Tamil Nadu recorded over 56 per cent voting on Thursday as polling for elections to 234 Assembly constituencies was on across the state. AIADMK General Secretary and party candidate for Edappadi constituency, Edappadi K Palaniswami casted his vote in Chennai

Top leaders and celebrities were among the early birds who turned up to cast their votes in their respective constituencies on Thursday

Voting for the Tamil Nadu Assembly election across 234 segments commenced at 7 AM. Vijay cast his vote at the Neelankarai polling booth. Actor-turned-politician Vijay is contesting from the Perambur and Tiruchirappalli East constituencies

Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) President and party candidate for Sriperumbudur constituency, K Selvaperunthagai, shows his ink-marked finger after casting his vote for the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections

Deputy CM Udhayanidhi along with his wife and son cast their votes. Chennai Mayor R Priya was among the city-based leading DMK personalities to cast their votes

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin's daughter Senthamarai Stalin and son-in-law Sabarisan cast their votes at a polling station in Chennai on Thursday during the Assembly elections

Congress MP Karti Chidambaram shows his ink-marked finger after casting his vote for the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, in Sivaganga district

Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday cast his vote at a polling station in Karaikudi, Sivaganga, and urged the youth to vote for an alliance that represents secularism and progress in Tamil Nadu

Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) candidate from Bodinayakkanur Assembly constituency, O Panneerselvam, on Thursday expressed confidence in the performance of his alliance in the ongoing electoral battle

BJP leader and actor R Sarathkumar shows his inked finger after casting a vote. The main contest is expected between the DMK-led alliance, which includes the Indian National Congress, DMDK and VCK, and the National Democratic Alliance led by AIADMK with BJP and PMK as allies.