83.96% men, 86.2% women voted at polling stations in Assembly poll across Tamil Nadu: EC
The Election Commission of India reported that 83.96% of male and 86.2% of female voters participated in the Tamil Nadu Assembly election held on April 23. A total of 4,87,98,833 voters out of 5,73,43,291 electors cast their votes at 75,064 polling booths across the state. The final voter count may increase as postal ballots and certain service votes are yet to be included in the official tally.
- ▪83.96% of male voters and 86.2% of female voters participated in the Tamil Nadu Assembly election.
- ▪A total of 4,87,98,833 voters out of 5,73,43,291 electors voted at polling stations on April 23.
- ▪The current figures exclude postal ballots of officials, police on election duty, service voters, and Form 12D voters.
- ▪Votes from nearly 1.1 lakh officials who used Election Duty Certificates are included in the reported numbers.
- ▪Final vote totals may rise once all postal and special ballots are counted.
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A total of 4,87,98,833 voters out of the 5,73,43,291 electors turned up at 75,064 polling booths and exercised their franchise in the Tamil Nadu Assembly election held on April 23, as per the official figures released by the Election Commission of India (EC) on Saturday.The total votes polled are likely to go up after the final figures are out, as the above figures do not include postal ballots of officials and police personnel deployed on election duty, service voters, and those who cast their votes through Form 12D, comprising persons aged 85 and above and persons with disabilities. However, the votes of nearly 1.1 lakh officials, who voted directly at polling stations using Election Duty Certificates (EDC) have been factored into the above numbers.
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