Voting for 475 assembly seats across Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam, Bengal, Puducherry tomorrow
Voting for 475 assembly seats across Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam, Bengal, Puducherry tomorrow
Four hundred seventy-five assembly seats across Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam, Bengal and Puducherry will go to polls on Tuesday. From key candidates to contests to watch out for, here s all you need to know about the April 6 polls:
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UPDATED: April 5, 2021 21:09 IST
475 across Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam, Bengal and Puducherry are set to go to polls on Tuesday | PTI
April 6, Tuesday, is the busiest and perhaps the
most crucial election day in the current poll calendar. The day is set to witness contest at 234 seats of Tamil Nadu Assembly, 140 seats of Kerala Assembly, 40 constituencies in Assam, 31 seats of West Bengal Assembly and all 30 seats of Puducherry Assembly.
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Rezaul Karim, left, in Chenga.|Ayan Sharma
In the afternoon on March 29, a meeting of the Mahajot alliance, led by the Congress, at Chalantapara in Assamâs Bongaigaon assumed an emotional tone. It was raining heavily and there was a power cut, so the meeting began under candlelight. The chief guest at the 100-plus gathering of workers from the Congress and its ally, the All India United Democratic Front, was Abdul Khaleque, the grand old partyâs Lok Sabha MP from Barpeta. Leaders of both parties from Bongaigaon and neighbouring areas were in attendance.
Apr 05, 2021, 22:46 PM IST
New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora announced on Monday (April 5) that those who are affected by the COVID-19 virus should not be disenfranchised during the Assam Assembly polls.
Arora had addressed day one of the EC’s two-day international virtual election visitors programme for election officials from other countries. The programme includes virtual visits to five polling stations during polling on Tuesday for 110 delegates from 26 countries.
He said, “Those who are COVID affected and quarantine should not be disenfranchised.”
Those who are COVID affected and quarantine should not be disenfranchised: Sunil Arora, Chief Election Commissioner. pic.twitter.com/Louac4hsnk
Tuesday s polling in Assam a litmus test for BJP, Congrss, others
By IANS |
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Guwahati, April 6 : Tuesday s third and final phase of polling in 40 of the 126-member Assam Assembly is a litmus test for both the ruling BJP-led alliance and the opposition Congress-led Mahajot (grand alliance).
Of the 40 Assembly segments, bordering Bhutan, West Bengal and Arunachal Pradesh, at least 13 seats are Muslim majority, six reserved for the tribals and two reserved for the people belonging to the scheduled caste.
Tuesday s electoral battle in 12 districts, according to the political experts, would be decisive for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the main opposition Congress as both the parties had won 11 seats each in the 2016 Assembly polls.
Guwahati: Voting begins for 2nd phase of Assam assembly polls.
Guwahati: April 5: Assam is geared up to hold the third and final phase of assembly elections on 40 of the total of 126 assembly seats on Tuesday when the electoral fate of 337 candidates including 25 women aspirants would be decided. Tuesday’s electoral battle is crucial for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition Congress as both the parties had won 11 seats each in 2016 assembly polls.
BJP’s ally Asom Gana Parishad last time bagged four seats while Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) and All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) had secured eight and six seats respectively. Both the BPF and the AIUDF this time are allies of the Congress-led ‘Mahajot’ (grand alliance). In the last elections the BPF was with the BJP and the AIUDF fought the polls independently.