<span style="color: #222222;">Polling in the Vellore Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu is underway since this morning. Till 1 pm, 29.46 percent of votes were polled. Counting of votes will be held on the ninth of this month. AIR correspondent reports that after days of high-decibel campaigning in the fierce battle for Vellore, polling is going on smoothly and peacefully today without any reports of violent incidents. <br />''<br />''28 candidates are contesting in the election, including the AIADMK, DMK and Naam Tamilar Party nominees. The polling has been necessitated today due to the rescinding of the election in April due to huge haul of money. A win for the ruling AIADMK in Vellore would help the party to increase its tally in the House of the Peoples to two, besides boosting its morale while a DMK win would help consolidate its position further. </span><br />