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Big Tuesday Show: Voting on 475 seats in Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry
Voting will be held across 475 seats in West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Puducherry on April 6, Tuesday, the busiest day of the ongoing election season. The polling will take place in a single phase in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Puducherry while Assam will witness its third and final round of voting. This will be Bengal s third round in the eight-phase election ending April 29.Â
Tamil Nadu will have a contest for 234 seats, Kerala for 140 seats, Assam for 40 constituencies, Bengal for 31 seats, and Puducherry for all 30 seats. Apart from assembly elections, two Lok Sabha seats â Malappuram and Kanyakumari â will also vote on the same day.
April 6 polls: Campaign ends in Tamil Nadu, all eyes on polling
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Last Updated: Apr 04, 2021, 08:55 PM IST
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Leaders, including Palaniswami and Stalin hit the campaign trail on the last day, even as they have been criss-crossing the state for hectic electioneering, the former in a bid to ensure a record third term, while the latter is keen to upset his rival s chances.
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami during an election campaign in support of Omalur Assembly Candidate R.Mani, at Omalur, in Salem district.
The high octane campaign for the April 6 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections ended on Sunday at 7 pm, with the stage now set for the polling on April 6 which will decide whether it will a hat-trick of terms for the AIADMK or the return of DMK after a decade in opposition. As many as 3,998 candidates, including Chief Minister K Palaniswami, his deputy O Panneerselvam, DMK President MK Stalin, AMMK founder TTV Dhinakaran, actor and Makkal Need
Highlights
Campaigning for the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections ended on Sunday at 7 pm with the stage now set for the polling on April 6.
The incumbent AIADMK will look for a hat-trick while DMK will hope to return to power after a decade in opposition.
Chennai: The high octane campaign for the April 6 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections ended on Sunday at 7 pm, with the stage now set for the polling on April 6 which will decide whether it will a hat-trick of terms for the AIADMK or the return of DMK after a decade in opposition.
As many as 3,998 candidates, including Chief Minister K Palaniswami, his deputy O Panneerselvam, DMK President MK Stalin, AMMK founder TTV Dhinakaran, actor and Makkal Needhi Maiam founder Kamal Haasan, Naam Tamizhar Katchi leader Seeman and BJP state unit chief L Murugan are in the fray.