It was reported that brisk polling in all the seven constituencies in Virudhunagar district after a poor turnout early in the morning due to overnight steady drizzle that continued till 8 a.m.
A booth agent has said in Kariyapatti that after the rain large number of men and women, many with umbrellas has joined the long queues, as seen in booths in Tiruchuzhi and Aruppukottai constituencies and only 17 voters had turned up till 8 a.m. However, by 9 a.m. it has crossed 100 after rain stopped.
A total of 12 per cent of voters had turned up in all seven Assembly constituencies of Rajapalayam, Srivilliputtur, Sattur, Sivakasi, Virudhunagar, Aruppukottai and Tiruchuli by 9 a.m with the wet spell, even the police and central para-military personnel who were deployed at the polling stations had tried to remain under shelter.
A.Balakrishnan a sophomore of a local engineering college has told that a group of young voters at the booth were excited after they had cast their votes for the first time. "I was till bit nervous as enter the booth. It was more on seeing gun toting security personnel.
