Puducherry election 2021: Voting dates, poll schedule, timings, election results, all FAQs
Puducherry election date: Voting timings, complete schedule of upcoming assembly election, all answer and questions, and election result date
BusinessToday.In | April 5, 2021 | Updated 16:36 IST
Puducherry Assembly Election 2021: Date, timings, voting, poll results, full schedule
The countdown to the assembly elections in Puducherry has begun. The 15the legislative polls in the UT will decide the fate of 324 candidates across the 30 constituencies on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. A total of 10,04,507 electors will exercise their franchise to decide the fate of 324 candidates on Tuesday. The counting of votes will take place on May 2, Sunday.
Puducherry election 2021: Full schedule -Date of issue of gazette notification: March 12 -Last date of nomination: March 19 -Scrutiny of nomination: March 20 -Last date of withdrawal of candidature: March 22 -Dates of polling: April 6 -Date of counting: May 2 Puducherry is a Union Territory (UT), which has a legislative assembly. The UT has an elected chief minister and a nominated Lieutenant Governor (L-G). Until February 22, Velu Narayanasamy served as the 10th chief minister of the UT and former IPS officer and BJP leader Kiran Bedi as the Leutentent governor. The Governor of Telangana, Tamilisai Soundararajan, was given the additional charge of the UT after Bedi was removed from the post.