 "Tamil Nadu Assembly polls: Counting of votes begins")
Counting of votes for the 232 Assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu, where polling was held on May 16 to decide the fate of over 3,700 candidates, including Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and DMK chief M Karunanidhi, commenced on Thursday morning.
Besides Jayalalithaa and Karunanidhi, the electoral field also has two other Chief Ministerial candidates — actor-turned politician Vijayakant of DMDK-PWF-TMC combine and PMK's Anbumani Ramadoss.
Counting is progressing in 68 centres across the state involving around 13,000 personnel.
Election Commission has put in place arrangements to ensure that the counting progresses smoothly as the city and its neighbourhood witnessed heavy rain over the last few days.
Election to the Aravakurichi and Thanjavur segments has been postponed to May 23 following complaints of voters being bribed.
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