Counting of votes will be held on June 30
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa
Chennai: A record turnout of voters marked the bypoll to RK Nagar Assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, from where Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa is seeking re-election after her acquittal in a graft case, while high voting was recorded in five other assembly bypolls spread across as many states.
RK Nagar and Aruvikkara in Kerala, where ruling Congress- led UDF and Opposition CPI(M)-headed LDF are locked in a close contest, registered an identical turnout of 74.4 per cent. The voter turn out was over 80 per cent in Pratapgarh and Surma seats in Tripura and Chokpot (Meghalaya) while Garoth in Madhya Pradesh saw a turnout of 71.24 per cent.
Counting of votes will be held on June 30. One of the smallest constituencies in Tamil Nadu, R K Nagar in Chennai city had witnessed 72.72 per cent voting in the 2011 Assembly elections.
CPI, AIADMK’s main rival in this bypoll, alleged booth- capturing. The party’s candidate C. Mahendran said a complaint had been filed . The by-election was necessitated by AIADMK’s P Vetrivel vacating the seat in May to enable Jayalalithaa seek re-election post her acquittal by the Karnataka HC.
( Source : deccan chronicle/agencies )
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