Voting Day; scenes at a school campus

Report by Nithyashree

People continued to cast their votes in booths across Mylapore in spite of the rain. Five booths are located in Lady Sivaswami Ayyar Girls' Higher Secondary School in Sundareswarar Street, Mylapore.

Inside the booth, there are various posters that bear instructions, symbols, the 25 candidates' names and symbols.There is also a poster about the citizens' right to vote for NOTA (None Of The Above).

The five booths in the school are booths 166, 167, 168, 169 and 170. Several police officers are stationed outside and inside the booth.

Malavika, an 18 year old voting for the first time, said she hoped that by exercising her right to vote, she will draw the governments' attention to the needs of the common people.

530 people had cast their vote by 9:30 in the morning, said S.Amirthavalli, a police officer stationed inside the booth.