Tamil Nadu elections 2026: Over 84% voter turnout in the State, highest in its electoral history

April 23, 2026, turned retired to beryllium a red-letter time successful Tamil Nadu’s electoral past arsenic the State recorded its highest polling percent successful an Assembly predetermination – 84.69% (till 8 p.m. connected Thursday). According to provisional figures, implicit 4.85 crore radical voted from 7 a.m. successful each the 234 Assembly constituencies to elite the 17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.

Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said that it was the highest percent of polling successful West Bengal and Tamil Nadu. “[The] ECI salutes each elector of West Bengal and Tamil Nadu.”