Voter turnout in T.N. Assembly election revised to 72.78%
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The Election Commission on Wednesday revised the voter turnout for the Assembly election to 72.78% from 71.79% after consolidating the figures on the shut of polling (7 p.m. on Tuesday).
Among the districts, Karur topped the chart with 83.92%. Among the constituencies, Palacode in Dharmapuri registered the best polling at 87.33%, adopted by Kulithalai at 86.15%, and Edappadi, from the place Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami contested at 85.6%. A complete of 37 of the 234 constituencies registered over 80%.
In Kolathur, the place DMK president M.K. Stalin contested, the turnout was 60.52%. Coimbatore South, the place Makkal Needhi Maiam chief Kamal Haasan took on the BJP’s Vanathi Srinivasan and the Congress’s Mayura Jayakumar, registered 60.72%.
In Chennai, 13 constituencies registered lower than 60%, with Villivakkam coming on the backside of the desk for the State with 55.52%.
Karur, Ariyalur, Dharmapuri and Kallakurichi districts recorded greater than 80%. The Nilgiris, Ramanathapuram, Sivaganga, Coimbatore, Kanniyakumari, Chengalpattu and Tirunelveli registered 65.65%-69.68%. Chennai was the one district that recorded a turnout lesser than this, at 59.06%.
The Election Commission didn’t present a breakdown of the gender-wise polling figures.
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