A high voter turnout was recorded in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry assembly elections on Tuesday, with the Congress along with its allies like the DMK locked in a keen contest to regain turf in South India. In Kerala, where the Left is hoping to beat anti-incumbency to retain power, a feat unseen in four decades, while the BJP is making efforts to build inroads, nearly 74 percent polling was recorded till 7 PM. There was 63.47 percent voting in Tamil Nadu for 234 assembly constituencies and 77.90 percent in Puducherry till 5 PM. The three-phase assembly election culminated in Assam with nearly 79 percent polling in the final round in the state where the ruling BJP is battling the Congress-led alliance to retain power, while the trend of high turnout and violence during polling continued in West Bengal as the ruling Trinamool Congress, the BJP and the Left-Congress alliance put up an intense fight in the high-stakes contest.
Kerala Assembly polls end on slower note, rival fronts claim victory
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DMK Lok Sabha MP Kanimozhi cast her vote in a PPE kit
New Delhi: A high voter turnout was recorded in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry assembly elections on Tuesday (April 6), with the Congress along with its allies like the DMK locked in a keen contest to regain turf in South India.
In Kerala, where the Left is hoping to beat anti-incumbency to retain power, a feat unseen in four decades, while the BJP is making efforts to build inroads, nearly 74 percent polling was recorded till 7 PM. There was 63.47 percent voting in Tamil Nadu for 234 assembly constituencies and 77.90 percent in Puducherry till 5 PM.
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Congress leader Oommen Chandy with his family members after casting their votes during Kerela Assembly polls, in Kottayam district, on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. - PTI
Congress leader Oommen Chandy with his family members after casting their votes during Kerela Assembly polls, in Kottayam district, on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. - PTI×
Sabarimala, the rallying point even on voting day
Kerala failed to consolidate the vigorous voting trend visible until 4 pm on Tuesday after a hot summer sun and seasonal thundershower intervened by turn over the midlands and high ranges, while a series of minor violence involving the CPI(M) and BJP cadres marred the process in others.
Stakes high for big political parties as 3rd phase of polling ends
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People casting their vote during 3rd phase of State Assembly election at Hooghly in West Bengal on April 6, 2021.(Photo:IANS). Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, April 6 : Voting for the crucial third phase of Assembly polls in Assam and West Bengal, and the single phase elections in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry, ended on Tuesday with all the major political parties BJP, Trinamool Congress, Congress, AIADMK and Left having high stakes.
Polling was held for 475 seats in five states/UT, including 31 seats in West Bengal, 40 in Assam, 234 in Tamil Nadu, 140 in Kerala and 30 in Puducherry.
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