palakkad some people living in the border areas of palakkad district in kerala and coimbatore district in tamil nadu have their ancestral houses or relatives across the border thus getting into the voters list of both the states these double voters are in great demand in tamil nadu and attempts are made to bring them to polling booths from across the bordersince polling for assembly elections in both states is scheduled on april 6 political parties in tamil nadu are luring the voters living in the border areas of palakkad with all sorts of benefits thousands of such voters have reportedly left kerala for their ancestral houses in tamil naduactor kamal hassan also makkal needhi maiam party president is engaged in a close contest in coimbatore his party is reportedly trying to mobilize maximum votes from across the border too there are reports that nearly seven thousand voters from malampuzha chittur mannarkkad and nemmara assembly constituencies of palakkad district have votes in tamil nadu too candidates of these constituencies fear that their voters will be lured to coimbatore with tempting promises by tamil nadu political partiessuch voters have both ration and identity cards in both states they include farmers small traders plantation workers toddy tappers etc most of these double voters are found in the border areas of walayar meenakshipuram govindapuram gopalapuram naduppani chavadipara etcpolitical parties warn these voters that they would not get freebies like free ration free school and college education food kits etc in tamil nadu if they dont vote in the state the political parties of tamil nadu are in regular contact with them through phone and social mediahowever the political parties of kerala in the border assembly constituencies are trying their best to retain these tamil voters in their constituencies to vote for them