Polling for the General Elections for 38 Lok Sabha seats and by-elections for 18 Assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu was held on Thursday without any major law and order issues reported in the state. A voter turnout of 69.55 per cent (till 6 pm) was reported by the Election Commission for the parliamentary constituencies. During the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the voter turn out was 73.74 per cent.
Similarly, 71.62 per cent of the voters cast their vote in the by-elections for 18 Assembly seats being held simultaneously, as against 74.24 per cent cast during the 2016 Assembly elections. The final