Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry go to polls

Actor Rajinikanth arrives to cast his vote in Chennai on Wednesday, April 13, 2011.

Actor Rajinikanth cast his vote just like many other voters in Chennai on Wednesday, April 13, 2011.

Officials check an EVM at a polling booth in Kozhikode on Wednesday, April 13, 2011.

Tamil Nadu CM M. Karunanidhi casts his vote at Saradha Vidyalaya in Chennai on Wednesday, April 13, 2011.

An elderly woman arrives on a wheelchair to cast her vote in Chennai on Wednesday, April 13, 2011.

Polling officials mark the index finger of voters with indelible ink inside a polling booth in Chennai on Wednesday, April 13, 2011.

Polling officials check voters names in Chennai on Wednesday, April 13, 2011.

Voters in Chennai queue up to cast their ballot for the assembly elections in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday, April 13, 2011.

An elderly woman arrives to cast her vote in Chennai on Wednesday, April 13, 2011.

A polling official marks the index finger of a voter with indelible ink inside a polling booth in Chennai on Wednesday, April 13, 2011.

Polling officials check an Electronic Voting Machine at a polling booth station in Chennai on Wednesday, April 13, 2011.

A woman casts her vote during assembly elections in Chennai on Wednesday, April 13, 2011.

Roads look deserted as Tamil Nadu goes for assembly elections on Wednesday, April 13,
2011.

Women voters display their voter identity cards before casting vote at a polling booth in Chennai on Wednesday, April 13, 2011.

Women voters stand in long queue to cast their vote in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday.

Elderly women cast their vote at a polling booth in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday.

An elderly stands at a polling booth to cast his vote in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday. Brisk voting was reported in the 234 constituencies of Tamil Nadu in April 13 assembly elections.

Paramilitary personnel guard a polling station in Chennai as an official carries an Electronic Voting Machine.

A polling official in Chennai counts Electronic Voting Machines before sending them to polling stations on the eve of assembly elections in Tamil Nadu.

Officials carry Electronic Voting Machines to a polling station in Chennai.

Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer arrives to cast his vote at a polling station in Kochi on Wednesday, April 13, 2011.

Polling officials check documents at a distribution centre in Kozhikode.

Voters in Kochi queue up to cast their ballot for the assembly elections in Kerala on Wednesday, April 13, 2011.

Polling officials check election material at a distribution centre in Kozhikode on the eve of the assembly elections in Kerala.

NRIs from Dubai, who will cast their votes for the first time during the assembly elections in Kerala, being welcomed at the airport in Kozhikode.