As the voting booth opens early in the morning, a long line of voters is already present, indicating a positive turnout. The anticipation is clearly visible on the faces of first-time voters as they eagerly wait to cast their votes.
Election officers and security personnel are seen making sure that everything is running smoothly and rules and regulations are being followed. Voters from all the parts of the State arrive to cast their vote. Special arrangements are made at polling stations, to assist senior citizens and specially abled people, making sure that they cast their vote with ease and dignity.
Photo: M. Perisamy
Pasupathy, a 72-year-old voter, after casting her vote at school under the Coimbatore South Assembly constituency on Thursday.
Photo: M. Govarthan
Voters waiting to exercise their franchise at a polling station in Erode (East) Assembly constituency in Erode in Tamil Nadu.
Photo: C. Venkatachalapathy
Voters standing on a long queue to exercise their franchise at Don Bosco Higher secondary school, Gandhinagar,at Katpadi.
Photo: C. Venkatachalapathy
A disabled woman casts her vote at an all-women operated pink booth at Latheri, K.V.Kuppam constituency.
Photo: C. Venkatachalapathy
G1 humanoid robot welcoming the voters at Government Muslim Hr. Sec. School polling station in Vellore.
Photo: N. Bashkaran
Voters queue up at the sensitive booth in Naickenkottai in Dharmapuri constituency. Dharmapuri district has identified 150 polling booths as sensitive.
Photo: C. Venkatachalapathy
Indelible ink mark on the fingers of voters.
Photo: S.S. Kumar
A robot assists voters at the polling booth set up at the Danish Mission Higher Secondary School in Nellikuppam in Cuddalore district.
Photo: L. Balachandar
A security personnel helps an elderly woman at a polling station in Ramanathapuram. Several elderly people preferred to vote at polliting station rather than opting vote-from-home option.
Photo: S.R. Raghunathan
Women in a polling booth wear identical sarees for easy identification at a poll booth in Chennai.
Photo: M. Sathyamoorthy
Kota tribal women of Nilgiris voted at Solur Kokkal village near Udhagamandalam.
Photo: S.R. Raghunathan
Abhin D Modak, Greater Chennai Police Commissioner inspecting various polling booth for a peaceful election process in Chennai.
Photo: M. Govarthan
Indelible ink is marked on an electors index finger at a polling station in Erode (East) Assembly constituency in Erode in Tamil Nadu.
Photo: M. Periasamy
An elderly voter being helped to cast a vote at a polling booth in Coimbatore.
Photo: C. Venkatachalapathy
Buttermilk served to voters at a polling station in Latheri, K.V.Kuppam constituency.
Photo: C. Venkatachalapathy
Mobile phone counter at a pink booth K.V.Kuppam constituency.