Thanks SIR, Tamil Nadu records 85% polling

CHENNAI: A tiny measurement for democracy, a elephantine leap for peculiar intensive revision (SIR). That astir apt explains the 85.15% elector turnout successful the Tamil Nadu assembly predetermination connected Thursday.Polling this clip was the highest successful the state’s electoral history, with 4.85 crore of the 5.73 crore connected the electoral rolls casting their votes. This appears to beryllium a crisp emergence from the 73.63% recorded successful the 2021 polls, but, successful implicit terms, the summation was modest: lone 21.67 lakh much voters turned up, accounting for a 3.7% emergence implicit the fig of voters successful the erstwhile assembly election.The higher turnout percent was mostly owed to the SIR, which removed astir 57 lakh names, bringing down the electorate from 6.29 crore to 5.73 crore.Chief curate M K Stalin said the higher turnout was laudable. “This liable enactment of radical to safeguard ideology by exercising their franchise was heartening,” helium saidThe 16 constituencies successful Chennai recorded 23.6 lakh votes, a turnout of 83.7 %. Nevertheless, successful presumption of implicit fig of voters, determination was a dip of 47,000 votes, successful opposition to the marginal summation successful different parts of the state.Karur territory successful cardinal Tamil Nadu topped the authorities with 92.64% polling.

The Karur assembly segment, wherever 41 radical died successful a stampede during Vijay’s roadshow past year, saw astir 93% turnout. Western districts including Dharmapuri, Erode, Namakkal and Salem recorded turnout supra 90%.In contrast, confederate districts lagged. Kanyakumari recorded the lowest turnout astatine 75.6%. Killiyoor assembly constituency successful Kanyakumari recorded the lowest polling successful the state, with lone 71.29% of its 2.45 lakh voters casting their ballots.The time started with a brisk polling, with 17% turnout recorded by 9am, rising to 37% by 11am. By 3pm, turnout crossed 70% and reached 82.24% by 5pm. According to the Election Commission of India, the last fig stood astatine 85% arsenic of 10.05pm.The time was not without tension. A constabulary caput constable posted for predetermination polling time work was stabbed by an ex-serviceman adjacent Mayiladuthurai connected Thursday. Police arrested the attacker, who “harboured a hatred towards policemen and has a past of attacking them”.

The caput constable is retired of information and is undergoing treatment.Minor clashes were reported betwixt DMK, AIADMK and TVK workers successful a fewer parts of the state. In Harbour constituency successful Chennai, supporters of HR&CE curate P K Sekarbabu and TVK campaigner Ashok had a scuffle. Similar incidents were reported successful Salem and Coimbatore.There were besides EVM glitches successful a fewer booths, causing impermanent delays. In 1 case, a TVK functionary was arrested for allegedly filming his ballot wrong a polling presumption and uploading it connected societal media, violating ballot secrecy norms.