Polling for all 39 Lok Sabha seats commence in Tamil Nadu

Chennai: Polling for all 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu commenced on Friday morning.

Former Telangana and Puducherry Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, former Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam, senior DMK leader T.R. Baalu, DMK leader and Chief Minister M.K. Stalin’s sister Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, state BJP president K. Annamalai are among the heavyweights whose fate will be decided by the voters today.

VIDEO | Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin (@mkstalin) speaks to the media after casting his vote at a polling booth in #Chennai.#LSPolls2024WithPTI #LokSabhaElections2024

(Full video available on PTI Videos – https://t.co/n147TvqRQz) pic.twitter.com/aAuncbfdqO

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There are 6.23 crore eligible voters in the state. Of which, 3.17 crore are women, 3.06 crore are men.

VIDEO | Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Actor Rajinikanth (@rajinikanth) arrives at a polling booth in Tamil Nadu’s Chennai to cast his vote.

Polling for the first phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2024 on 102 seats spread across 21 states is underway.#LSPolls2024WithPTI… pic.twitter.com/xrPpW5YJ8d

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Of the 950 candidates in the fray from the 39 Lok Sabha constituencies, 874 are men and 76 are women.

A total of 39 general observers, 20 police observers, 58 expenditure observers, and a special expenditure observer have been deployed in Tamil Nadu by the Election Commission of India.

#WATCH | Tamil Nadu BJP chief and party's candidate from Coimbatore constituency, K Annamalai says, "People of Tamil Nadu are with PM Modi. We are confident, our party is strong and the people are with us and June 4 will be a historic result for NDA…In Karnataka, we are… pic.twitter.com/Vn7AKP59Nl

— ANI (@ANI) April 19, 2024