Total voter turnout in the Assembly seats at 3pm was recorded as 58.51 per cent.
LIVE: 58.51 percent voter turn out recorded in Tamil Nadu till 3 pm
Tamil Nadu by polls
16:35 October 21
58.51 voting percentage till 3 pm
13:30 October 21
Constituencies in Tamil Nadu witness good voting percentage
The Vikravandi constituency witnessed 54.17% voting since morning, while the voting percentage in the Nanguneri constituency is 41.35%.
09:26 October 21
Women outnumber men at polling stations in Tamil Nadu
Amid tight security, voting began in Tamil Nadu at 7 am in the morning.
Women voters have outnumbered men in a handful of polling stations at Vikravandi in Villupuram District and at Nanguneri in Tirunelveli district. Both youngsters and senior citizens showed equal interest in exercising their franchise.
All the 574 polling stations in Vikravandi (275) and Nanguneri (299) are covered by live web streaming.
Over 3,000 personnel are on duty for the bypolls in Tamil Nadu.
08:05 October 21
Voting begins for Puducherry assembly seat
Voting has begun for the Kamaraj Nagar assembly seat in Union Territory Puducherry.
It began at 7 am and is scheduled to conclude by 6 pm.
There are nine candidates in the fray for this seat.
The counting of votes will happen on Oct 24.
07:38 October 21
Voting for two constituencies begin in Tamil Nadu
Voting has begun for two constituencies in Tamil Nadu
Bypolls for Vikravaandi and Naanguneri constituencies have begun here. Voting is underway.
00:58 October 21
Tamil Nadu all set for by polls today
Chennai: The electoral fate of 35 candidates in two Assembly constituencies -- Vikravandi and Nanguneri -- in Tamil Nadu will be decided by voters on Monday.
Assembly bypolls for the two seats are scheduled for Monday.
Bypoll in Vikravandi was necessitated following the death of DMK legislator K. Rathamani in June, while the Nanguneri seat fell vacant as Congress legislator H. Vasantha Kumar resigned after he got elected for the Lok Sabha.
A total of 23 candidates are in the fray in Vikravandi seeking the favour of about 2.24 lakh voters.
The main fight is between ruling AIADMK's R. Muthamilselvan and the principle opposition party DMK's N. Pugazhenthi.
On the other hand, Nanguneri seat will see 12 candidates fighting it out though the main rivals are AIADMK's V. Narayanan and Congress candidate Ruby R Manohar.
The total number of voters in Vikravandi is about 2.57 lakh.
The counting of votes would be taken up on October 24.
Authorities have asked people not belonging to the two constituencies but who were involved in electoral campaigning to leave and hotels/lodges/marriage halls have been asked to ensure outsiders do not overstay.
Security has been beefed up in the two constituencies for peaceful conduct of polls.
Leaders of AIADMK, DMK, Congress and other parties campaigned for their own candidates as well as for the candidate of their ally.
For the ruling AIADMK, the campaign was spearheaded by Chief Minister K. Palaniswami, Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam, state ministers and others.
On the other hand, for DMK, the campaign was led by party President M.K. Stalin and others.
The leader of the Naam Tamilar Katchi, Seeman created a controversy while campaigning for his party candidate in Vikravandi justifying the killing of Rajiv Gandhi for sending the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) to Sri Lanka.
During his campaign Seeman said history will be rewritten in the future to the effect that Rajiv Gandhi who had sent IPKF to Sri Lanka to kill Tamilians was later murdered in the Tamil land.
A female Tamil Tiger suicide bomber blew herself up at an election rally near Chennai, killing the former Prime Minister on May 21, 1991.
Seeman was booked by Tamil Nadu police for his provocative speech with an intention to cause riot and intentional insult to breach the peace.
A report on the cash seizure at Nanguneri Assembly constituency from a house where DMK legislator K.S. Saravanakumar was staying has been sent to the Chief Electoral Officer, said a top official in Tirunelveli.
Meanwhile at Nanguneri, some people from near by villages surrounded the house where DMK legislator representing the Periyakulam Assembly seat and other DMK party members were staying and seized cash of about Rs. 2.78 crore.
"A first information report has been lodged and a report has been sent to the Election Commission," Shilpa Prabhakar Satish, Tirunelveli District Collector had told IANS.
Saravana kumar alleged that the villagers had attacked him and stolen his money, jewellery and his mobile phone.
In the 234-member Tamil Nadu Assembly, the ruling AIADMK has 123 members (including the Speaker), DMK-100, Congress-7, IUML and Independent-1 each and two vacant seats for which bypoll will be held on Monday.
Read: Four big parties to shape Maharashtra's political space
16:35 October 21
58.51 voting percentage till 3 pm
Total voter turnout in the Assembly seats at 3pm was recorded as 58.51 per cent.
13:30 October 21
Constituencies in Tamil Nadu witness good voting percentage
The Vikravandi constituency witnessed 54.17% voting since morning, while the voting percentage in the Nanguneri constituency is 41.35%.
09:26 October 21
Women outnumber men at polling stations in Tamil Nadu
Amid tight security, voting began in Tamil Nadu at 7 am in the morning.
Women voters have outnumbered men in a handful of polling stations at Vikravandi in Villupuram District and at Nanguneri in Tirunelveli district. Both youngsters and senior citizens showed equal interest in exercising their franchise.
All the 574 polling stations in Vikravandi (275) and Nanguneri (299) are covered by live web streaming.
Over 3,000 personnel are on duty for the bypolls in Tamil Nadu.
08:05 October 21
Voting begins for Puducherry assembly seat
Voting has begun for the Kamaraj Nagar assembly seat in Union Territory Puducherry.
It began at 7 am and is scheduled to conclude by 6 pm.
There are nine candidates in the fray for this seat.
The counting of votes will happen on Oct 24.
07:38 October 21
Voting for two constituencies begin in Tamil Nadu
Voting has begun for two constituencies in Tamil Nadu
Bypolls for Vikravaandi and Naanguneri constituencies have begun here. Voting is underway.
00:58 October 21
Tamil Nadu all set for by polls today
Chennai: The electoral fate of 35 candidates in two Assembly constituencies -- Vikravandi and Nanguneri -- in Tamil Nadu will be decided by voters on Monday.
Assembly bypolls for the two seats are scheduled for Monday.
Bypoll in Vikravandi was necessitated following the death of DMK legislator K. Rathamani in June, while the Nanguneri seat fell vacant as Congress legislator H. Vasantha Kumar resigned after he got elected for the Lok Sabha.
A total of 23 candidates are in the fray in Vikravandi seeking the favour of about 2.24 lakh voters.
The main fight is between ruling AIADMK's R. Muthamilselvan and the principle opposition party DMK's N. Pugazhenthi.
On the other hand, Nanguneri seat will see 12 candidates fighting it out though the main rivals are AIADMK's V. Narayanan and Congress candidate Ruby R Manohar.
The total number of voters in Vikravandi is about 2.57 lakh.
The counting of votes would be taken up on October 24.
Authorities have asked people not belonging to the two constituencies but who were involved in electoral campaigning to leave and hotels/lodges/marriage halls have been asked to ensure outsiders do not overstay.
Security has been beefed up in the two constituencies for peaceful conduct of polls.
Leaders of AIADMK, DMK, Congress and other parties campaigned for their own candidates as well as for the candidate of their ally.
For the ruling AIADMK, the campaign was spearheaded by Chief Minister K. Palaniswami, Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam, state ministers and others.
On the other hand, for DMK, the campaign was led by party President M.K. Stalin and others.
The leader of the Naam Tamilar Katchi, Seeman created a controversy while campaigning for his party candidate in Vikravandi justifying the killing of Rajiv Gandhi for sending the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) to Sri Lanka.
During his campaign Seeman said history will be rewritten in the future to the effect that Rajiv Gandhi who had sent IPKF to Sri Lanka to kill Tamilians was later murdered in the Tamil land.
A female Tamil Tiger suicide bomber blew herself up at an election rally near Chennai, killing the former Prime Minister on May 21, 1991.
Seeman was booked by Tamil Nadu police for his provocative speech with an intention to cause riot and intentional insult to breach the peace.
A report on the cash seizure at Nanguneri Assembly constituency from a house where DMK legislator K.S. Saravanakumar was staying has been sent to the Chief Electoral Officer, said a top official in Tirunelveli.
Meanwhile at Nanguneri, some people from near by villages surrounded the house where DMK legislator representing the Periyakulam Assembly seat and other DMK party members were staying and seized cash of about Rs. 2.78 crore.
"A first information report has been lodged and a report has been sent to the Election Commission," Shilpa Prabhakar Satish, Tirunelveli District Collector had told IANS.
Saravana kumar alleged that the villagers had attacked him and stolen his money, jewellery and his mobile phone.
In the 234-member Tamil Nadu Assembly, the ruling AIADMK has 123 members (including the Speaker), DMK-100, Congress-7, IUML and Independent-1 each and two vacant seats for which bypoll will be held on Monday.
Read: Four big parties to shape Maharashtra's political space
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