Polling ends in 38 LS seats, 18 Assembly seats
Polling in 38 Lok Sabha seats, in Tamil Nadu and 18 Assembly seats, where bypolls were held, ended on a peaceful note tonight, despite an incident in which para-military forces opened fire in the air to disperse an unruly mob in Arakkonam LS constituency after the polling ended.
By : migrator
Update: 2019-04-18 15:34 GMT
Chennai
The polling was peaceful with no major untoward incident report so far, CEO Satyabrata Sahoo told reporters.
Though gates of the polling booths were closed at 1800 hrs, those who were present inside were given tokens and would be allowed to vote in all the polling booths.
As of 1800 hrs, 69.55 per cent polling was recorded in Lok Sabha polls and 71.62 in Assembly bypolls.
Since polling was on in several booths, a final picture would be known late on Thursday night.
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