Tamilnadu recorded a poll percentage of over 25 per cent by 11 am even as voting was hampered in some districts due to heavy rain, a top election official said. Chief Electoral Officer Rajesh Lakhoni said that according to inputs they received, the poll percentage was 25.2 per cent in Tamilnadu by 11.am.

He said,Polling was comparatively lower in districts that are experiencing heavy rains.

He added, moderate to heavy rain in parts of Ramanathapuram, Madurai, Dindigul, Tiruchirappalli, Cuddalore, Thanjavur and Nagapattinam districts had hampered polling process.

"Due to rains there are power cuts in some areas and there are some problems. However, there is no need to stop polling, the process of polling will continue", according to Lakhoni.

In Ramanathapuram, the polling percentage was between 20-21 per cent and in Salem, Namakkal and Tiruvallur more than 30 per cent.

Chief Electoral Officer said, "First time voters are enthusiastically standing in queues to vote. There are no reports of any violence or law or order issue anywhere in Tamilnadu" .

To a question, he said there were some glitches in Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) in 17 constituencies, which has been addressed.