Scores of voters wait in a queue outside Guwahati on Tuesday(Photo/ANI)
Busiest polling day: Voting begins in 475 Assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam, Bengal, Puducherry ANI | Updated: Apr 06, 2021 07:43 IST
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): Polling began at 7 am on Tuesday for one of the busiest days in the ongoing Assembly election in all four states and one Union Territory - West Bengal, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
Polling is being held for a total of 475 of the total 824 assembly constituencies across the states of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and the Union territory of Puducherry.
India Assembly Elections: Polling is underway in 4 states, 1 UT
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Voting begins in 475 Assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam, Bengal, and Puducherry.
Polling began at 7 am on Tuesday for one of the busiest days in the ongoing Assembly election in all four states and one Union Territory - West Bengal, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
Polling is being held for a total of 475 of the total 824 assembly constituencies across the states of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and the Union territory of Puducherry.
While for West Bengal, the day marks the third in an eight-phase election, in Assam it is the third and final phase of voting. The remaining states/UT –Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry are witnessing a single-phase polling. Counting for all the polls will be held on May 2.
Saminathan, Rangaswamy cast votes as polling begins in Puducherry ANI | Updated: Apr 06, 2021 09:26 IST
Puducherry [India], April 6 (ANI): As polling began in Puducherry on Tuesday morning, BJP Puducherry President, V Saminathan and NR Congress chief N Rangaswamy cast their votes and urged voters in the Union Territory to do the same.
Saminathan voted from the Lawspet constituency and urged all the voters in the Union Territory to cast their vote to form the double-engine government of NDA. Casted My Vote for Change in Puducherry. I request all to Vote. Vote for Change Vote for Double Engine growth Vote for BEST Puducherry, he tweeted after casting his vote.
Puducherry Assembly Election 2021: Polling in 30 constituencies begins, 324 candidates in fray A total of 10,04,507 electors will exercise their franchise to decide the fate of 324 candidates.
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Updated: Apr 6, 2021, 06:59 AM IST
As Puducherry goes to polls on Tuesday, as many as 1,558 polling stations, including 952 main and 606 auxiliary polling stations, have been set up in the UT in 635 locations.
Polling started from 7 am and shall go on till 7 pm, with the last one hour dedicated for COVID-19 positive patients to cast their votes.
To ensure a safe election, the EC has restricted the number of electors per polling station to 1,000. A total of 30 constituencies across the UT are going to polls, in which 324 candidates are in the fray.