Voter turnout in T.N. Assembly election revised to 72.78%
The Hindu
Highest percentage of 87.33 registered in Palacode
The Election Commission on Wednesday revised the voter turnout for the Assembly election to 72.78% from 71.79% after consolidating the figures at the close 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 highest polling at 87.33%, followed by Kulithalai at 86.15%, and Edappadi, from where Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami contested at 85.6%. A total of 37 of the 234 constituencies registered over 80%. In Kolathur, where DMK president M.K. Stalin contested, the turnout was 60.52%. Coimbatore South, where Makkal Needhi Maiam leader Kamal Haasan took on the BJP’s Vanathi Srinivasan and the Congress’s Mayura Jayakumar, registered 60.72%.
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