Puducherry Assembly Election 2021 Result Live: Counting of votes begins in Union Territory
08:08 AM IST: Pudicherry Election Results 2021: The counting of the votes has begin in Pudicherry. Couting is taking place in four states Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and one Union Territory Puducherry has started. The early trends will start tricking in a few moments later.
07:48 AM IST: The battle in Puducherry has been between the Congress and All India NR Congress led by former Chief Minister N Rangasamy. It was the last Congress bastion in the South which was lost recently due to a spate of resignations. Five Congress MLAs and one legislator from ally DMK resigned in January-February this year, leading to the fall of the V Narayanasamy government in Puducherry on February 22. The UT has been under President’s rule since.
Tamil Nadu Election Results: DMK Alliance Crosses Minimum Seats Needed for Simple Majority
The voting for the 234 assembly seats on April 6 witnessed a 72.81% turnout.
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New Delhi:Â With counting of votes underway, the DMK is currently leading in 117 and its allies in 19 of the state’s 234 seats, and the AIADMK alliance is leading in 94 seats.
As per the available data on the EC site, the DMK appears on course to emerge as not only the single largest party in the state but also to gain a complete majority on its own. The All India Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, which had also badly lost the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in the state â managing to win just one seat while the DMK-led alliance had walked away with all the other 38 â has shown little sign of improvement in these polls.
Assembly Election 2021: Counting of votes in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry begins
While counting began at 8 am, by noon the trend will be known as to who would storm the Fort St. George. Image for representation , Zee News
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Updated: May 2, 2021, 08:06 AM IST
The electoral fate of 3,998 candidates who fought in the April 6 Tamil Nadu assembly polls will be known on Sunday, May 2. While it will be a celebration day for the 234-successful candidates and also for the winning political party/combination, one can also hear Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! cries from some others.
As per the Election Commission of India, 72.81 percent of the 6.29 crore voters have cast their votes in the poll. Apart from the Assembly election results, the bypoll results for the Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha constituency will also be known on Sunday.
Will BJP be part of the next government in Puducherry?
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12 candidates to be elected unopposed to UP Legislative Council. Image Source: IANS News
Chennai, May 2 : With opinion survey and exit polls predicting a victory for the BJP led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Puducherry, will the BJP be part of the next government in Puducherry, a land of Tamil speakers will be known soon.
The BJP has been finding it difficult to make a mark in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry all these years.
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Puducherry consists of All India N.R. Congress (contesting in 16 seats), BJP (9) and AIADMK (5).