Three Assembly segments of the Chidambaram Lok Sabha constituency in Ariyalur and Perambalur districts registered good turnout on Friday.
Long queues were seen in most of the polling booths in urban and rural areas of Ariyalur, Jayamkondam, and Kunnam Assembly segments, which were part of the Chidambaram constituency. Women and senior citizens, who wanted to exercise their franchise before the day got hotter, thronged the polling stations in the morning itself to cast votes.
According to official sources, the turnout was about 10% after the first two hours of polling in the Chidambaram constituency that includes Kattumannarkoil, Chidambaram, and Bhuvanagiri Assembly segments in Cuddalore district. It went up to 23.46% by 11 a.m and 37.73% till 1 p.m. The voters turnout went up further to 54.33% at 3 p.m. and 68.01% at 5 p.m. At the end of the deadline for polling at 6 p.m. the constituency registered 74.87%.
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