Voters turned up before the commencement of the polls at most of the booths, official sources said. 

The political atmosphere in Puducherry is charged as the Union Territory prepares for the Lok Sabha elections set for tomorrow. This first phase of the seven-phased national elections brings to the forefront a prolonged debate over the full statehood for Puducherry, a key electoral issue contested fiercely by both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress.