Polling for 39 LS seats commences in TN

Polling for 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu commenced this morning.

Former Telangana and Puducherry governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, former chief minister O Panneerselvam, senior DMK leader TR Baalu, DMK leader and chief minister MK Stalin's sister Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, state BJP president K Annamalai are among the heavyweights whose fate will be decided by the voters today.

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

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.

Tamil Nadu BJP chief Annamalai said that the people of Tamil Nadu are with prime minister Narendra Modi and will give the BJP a thumping success in the elections.

He was speaking to the media persons after casting his vote at Uthupatti Elementary School in Karur.

The IPS officer-turned-politician is contesting the Lok Sabha elections from the neighbouring Coimbatore Lok Sabha seat.

Elections to the 39 Lok Sabha seats of Tamil Nadu commenced at 7 a.m.

There are 6.33 crore eligible voters in Tamil Nadu of which 3.17 crore are women and 3.06 crore are men.

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.