The by-election to the
Yercaud Assembly constituency recorded the highest ever turnout of close to 90
per cent (89.24%) in the constituency that has a little over than 2.4 lakh voters. No
untoward incident was recorded during polling, according to police. A few cases
of Model Code of Conduct violations in the form of canvassing near polling
stations were reported.
Salem District Collector and
District Election Officer K. Maharabushanam said that, the first two hours saw 18
per cent polling, and thereafter it climbed steadily. By noon, 43 per cent of
voters had turned up across 290 booths at 119 polling stations.
The by-election was held as
the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MLA C. Perumal died on July 19. Polling
was recorded online through web cameras in 269 booths.
Offline recording of polling
was done in 21 booths in remote villages due to lack of telecommunication
network. Micro observers from various Central government offices were posted in
the 21 booths. Web casting was done at the Collectorate for representatives of
political parties and election officials to monitor the polling process.
SMS-based poll monitoring was
carried out as presiding officers in each booth disseminated information
through SMS to the 36 zones. Two detainees under the Goondas Act, lodged in the
Salem Central Prison, cast their votes through postal ballot.
<=== Voters throng one of the polling stations at Papanayakanpatti near Attur in Salem District, Tamil Nadu, to cast their vote for the by poll in Yercaud Constituency.
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