181 critical and 8,050 vulnerable polling stations identified in T.N.

If a polling station is identified as critical, the EC would bring in enhanced security measures such as deployment of sufficient Central Armed Police Force personnel, or take additional civil measures such as webcasting, among other initiatives.

Webcasting shall be done in all critical polling stations or at least in 50% of the total number of polling stations, including auxiliary polling stations, whichever is higher. Critical events in and around the polling stations shall also be videographed.

Madurai tops table

At 511, Madurai has the highest number of vulnerable polling stations, followed by Chennai South (456) and Theni (381).

The number of vulnerable polling stations in other constituencies are: Kancheepuram (371), Sriperumbudur (337), Tirunelveli (331), Virudhunagar (314), Dharmapuri (311), Tiruppur (293), Thoothukkudi (286), Ramanathapuram (262), Arakkonam (258), Chennai North (254), Vellore (246), Coimbatore (224), Krishnagiri (208), Kanniyakumari (199), Chennai Central (192), Chidambaram (192), the Nilgiris (179), Erode (172), Tiruvallur (170), Tiruvannamalai (166), Sivaganga (145), Namakkal (143), Pollachi (140), Dindigul (137), Salem (130), Tenkasi (124), Cuddalore (119), Arani (108), Nagapattinam (104), Kallakurichi (101), Karur (92), Thanjavur (92), Mayiladuthurai (87), Tiruchi (84), Villupuram (76) and Perambalur (55).

Postal ballots

As of March 26, a total of 77,445 senior citizens across Tamil Nadu who are 85 years of age or older have submitted Form12 D seeking postal ballots.

Though a total of 6,08,952 of them are on the electoral rolls and are eligible to get postal ballots, the forms were issued to 4,30,734 persons, of whom only 77,445 have submitted their forms.

Kancheepuram (8,261), Kanniyakumari (4,184) and Chennai (4,117) are among the constituencies that received the forms from senior citizens.

A total of 50,676 persons with disabilities have submitted forms seeking postal ballots across the State.