Chennai, April 22 -- With Tamil Nadu Assembly elections due tomorrow, State Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Archana Patnaik on Wednesday anticipated that voter turnout is expected to exceed usual levels, and highlighted that over 1.06 lakh EVM machines are set to be utilised during the voting.

Adressing a press conference in Chennai, CEO Patnaik said, "Voter turnout is expected to be higher than usual. For election duty, 1,20,000 police personnel and 3,40,000 government staff have been deployed."

Highlighting a strict enforcement drive under the Model Code of Conduct, which came into effect on March 15, she reported that cash and valuables worth Rs 1,262 crore have been seized, with Rs 543 crore already confiscated.

"Cash and valuables w...