Chennai/Thiruvananthapuram, April 13: Tamil Nadu recorded about 25 per cent polling and Kerala an impressive 45 per cent till 1 PM in today’s closely fought Assembly polls which largely remained peaceful.
In Tamil Nadu, polling got off to a brisk start at 8 am reaching the 25 per cent mark by 1 PM as the voters turned out braving the scorching summer heat to exercise their franchise.
Voters came out in large numbers and seen queueing up in both urban and rural areas in Kerala where the ruling CPI(M)-led LDF and UDF-headed by Congress are locked in a fierce battle.
In the union territory of Puducherry, about 40 per cent of the voters cast their votes by 1 PM to elect 30 members to the assembly.
Official sources in Thiruvananthapuram said voting was progressing peacefully in all the 140 segments without any untoward incident.
–Agencies