Tamil Nadu election 2026: Despite heat, senior citizens step out to vote in large numbers

Despite the Election Commission of India making arrangements to cod postal ballots from ace elder citizens — those supra the property of 85 — and persons with disabilities, galore octogenarians, nonagenarians, and centenarians chose to formed their votes successful idiosyncratic connected Thursday.

Stephen, a 103-year-old nonmigratory of Vallur colony successful Ponneri, who came to the polling booth successful a wheelchair, said helium chose to sojourn the polling presumption straight to fulfil his antiauthoritarian duty, arsenic it brought him joy. He said helium urged everyone not to enactment astatine home, but to spell to their respective polling stations to formed their votes.