Among the voters in Puducherry was Kothandapani (89) along with his 86-year-old wife Krishnammal who turned up at a booth in the Veerampattinam coastal village in Ariyankuppam Assembly constituency to cast their votes.
Kothandapani is the grandfather of the AIADMK contestant G. Tamizhvendhan, family sources told media at the booth.
Voters turned up before the commencement of the polls at most of the booths, official sources said.
In one of the polling stations in the Mudaliarpet assembly constituency, the VVPAT developed some snags and there was a delay of 45 minutes in the commencement of polling. Official sources said that as soon as the VVPAT developed technical snags, the engineers of BEL were called to rectify the defects.
Pink booths were the center of attraction. The green environment at a booth housed on the premises of the more-than-century-old VOC Government Boys school in the town added to the lustre of the arrangements. The elections department distributed gruel, nutritious cereals and millets and also buttermilk to the voters, sources said.
Volunteers were deployed to help aged and disabled voters to approach the booth without difficulties. Police also took care of the senior citizens and helped them get into the booth to cast their votes.
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