Brisk polling in Salem and Namakkal districts; no untoward incidents reported

People waited successful a agelong queue successful astir each polling booths, with Salem registering 90.61% and Namakkal registering 89.93% turnout for the Assembly elections connected Thursday (April 23, 2026).

In Salem district, people, especially first-time voters, enthusiastically came aboriginal to the polling booths. In a polling booth astatine Nethimedu, a robot welcomed voters with chocolates and flowers. Amid a 102-degree Fahrenheit registered successful the Salem district, radical exercised their democratic rights.