New Delhi:After a scary experience during the Tamil Nadu elections 2026 on April 23, Tamil actress Akshaya Hariharan has raised concerns. She put up a video saying that when she went to vote, someone else had already cast her vote.
Akshaya said that she had to go to a different polling place because she didn't get her voter slip. What happened next shocked her and made her question the process.
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Akshaya Hariharan talks about her voting experience.
"Hello, I'm just here to let you know that someone else has already voted for me. It's really surprising. I live in Velachery, Tamil Nadu, and I didn't get my vote slip. Then, the information was posted online that my booth was in Adiyar. I went to Adiyar and waited for an hour, but someone else had already cast my vote. There was another picture of a woman who said she was 24 years old, and they put a fingerprint on it. Everything on the paper is correct, but the photos are different. My second name is Hariharan. They should have checked before because how can someone else vote for me? In the video that Akshaya posted on social media, she saidIt's really surprising. I live in Velachery, Tamil Nadu, and I didn't get my vote slip.
She said that even though there was a lot of confusion, she was eventually allowed to cast an alternate vote. However, the process did not make her feel better. She said, "Finally, after waiting so long, I finally cast my tender ballot vote or challenge vote. I'm not sure which one it was." I don't think it's right because it was just a piece of paper and they didn't even seal it in front of me. How could you let things like this happen in the first place? Nobody could answer my questions. It's really sad that things like this are happening. A few lawyers have contacted me, so I voted the other way, but what I did was the right thing.She said, "Finally, after waiting so long, I finally cast my tender ballot vote or challenge vote. I'm not sure which one it was." I don't think it's right because it was just a piece of paper and they didn't even seal it in front of me.
She also wrote a note on Instagram about how she felt, saying that the experience didn't feel like voting in a normal way. "Doesn't seem like I really voted." It is not like voting in a machine. It's just a piece of paper and an envelope. This is the best I could do, though. Don't throw away your vote. "You still have time."
In the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections, Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, and Trisha Krishnan all voted.
At the same time, a number of well-known people from the movie industry were seen at polling places all over the state. was one of the first people to vote. Others, such as Vijay Sethupathi, Dhanush, Vikram, Khushbu Sundar, RJ Balaji, Sivakarthikeyan, Kamal Haasan, Shruti Haasan, Atlee, Radhika Sarathkumar, Sarathkumar, Ilaiyaraaja, Trisha Krishnan, Vishal, R Parthiban, Pradeep Ranganathan, and Arjun Sarja, were also seen voting.
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