Scene at Thiruvanmiyur polling booth on Sunday

Report and photo by Pranav K.

On May 15, the polling booth at Chennai Higher Secondary School in Bharathidasan Salai, Thiruvanmiyur was getting ready for voting in the elections for the TN Assembly on May 16. 

The EVM’s ( Electronic Voting Machines ) had been brought here.

“All the EVM’s that arrived here for the Velachery constituency were distributed to 262  polling booths that includes Adyar, Taramani, Besant Nagar, Thiruvanmiyur and Velachery”, said Silambarasan, a police constable on duty. 

Two policewomen, Pandishwari R. and Rajeshwari. R. were at their posts outside the booth here. They will be on duty till voting ends, they said.