On polling day, voting at the T T Arasu Matriculation School in Choolaimedu, Chennai, faced significant disruption due to a malfunction in the electronic voting machine (EVM). Voting commenced at 7 AM without issues until around 10 AM, when the EVM stopped functioning, leaving over 100 voters waiting in line. Initially, voters were informed that the problem would be resolved within 30 minutes, but as time passed with no updates, frustration grew among those waiting. To alleviate the situation, election officials distributed tokens to voters who chose to leave, allowing them to return later and skip the queue. After nearly two hours, the faulty EVM was replaced, and polling resumed around 12:30 PM, following an additional 30 minutes needed to set up the new machine.