At 71.79%, TN reports lowest voter turnout in the last three elections
April 06, 2021
Turnout in Chennai was lowest at 59.4%, it was highest in Kallakurichi at 78%
The 16th Tamil Nadu Assembly elections for 234 seats on Tuesday went off peacefully with no untoward incident reported across the State. But the voter turnout at 71.79 per cent (till 7 pm; could be revised on Wednesday) was the lowest in the last three elections as voters preferred to stay at home due to hot weather and Coronavirus.
The 2016 elections saw 74.81 per cent turnout and in 2011 it was 78.01 per cent. In neighbouring Puducherry, the turnout in this election was 78.03 per cent.
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Tuesday April 6, 2021 11:33 PM, IANS
Chennai/Puducherry: Curtains came down on the single-phase Assembly polls in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry at 7 p.m. on Tuesday. Polling was peaceful across the state and the Union Territory.
While computing the final turnout will take time, in Tamil Nadu, the voter turnover as of 5 p.m., was 63.65 per cent and in Puducherry, it was about 78 per cent, officials said.
Voting for the lone Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha seat where the bypoll was simultaneously held came to an end.
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Vedasandur Assembly seat: TN s electoral barometer.(photo:Twitter). Image Source: IANS News
Chennai, April 5 : The dawn of Tuesday will see about 6.26 crore one day sultans in Tamil Nadu exercising their democratic rights to vote their ruler from Fort St. George here for the next five years.
Apart from the Assembly elections, there will also be the bypoll for the Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha seat in the state.
The high voltage electioneering for the 234 Assembly seats and the sole Lok Sabha seat came to an end in the state on Sunday evening.
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Campaigning ends in Virudhunagar on a peaceful note
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Campaigning in a multi-corner contest in all seven Assembly constituencies in Virudhunagar though was fought with all intensity by political parties, it went off peacefully in Virudhunagar district.
While most of the local leaders had confined themselves to their respective constituencies for campaigning, only handful number of political leaders, including Chief Minister, Edappadi K. Palaniswami, DMK president, M.K. Stalin, were the prominent leaders who had sought votes for their party and alliance party candidates.
Among other leaders were K. Balakrishnan (CPI-M), Mutharasan (CPI), Kanimozhi (DMK) Vaiko (MDMK), Kamal Haasan (Makkal Needhi Maiam) T.T V. Dhinarakarn (AMMK) and Seeman (Naam Tamilar Katchi) and B. Manickam Tagore (Congress).