<span style="color: #222222;">In Tamil Nadu,  out of a total  4528 contestant,  127  contestants withdrew their nomination on the last day of withdrawal  today when reports last came in. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">A total of  6 crore 29 lakh  eligible voters will exercise their franchise for the 234 Assembly constituencies which goes to poll on 6th April. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Speaking to media in Chennai Chief Electoral Officer, Sathyabratha Sahoo told  that  3 crore 09 lakh voters are male, 3 crore 19 lakh voters  are female and 7192 are transgender.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Mr. Sahoo told that so far flying squads in the state have seized  Rs.231.63 crore  worth cash, liquor, prize articles without valid documents. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The election commission has received 1971 complaints through cVigil app  and action was taken on 1368 complaints.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He told  that 18712  licensed arms have been deposited to district  authorities throughout the State. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Replying to a question on Covid situation Mr. Sahoo emphatically said that there was no possibility of postponing the election.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said that election department  and the State health department is closely monitoring the Covid situation in the State.  Polling will be held on 6th April from 7am to 7 pm. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In another development three contestants have tested positive for Covid and their campaigning is affected.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">BJP leader and Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari will release the party manifesto for the Tamil Nadu election.</span>