Steady turnout, peaceful polling mark Assembly election in Erode district

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Voters waiting astatine  6 p.m. were fixed  tokens and allowed to formed  their votes astatine  a polling booth successful  Erode (West) Assembly constituency successful  Tamil Nadu connected  Thursday.

Voters waiting astatine 6 p.m. were fixed tokens and allowed to formed their votes astatine a polling booth successful Erode (West) Assembly constituency successful Tamil Nadu connected Thursday. | Photo Credit: GOVARTHAN M.

Polling for the Assembly predetermination successful the territory concluded connected Thursday evening (April 23, 2026), with officials reporting a dependable turnout and mostly peaceful proceedings crossed 8 constituencies.

Officials said polling was creaseless successful astir locations, with lone insignificant glitches specified arsenic little delays successful the aboriginal hours and isolated instances of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) processing snags. A full of 11,420 polling personnel, 67 micro-observers, and 1,052 constabulary unit were deployed, portion an further 2,900 constabulary unit and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) were stationed astatine polling stations to support security.

Published - April 23, 2026 07:14 p.m. IST

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