Updated Feb 27, 2021 | 00:06 IST
As many as 18.68 crore voters will be eligible to cast their votes at 2.7 lakh polling stations for 824 assembly seats across Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. Representational Image.  |  Photo Credit: PTI
New Delhi: Voting for five assembly elections will begin on March 27, the Election Commission announced Friday with West Bengal set to hold eight-phase polls and Assam three.
Counting for all the seats will be held on May 2.
To be held till April 29 amid the coronavirus pandemic, the elections are expected to witness a determined attempt by the BJP to put a strong show, including in Assam where it is already in power, as well as in West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry where the saffron party has been pushing hard in recent years.
Game changer volte-face of Rajinikanth, storms mark 2020 in Tamil Nadu
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Last Updated: Jan 02, 2021, 10:47 AM IST
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The debilitating effect of the coronavirus pandemic and the cyclones on people would be difficult to forget, as the troubling images of exodus of guest workers moving on foot on highways to distant destinations would be hard to erase from Tamil Nadu s collective memory.
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Although many hoped that Rajinikanth, with his cinematic charisma, could help bring a real change in TamilNadu politics, he cited his health condition to step aside.
Chennai: The dramatic volte-face of top star Rajinikanth to not foray into politics brought down the curtain on the possibility of fresh political equations in Assembly poll bound Tamil Nadu, that was also rocked by two back to back cyclones in 2020. The 70-year old star s move is now expected to favour the Dravidian behemoths, the AIADMK and the DMK and the political scenario is likely to be the same as it w