The Hindu

Dharmapuri district administration reimagines sustainability and aesthetics, with decorations made of local produce, seed pens, sapling distribution and more at green polling stations

Out of the 922 votes in Perumpathu polling station in Tirunelveli district, only about 10 voters had turned up till 3 p.m. The voters had been demanding compensation for the victims assaulted by an armed gang recently; in Pottaloorani PS in Ottapidaram constituency in Thoothukudi district, the voters, who are against fish processing units, largely abstained from voting

A few young voters reportedly travelled from neighbouring districts to Tiruchi to exercise their democratic right and expressed hope that there will be a change this time

Law-and-order and womens safety seem to have weighed heavily on their mind while they chose their party

Most first-time voters are in their early 20s. I am almost 40. But I feel as if my life as an Indian has just begun, and my the future of my children as Indian citizens is assured, R. Gokuleswaran said