Chennai, July 10 (Reporter) Barring a minor stabbing incident in which a woman was stabbed by her estranged husband in a booth, polling in the high stakes Assembly bye-election to the Vikravandi seat in Tamil Nadu ended on Wednesday evening, with 82.48 per cent of voters exercising their franchise. Election Commission sources said 82.48 per cent polling was recorded when the voting ended at 6.00 pm. Of the total 2,37,031 voters, a total of 1,95,495 votes were polled till 6.00 pm. This included 95,536 men, 99,944 women and 15 other voters, registering a poll percentage of 82.48 per cent. However, a final percentage will be known after collaborating the details from all the 276 polling booths in the Constituency. Polling, which began at 7.00 am amid tight security, passed off peacefully and ended at 6.00 pm in the evening. The gates of polling centres were closed at 6.00 pm and those who had already entered the booths to vote in some of the Centres, were issued tokens and allowed to vote. The polling process ended after those who were issued tokens cast their ballots. After this, the EVMs were sealed and taken to strong rooms, where a three-tier security will be put in place, including deployment of armed central para-military forces. The counting will take place on July 13. No major untoward incident was reported during polling, barring an incident when a woman voter Kanimozhi (49) suffered a minor injury after she was stabbed in her neck by her estranged first husband, Elumalai (52), when she was standing in the queue in a polling booth to cast her ballot. She, however, came back after getting first aid in a government hospital, and exercised her democratic right. Police sources said this incident has nothing to do with the elections as it was a fall out of a family feud. Police have arrested her husband, who had returned from jail only yesterday after his arrest in a double murder case. The fate of 29 candidates, including those of the ruling DMK, the PMK and the NTK, were sealed in the EVMS in this bypoll. Though the no-holds barred bypoll witnessed a three cornered contest between the ruling DMK-led Front, the BJP-led alliance and the Naam Tamizhar Katchi (NTK), the main contest was between Anniyur Siva of DMK and BJP's ally PMK candidate C.Anbumani. NTK's Dr P.Anuradha is the other main candidate in the fray, while the rest were Independents. The main Opposition AIADMK and its ally, the DMDK, have boycotted the polls alleging it will not be held in a free and fair manner as the ruling DMK will use its muscle and money power to win the polls. The bypoll to the Vikravandi seat in Villupuram district, a DMK stronghold, was necessitated following the death of sitting DMK MLA N.Pughazhendi, who is also a senior party functionary in the district. (ED : PICK UP SUITABLY FROM EARLIER SERIES)...////...