One hundred neurologically normal children aged 3 months to 12 years with partial seizures of recent onset were studied prosectively for the clinical profile and etiology. The seizures were partial complex in 65% and simple partial in 35%. The site of seizure origin, as determined by EEG, and clinical picture was frontoparietal (43%), frontal (31%), and parietotemporal (24%). Computed tomography (CT) scan showed lesions in 49 patients. In 88% cases, the lesions corresponded to the site of seizure onset. None of the clinical or EEG features were helpful in predicting the presence of abnormal CT finding. A cause of seizures could be identified in 50 patients—in all eight infants less than 1 year of age and among 42 (45.7%) of 92 children more than 1 year of age. Neurocysticercosis (13 cases) and tuberculoma (12 cases) were the two most common underlying causes. CT scan provided a helpful, early clue in making an etiological diagnosis