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Polling starts in TN amidst EVM glitches, voting delayed in some booths

Sources said the polling process was delayed by at least one hour in a few booths in Tamil Nadu owing to technical glitches in the EVMs

DMK President MK Stalin, Stalin
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DMK President MK Stalin casts his vote at polling booth at SIET College in Teynampet. Photo: ANI

BS Reporter Chennai
As part of the second phase of Lok Sabha elections in the country, polling began on Thursday morning in 38 Parliamentary Constituencies in Tamil Nadu. 

Sources said the polling process was delayed by at least one hour in a few booths in Tamil Nadu owing to technical glitches in the Electronic Voting Machines. Polling for Parliamentary Constituencies and by-poll for 18 Assembly Constituencies are being held in Tamil Nadu simultaneously. Voting was delayed in various constituencies including Choolaimedu, Guindy, Ashok Nagar, and Virugambakkam among others in Chennai, according to sources. 

In some booths in Chennai, voters who appeared without booth