TN, Puducherry gear up for rule of one day sultans
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Vedasandur Assembly seat: TN s electoral barometer.(photo:Twitter). Image Source: IANS News
Chennai, April 5 : The dawn of Tuesday will see about 6.26 crore one day sultans in Tamil Nadu exercising their democratic rights to vote their ruler from Fort St. George here for the next five years.
Apart from the Assembly elections, there will also be the bypoll for the Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha seat in the state.
The high voltage electioneering for the 234 Assembly seats and the sole Lok Sabha seat came to an end in the state on Sunday evening.
Dubai: The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party chief M.K. Stalin is confident of winning the Tamil Nadu state assembly elections and promises to give a corruption-free, investor-friendly and development-oriented government.
The DMK-led alliance is contesting all 234 seats on offer in tomorrow’s (April 6) elections in the state, which has the third-largest economy in India in terms of GDP. The veteran leader, who is facing the biggest challenge of his political career, said he would place Tamil Nadu firmly back on the growth path.
“People have decided to change this AIADMK government and are eagerly awaiting the return of people-friendly and development-oriented DMK government. I could see this from the overwhelming response given by people everywhere I visited over the last four months.
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April 6 and the counting of votes will be done on
May 2.
The voting will take place strictly following the COVID-19 protocols issued by the Union Health Ministry. The officials inside polling booths will wear masks, face shields, and gloves and use hand sanitisers, said the Election Commission of India (ECI).
The voting time have been increased by an hour. The number of polling booths has also been increased from 66,007 to 88,936, added the ECI.
How many Assembly constituencies are there in Tamil Nadu?
There are 234 Assembly constituencies in the state of Tamil Nadu. 118 is the magic number i.e, the minimum seats required for a party or a coalition to stake claim for the formation of the government.
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BJP alliance will sweep TN, Bengal, Assam and Puducherry: Nadda
Sun, Apr 04 2021 09:56:19 PM
Chennai, Apr 4 (IANS): The BJP-led alliance will win the Assembly polls in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Assam and Puducherry while the party will become a force to reckon with in Kerala after the elections, party President J.P. Nadda said on Sunday.
Addressing reporters here, Nadda said under the AIADMK s leadership, the NDA will form the government in Tamil Nadu, as its people were very receptive of the issues raised by their alliance.
In West Bengal, the BJP is leading towards a victory as the ruling Trinamool Congress has lost its mental balance and in Assam, the party will retain power, he added.