Voters turning up to exercise their franchise with their photo identity cards but not finding their names in the electoral list proved a common phenomenon in Visakhapatnam Parliamentary Constituency which went to the polls on Tuesday. Anxious and angry voters were seen exchanging words with the polling staff demanding to know as to why their names had been struck off the electoral list.

Police resorted to a mild lathicharge to disperse supporters of Congress, TDP and BJP near Relli Veedhi in Visakhapatnam 1 Assembly segment on Tuesday evening as polling for the Lok Sabha and Assembly came to an end. Minor incidents were reported from all over the city as polling moved into the last hour with both sides charging the other with resorting to malpractices. Supporters of the Congress and the TDP-BJP were seen standing in groups outside the polling stations.