ERODE: People turned up enthusiastically at the polling stations here on Wednesday to cast their votes in the bypoll to the Erode East Assembly constituency and an election official said the voting percentage crossed 42 per cent by 1 pm.
Polling was peaceful and incident free, District Collector and District Election Officer, Raja Gopal Sunkara said, adding that till 1 pm, 42.41 per cent of polling was recorded in 237 polling booths and official sources said the percentage crossed 50 per cent by 2.15 pm.
Three EVMs were used as 46 candidates, including 44 independents, are in the fray and the contest appears to be only between the ruling DMK’s VC Chandirakumar and Tamil nationalist party, Naam Tamizhar Katchi’s M K Seethalakshmi.
