Arrangements are in place at the 238 polling booths for the smooth conduct of the byelection to the Erode (East) Assembly constituency tomorrow.The campaigning for the byelection ended at 6 p.m yesterday. The byelection, necessitated by the death of Congress legislator E.V.K.S. Elangovan, has seen major political parties AIADMK and the BJP boycotting it, while the DMK is facing off against Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK). The over two-week-long campaign saw DMK candidate V.C. Chandhirakumar and NTK candidate M.K. Seethalakshmi focusing on meeting voters at their doorstep and seeking their support.
A total of 46 candidates are in the fray, and polling will be conducted from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. tomorrow. The dispatch of polling materials to polling stations will commence this afternoon.
A total of 2,27,546 voters comprising 1,10,128 men, 1,17,381 women and 37 third genders are eligible to cast their vote at 237 polling stations in the constituency.