elections | T.N. sees 71.79% polling with no major incidents

Kallakurichi leads with a turnout of 78% and Chennai records the lowest at 59.40%; COVID-19 patients turn up to vote

Braving the heat and the increasing number of COVID-19 cases, an estimated 71.79% of the 6,28,69,955 eligible voters in Tamil Nadu turned out to exercise their franchise for the Assembly election on Tuesday. The fate of the candidates from the 234 Assembly constituencies and the Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha constituency, where a bypoll was held, was sealed at 7 p.m. when polling concluded. The figure of 71.79% is provisional and might be revised upwards on Wednesday, after numbers are consolidated. Barring a few stray incidents of scuffles across Tamil Nadu, voting was peaceful. Led by Kallakurichi district at 78%, a total of 24 districts of the 37 recorded a voter turnout of over 70%. A few more districts such as Kancheepuram, the Nilgiris and Nagapattinam bordered around 69%, which might go up on Wednesday.