Similarly, voting began for the lone Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha seat where bypoll is being held simultaneously. In Tamil Nadu a total of 3,998 candidates are in the fray seeking the 6.26 crore one day Sultan s or the voter s favour. With 77 contenstants, the Karur Assembly seat sees the highest number of Assembly aspirants. About 1.58 lakh security personnel have been deployed for security. There will be a six cornered contest for occupying Fort St.George though the main contest will be between the ruling AIADMK-led alliance and the DMK-led front. The others in the fray are actor-turned-politicians Kamal Haasan s Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) alliance, Vijayakant promoted DMDK, the alliance led by Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) floated by T.T.V.Dhinakaran and movie director Seeman s Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK).
Polling for TN, Pondy Assembly begins
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Chennai/Puducherry, April 6 : Polling in the 234 Assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu and the 30 Assembly seats in the neighbouring Puducherry began at 7 a.m. on Tuesday.
Similarly, voting began for the lone Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha seat where bypoll is being held simultaneously.
In Tamil Nadu a total of 3,998 candidates are in the fray seeking the 6.26 crore one day Sultan s or the voter s favour.
With 77 contenstants, the Karur Assembly seat sees the highest number of Assembly aspirants.
About 1.58 lakh security personnel have been deployed for security.
There will be a six cornered contest for occupying Fort St.George though the main contest will be between the ruling AIADMK-led alliance and the DMK-led front.
Battle of legacy: Assembly polls in Tamil Nadu sans Jayalalitha, Karunanidhi ANI | Updated: Apr 05, 2021 14:55 IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 5 (ANI): The poll campaign in Tamil Nadu has come to an end but despite busy canvassing and campaigning by top leaders from all political parties, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, something seems amiss in these elections.
The state, which witnessed the fiercest electoral battles between M Karunanidhi of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and J Jayalalitha of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) for over three decades, now is going to Assembly polls on April 6 for the first time without the two stalwarts of Dravidian politics.
TN, Puducherry gear up for rule of one day sultans
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Vedasandur Assembly seat: TN s electoral barometer.(photo:Twitter). Image Source: IANS News
Chennai, April 5 : The dawn of Tuesday will see about 6.26 crore one day sultans in Tamil Nadu exercising their democratic rights to vote their ruler from Fort St. George here for the next five years.
Apart from the Assembly elections, there will also be the bypoll for the Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha seat in the state.
The high voltage electioneering for the 234 Assembly seats and the sole Lok Sabha seat came to an end in the state on Sunday evening.
Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) chief Kamal Haasan s car was allegedly attacked by a man on Sunday night in Kancheepuram while he was returning to Chennai after an election campaign. However, the actor-turned-politician did not suffer any injury in the incident. The man was reportedly thrashed by MNM cadres and people, before being handed over to the police. Haasan was not injured in the incident though his vehicle s windscreen was damaged. The man who attempted to attack Haasan was handed over to the police, MNM leader A G Mourya said. MNM will be contesting 154 of 234 assembly seats. Of the remaining 80 seats, MNM s two alliance partners All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi (AISMK) led by R Sarathkumar and TR Paarivendhar s Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi (IJK) will contest 40 seats each.