The Tamil Nadu assembly election saw a significant voter turnout with Namakkal district recording the highest at 19.83% and Nilgiris the lowest at 15.54% until 9am. The overall turnout stood at 17.69% with over 57.3 million eligible voters participating in the election.
Chief Minister M K Stalin and other prominent figures such as Edappadi K Palaniswami, Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, and Vijay were among the early voters. Stalin appealed to people to come out in large numbers and vote.
With 4,023 candidates, including 443 women, in the fray, Karur constituency has the most contestants at 79. Sholinganallur has the highest number of voters (5,36,991) and Harbour the lowest (1,16,896).
The state transport department deployed an additional 6,234 buses and the railways' three special trains to facilitate voting.
The contest is primarily between the ruling DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance and the AIADMK-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), with the BJP contesting 27 of 234 seats as part of the NDA.
