Residents of two villages near Illayankudi boycott poll

Sivaganga Lok Sabha constituency witnessed peaceful polling and ended with 71.05% voter turnout at 7 p.m. on Friday.

While officials said that there was gradual polling in Sivaganga, Tirupattur and other segments, issues such as name missing and non-functioning of EVMs led to delays at some places.

P Chidambaram cast his vote at Kandanur near Karaikudi and H. Raja of the BJP also cast his vote.

Many first time voters were excited to cast their votes. Latika Sri Ramesh, a resident here, said elated to vote for the first time. She is doing medicine in a Coimbatore college and had come home to cast her vote.