Election officials making arrangements in a polling station at a school in Saidapet on the eve of Tamil Nadu assembly elections on Monday.
NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu is all set to vote on Tuesday in the single-phase assembly election with the ruling AIADMK and the main opposition DMK being the main contenders. It is for the first time in several decades that the two main parties are going to polls without any charismatic leader heading them.
While the AIADMK is striving to win the third consecutive term since 2011, the DMK has aggressively campaigned to wrest power from it.
The southern state witnessed a fierce electioneering spanning over four months. A resurgent DMK eyes capturing power and a determined AIADMK is straining every nerve to retain power.
People all set to seal the fate of key contenders for power in TN, the AIADMK, DMK
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Send After fierce electioneering over a span of about four months, with a resurgent DMK eyeing capturing power and a determined AIADMK straining every nerve to retain power for the second time, Tamil Nadu is all set for the Assembly polls on Tuesday.
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The most intense in its electoral history and the first polls in the absence of stalwarts, AIADMK s J Jayalalithaa and DMK s M Karunanidhi, Chief Minister K Palaniswami, who is seeking a third successive win from Edappadi segment in his home district of Salem, steered his party s hectic campaign.Â
Assam Polls: Polling parties leave for election duty ahead of final phase ANI | Updated: Apr 05, 2021 22:11 IST
Chirang (Assam) [India], April 5 (ANI): Giving the final touches to preparations for Assam assembly elections, polling parties on Monday assembled at the Electronic Voting Machine (EVMs) distribution centres to collect election material before leaving for their respective polling stations ahead of tomorrow s third and last phase of the elections.
This phase will decide the fate of 337 candidates across 40 constituencies of 12 districts in the state, including the senior minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Hemanta Biswa Sarma in the Jalukbari constituency.
There are a total of 12 female candidates and 325 male candidates in the fray, whose fates will be decided by 79,19,641 general electors in the third phase. Of these, 40,11,539 are males, 39,07,963 females and 139 are other genders. There are also 24,460 are service
Assam Election 2021: 171 votes cast at polling booth that has 90 voters, 5 polling officials suspended
In a case of massive irregularity, 171 votes were cast in a polling booth at Assam s Dima Hasao district even though 90 voters were eligible to exercise their franchise. Following the incident, five polling officials at the booth have been suspended.
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The incident took place on April 1 in Haflong assembly constituency in the hill district that went to the polls in the second phase of 2021 Assam Election. (Representational Image: PTI)
In a case of massive irregularity, 171 votes were cast in a polling booth at Assam s Dima Hasao district even though 90 voters were eligible to exercise their franchise.
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Total 171 votes were cast in a booth in Assam s Dima Hasao district, even though 90 people were eligible to exercise their franchise, officials said on Monday (April 5), revealing a massive irregularity.
The booth is in the Haflong constituency, which went to the polls in the second phase on April 1 (Thursday). Haflong witnessed 74 per cent polling.
As the incident came to light, the District Election Officer (DEO) suspended five poll officials of the booth, set up at 107(A) Khotlir LP School, and proposed a repoll.
However, the official order for re-election at the booth, an auxiliary polling station of the main voting centre at Mouldam LP School, is yet to be issued.