Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live Updates: TN records 63.20% of polling as of 5 PM

AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami cast his vote at Salem Siluvampalayam.

Palaniswami stood In a queue along with his family members at a panchayat school to cast his vote.

Actor Ajith Kumar cast his vote at a booth, located in Government Higher Secondary School in Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai South Lok Sabha constituency

Polling begins at SIET booth, Chennai South Lok Sabha constituency

CEC Rajiv Kumar says, "Everything is in place. The preparations started actually two years back and a wide range of preparations. So, it's from preparing the voter list, to preparing polling stations, finding their routes, how to reach their deployment of forces, finding out vulnerable booths and then creating amenities at the booths...So, it's a tremendous exercise started over two years back.

Also, the great technological interventions which are there. So, everything is prepared over roughly 1.86 lakh polling stations to go on the first phase of polling with around 16.86 crore voters. So, everything is set. It is now for voters to come and vote in large numbers on every polling station."

#WATCH | #LokSabhaElection2024 | Polling preparations underway at a polling booth under the South Chennai Parliamentary constituency in Saligramam area

All 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu are going to polls today, in the first phase of the 2024 general elections. pic.twitter.com/ITTiF6Ya8c

— ANI (@ANI) April 19, 2024

Chief Minister MK Stalin will cast his vote here around 9 am

Mock poll begins at a poll booth, situated at SIET, Alwarpet