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Voting begins in 39 constituencies in Tamil Nadu
Posted on: 24/Apr/2014 10:42:33 AM
Voting for 16th Lok Sabha began on Thursday morning. Long queues were seen at several polling stations in 39 constituencies.
A report from Salem said polling didn`t begin at two polling booths in the constituency because of faulty EVMs. In two other constituencies, voting was stopped due EVMs developed a snag.
At polling booth in Mylapore in Central Chennai constituency, voters turned out enthusiastically, many of them queuing up before 7am. At the Department of Art and Culture, Jawahar Bal Bhavan on Luz Avenue, young and old queued up early in the morning.
Long queues were seen at a polling station in Triplicane in Central Chennai even before the voting began.
An estimated 5.50 crore electorate will decide the electoral fortunes of 845 Lok Sabha aspirants, including former Union ministers A Raja, Dayanidhi Maran, T R Baalu, S Jagathrakshakan and T K S Elangovan (all DMK) and Manishankar Iyer and Karti Chidambaram, son of Union Finance Minister P Chidamabaram of Congress.
PMK leader and former Union Minister Anbumani Ramadoss and MDMK founder Vaiko are among the prominent candidates contesting elections.
About 1.47 lakh security personnel are keeping a vigil on the poll process in the state, where staunch political rivals — ruling AIADMK and DMK have crossed swords, even as the six—party BJP led NDA alliance is dreaming of opening its account in this southern state.
BJP has roped in Vijayakant-led DMDK, MDMK, PMK, IJK, PNK and the Kongunadu party.
Karunanidhi led DMK, which spurned the Congress offer to revive the snapped electoral ties has VCK, IUML, MMK and PT under its Democratic Progressive Alliance (DPA).
Congress, shorn of allies, has taken the poll battle on its own and is contesting all 39 seats.
In Puducherry, Congress leader and Minister of State in PMO V Narayanaswamy is locked in a stiff contest with ruling AINRC and PMK in a multi—cornered fight with 30 aspirants in the fray.
Puducherry has a total electorate of 8.85 lakh.
The Alandur assembly seat fell vacant in the wake of veteran leader Panruti Ramachandran quitting his assembly membership which he won on a DMDK ticket and later crossed over to AIADMK.
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