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Tamil Nadus 39 Lok Sabha elections: 70% polling
Posted on: 25/Apr/2014 10:58:39 AM
Tamil Nadu`s 39 Lok Sabha constituencies with the election came to an end at 6 p.m on Thursday. The polling percentage in the state stood at 70 percent out of over 55 million voters at 5 p.m. There are 845 contestants belonging to political parties and independents in the fray.
Polling started at 7 a.m. with leaders of various political parties, movie actors and people from various walks of life exercised their ballot power.
Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, DMK chief M. Karunanidhi, A. Vijayakant of DMDK, Vaiko of MDMK and leaders of other political parties voted.Tamil movie actor Rajinikanth was one of the early voters. Other actors like Kamal Haasan, Ajith and his wife Shalini, Senthil and Vijay also exercised their franchise.
Of the electorate, 27 million are women and nearly 13 percent are in the age group of 18 to 25 years.
As many as 845 candidates are in the fray for the 39 Lok Sabha seats while 14 have thrown their hats in the by-poll for the Alandur assembly seat.
