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Tamil Nadu Votes in Local Body Elections
Tamil Nadu voters went to the polls on Monday in local body elections, with Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa casting her vote in the Chennai Corporation election. Polling officials marked voters’ fingers with…
The Story in Brief
Tamil Nadu voters went to the polls on Monday in local body elections, with Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa casting her vote in the Chennai Corporation election. Polling officials marked voters’ fingers with indelible ink, including Jayalalithaa and Tiruchi Collector Jayashree Muralidharan.
The Hindu photographs showed a 94-year-old woman voting in Kattur, Tiruchi, and long queues of women at a polling booth in Threspuram, Tuticorin, identified as sensitive. The report, published on October 17, 2011, did not provide turnout figures or details of any polling disruption.
The Indian Opinion
Election-day images can invite sweeping claims about enthusiasm or a decisive political mood. Neither follows from a few photographs. A queue shows participation at one booth, not the state’s turnout, while a chief minister’s vote says little about local contests across Tamil Nadu. The useful measure is the final turnout, along with reported incidents and results by local body. Until those figures arrive, the strongest conclusion is simply that voting took place and citizens participated.
Source: thehindu.com
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