Chennai, Oct. 6 -- With over 80 per cent of the total 4.35 lakh electorate casting their ballots sealing the fate of 49 candidates, polling for the by-elections to the Madurantakam and Dharapuram Reserved Assembly seats in Tamil Nadu passed off peacefully on Tuesday evening.
The polling, which began at 0700 hrs in the morning, saw brisk turnout all through the day with enthusiastic voters queuing up at 605 booths to exercise their franchise, ended at 1800 hrs.
After the polling process ended, all the EVMs, in which the votes were cast were sealed and taken to strong rooms, guarded with tight security, including deployment of para-military forces. The EVMs would be taken to counting centres on October 9 for counting after which the results...