Chennai, April 19 -- Satyabrata Sahoo, Chief Electoral Officer in Tamil Nadu, said on Friday that the Chennai Central constituency witnessed minimum voter turnout as the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) were delayed at some places due to technical faults.

"Till 9 AM, it is 12.55 per cent. Chennai Central has the lowest voter turnout of 8.59 per cent. There were delays in EVMs due to technical faults at 4-5 places but all were rectified. The election is going smoothly as of now in the state," he said.

However, the official voter turnout application of the Election Commission showed that the turnout in the southern state was 9.21 per cent at 9 a.m.

Voting for all 39 seats in Tamil Nadu is underway.

According to the data released by the...