Home voting for 8,947 voters — 8,119 senior citizens above 85 years and 828 persons with disabilities — began in the 16 Assembly constituencies in Chennai on Thursday (April 16, 2026).
Starting Thursday, the home voting will be held for three days from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. A total of 96 teams will visit around 3,800 homes every day, with each team told to visit at least 40 homes per day.
As many as 1,064 persons will vote under the category of senior citizen absentee voters and persons with disabilities from the Velachery constituency, 1,005 from Thiyagarayanagar, 906 from Kolathur, 855 from Anna Nagar, 745 from Virugampakkam, 725 from Mylapore, 657 from Thousand Lights, 531 from Saidapet, 459 from Perambur, 430 from Villivakkam, 344 from Egmore, 327 from Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni, 280 from Thiru.Vi.Ka. Nagar, 180 from Harbour, 166 from Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar, and 161 from Royapuram.
While Kolathur (106) has the highest number of persons with disabilities who have availed themselves of the home voting facility in Chennai, Royapuram has the lowest, with just 14 home voters in the category.
An elderly woman shows her ink-marked finger after casting her postal vote at Royapuram Assembly constituency on Thursday. | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam
Officials assigned to polling booths also cast their postal votes on Wednesday, after completing the second phase of training in the Assembly constituencies in Chennai.
In Chengalpettu, home voting for 5880 persons with disabilities and senior citizens began on Thursday.
Published - April 16, 2026 09:53 pm IST