Lok Sabha elections were held in Tamil Nadu’s Vellore Lok Sabha constituency on Monday, 5 August, four months after it was cancelled.
Polling began at 7am and ended at 6 pm. At 5 pm, the Assembly segments clocked a voter turnout of 58.55% in Vellore, 67.61% in Anaikattu, 67.01% in Kilvaithinankuppam, 67.25% in Gudiyatham, 52.0% in Vaniyambadi and 65.17 in Ambur%.
The overall voter turnout at 5pm was 62.94%. The turnout in 2014 was 75%.
Among the 28 candidates fighting it out, the main contenders are ruling AIADMK’s AC Shanmugam and the DMK’s DM Kathir Anand.
The election, which was originally scheduled for 18 April, was postponed after Rs 10 crore cash was seized from DMK leader Durai Murugan’s warehouse by the Election Commission. His son is the DMK candidate from the constituency a point of concern repeatedly raised by the AIADMK.
The result will be declared on 9 August.