Indian elections 2019: Technical glitches delay voting in Tamil Nadu booths

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Indian elections 2019: Technical glitches delay voting in Tamil Nadu booths

Chennai - Brisk polling was witnessed across the state with political leaders and movie starts casting their votes.

By IANS

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Published: Thu 18 Apr 2019, 8:35 AM

Last updated: Thu 18 Apr 2019, 10:38 AM

Voting in some polling booths in Tamil Nadu was delayed on Thursday owing to technical problems with the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM), as per reports.
In the Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha constituency, voters had to stand in queue in several booths for nearly an hour to cast their votes.
Similarly, at a booth in Chennai there was a technical glitch that delayed voting for also about an hour.

Otherwise, brisk polling was witnessed across the state with political leaders and movie starts casting their votes soon after polling for the 38 Lok Sabha seats and 18 Assembly constituencies began at 7am.
Chief Minister K.Palaniswami, Congress leader P. Chidambaram, actor-politician Rajinikanth, BJP Tamil Nadu leader Tamilisai Soundararajan, actors Ajith, Vijay and others have already cast their votes.


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