First phase of the Lok Sabha elections in 2024: 72.09% of voters in Tamil Nadu exercise their right to vote

In Tamil Nadu, 72.09 percent of voters cast ballots in the single-phase parliamentary election on Friday evening, sealing the outcomes of several notable candidates, including MK Vishnuprasad (Congress, Cuddalore) and Sowmiya Anbumani (PMK-NDA Dharmapuri), a brother and sister; aunt Tamilisai Soundararajan (BJP, Chennai South); and nephew Vijay Vasanth (Congress, Kanniyakumari).

Additionally, the voters sealed the fate of CN Annadurai, a DMK candidate in Tiruvannamalai, who has the same name and initials as the party founder and previous chief minister, and MK Stalin, a PMK candidate in Mayiladuthurai, who also carries the same name and initials as the DMK president and chief minister. One of the most prominent candidates of the election season, BJP state president K Annamalai, stated as the voting concluded that the identities of one lakh voters, the majority of whom he said were BJP supporters, were missing from his Coimbatore constituency.

Vinoj, a candidate from Chennai Central and a party comrade, too made a similar assertion. When further information becomes available, Chief Electoral Office Satyabrata Sahoo informed reporters that the polling numbers could be slightly altered. The southern state did not have any significant violent occurrences. Chennai Central received the fewest votes (67.35%), whereas Kallakurichi in northern Tamil Nadu received the most votes (75.67%). Sahoo said, “We have to look into the circumstances under which they were removed,” in response to allegations about voter names being absent. Regarding Annamalai’s desire for a reelection, he said that a decision will be made after the receipt of reports from the presiding officers. political parties and impartial observers.