Palayamkottai union records lowest voter turnout
The Hindu
All other unions in Tirunelveli, Tenkasi districts record 70-plus poll percentage
Like the Palayamkottai Assembly segment that houses literate population with relatively decent living conditions but constantly brings down the poll percentage in Assembly and the Parliamentary polls in the past, the Palayamkottai union has also brought down the district’s poll percentage in the first phase of the rural civic polls held on Wednesday.
While a rural union like Cheranmahadevi, housing mostly beedi-rollers and farmhands, has recorded over 74% poll percentage, Palayamkottai union, situated on the border of Tirunelveli Corporation and has been provided with better basic amenities, had the voter turnout of just 65.95% . Interestingly, no panchayat union in Tirunelveli and Tenkasi district except Palayamkottai union has recorded the poll percentage less than 70.
This is not the first time Palayamkottai has got this dubious distinction as its poll percentage in Assembly and the Parliamentary elections in the past was still lower – less than 60%.
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