Tamil Nadu logs nearly 72% polling in LS polls

Tamil Nadu logs nearly 72% polling in LS polls

Chennai: Actor Kamal Haasan with her daughter-actress Shruti Haasan wait in a queue to cast vote during the second phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, in Chennai, on April 18, 2019. (Photo: IANS)

Chennai: Actor Prabhu with his wife Punitha Prabhu, son Vikram Prabhu show their forefinger marked with indelible ink after casting vote during the second phase of Lok Sabha polls, in Chennai, on April 18, 2019. (Photo: IANS)

Chennai: A voter casts her vote for the second phase of 2019 Lok Sabha elections, at a polling station in Chennai on April 18, 2019. (Photo: IANS)

Chennai: People wait in a queue to cast their vote for the second phase of 2019 Lok Sabha elections, at a polling station in Chennai on April 18, 2019. (Photo: IANS)

Chennai, April 19 (IANS) A total of 71.87 per cent of Tamil Nadu's 5.8 crore voters in 38 Lok Sabha constituencies voted in the general elections held on Thursday, a senior Election Commission (EC) official said on Friday.

Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Officer Satyabrata Sahoo made the announcement at a press conference here.

In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the polling percentage was 73 per cent.

Sahoo said the Dharmapuri constituency registered the highest polling with 80.49 per cent while the lowest was recorded in the Chennai South seat with 56.41 per cent.

Meanwhile, the sexual abuse-cum-blackmail scandal hit Pollachi constituency registered 70.78 per cent polling.

--IANS

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