S P Velumani (File photo) COIMBATORE: Former minister S P Velumani on Thursday claimed that the AIADMK-led alliance would win 210 seats in the Tamil Nadu assembly elections and party general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami would return as the chief minister.Velumani, who is AIADMK’s Thondamuthur candidate, cast his vote with his family at Sugunapuram Government…
A visit by TOI to Madayathur, Komanagar and Thaiyur villages in the constituency revealed that there was just one wheelchair each in at least six stations. CHENNAI: Elderly and persons with disabilities in Tiruporur were in for a rough ride on Thursday as several panchayat union schools and govt primary schools in the constituency had…
CHENNAI: Polling in seven of Chennai’s 16 assembly constituencies crossed the 70% mark by 3 pm on Thursday, with several segments in the city recording voter turnout comparable to high-polling districts in the rest of Tamil Nadu. At least 19 lakh people out of the 28.3 lakh voters have cast their votes in the city….
CHENNAI: Polling at a booth in T T Arasu Matriculation School in Choolaimedu was disrupted for over two hours on polling day after a malfunction in the electronic voting machine (EVM).Voting began at 7am and was proceeding normally until around 10am, when the EVM suddenly stopped working. At the time of the disruption, more than…
Kamala being brought to the polling station NAMAKKAL: A 60-year-old woman in Namakkal district, who has been bedridden for the past six months following a stroke, wanted to cast her votes. When Kamala of Kaveri RS near Pallipalayam expressed her wish, her son and daughter-in-law arranged an ambulance to take her to the polling station…
CHENNAI: Voter turnout in Chennai assembly constituencies crossed the 50% mark by 1pm on Thursday, indicating that more than 14 lakh people had cast their votes in the first half of the polling day, according to Election Commission of India estimates. In 2021, a total of 23.94 lakh people in Chennai voted across the 16…
Tamilisai and her team alleged that DMK had cast fake votes. CHENNAI: Clashes broke out between DMK and BJP workers at St Francis Xavier Middle School polling station in Alwarpet here on Thursday morning. The incident occurred when BJP’s Tamilisai Soundarajan visited the polling station around 10.30am. Tamilisai and her team alleged that DMK had…
CHENNAI: Perhaps this one is a waveless election. AIADMK‘s fridge offer did stir up the habitual expectants a bit, but DMK’s 8,000 Illatharasi coupon outdid it. The fledgling TVK’s list of offers took novelty factors out of all manifestos. Maybe the voters know they will get something – in cash or kind – no matter…
The visiting delegation includes representatives from Egypt, Maldives, Mauritius, Bhutan, Peru and Sri Lanka. CHENNAI: The Election Commission of India conducted the second phase of the International Election Visitors’ Programme for the assembly elections in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, with foreign delegates visiting Chennai to observe polling procedures and election management systems.The programme was…
CHENNAI: Chief minister M K Stalin, TVK president C Joseph Vijay and other prominent politicians cast their votes at their respective polling booths across the state. Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Officer Archana Patnaik cast her vote at a special booth at TAISHA in Virugambakkam. Stalin, along with Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin and family members,…
