Puducherry and its outlying regions of Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam goes to Assembly polls on Tuesday in a single phase. A total of 10,04,507 electors will exercise their franchise to decide the fate of 324 candidates in fray across 30 Assembly segments including five reserved constituencies. Of the 33 Assembly seats, three are nominated. Security arrangements are being closely being monitored. The Election Commission announced that one all-women polling station to be set up in each Assembly constituency. The DEO, #Puducherry inspecting the Model Polling Station at the Petit Seminaire School, Moolakulam. Overall, there are 30 Model Polling Stations, 1 in each Constituency, and 28 All-Women Polling Stations for #PuducherryElections2021, tweeted the Election Commission of India.
Visuals from Puducherry s Karaikal (Photo/Twitter)
Puducherry polls today: Security arrangements closely being monitored, one all-women polling station set up in each constituency ANI | Updated: Apr 06, 2021 05:43 IST
Puducherry [India], April 6 (ANI): Puducherry and its outlying regions of Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam goes to Assembly polls on Tuesday in a single phase.
A total of 10,04,507 electors will exercise their franchise to decide the fate of 324 candidates in fray across 30 Assembly segments including five reserved constituencies. Of the 33 Assembly seats, three are nominated.
Security arrangements are being closely being monitored. The Election Commission announced that one all-women polling station to be set up in each Assembly constituency.
Puducherry Assembly Election 2021: Polling in 30 constituencies begins, 324 candidates in fray A total of 10,04,507 electors will exercise their franchise to decide the fate of 324 candidates.
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Updated: Apr 6, 2021, 06:59 AM IST
As Puducherry goes to polls on Tuesday, as many as 1,558 polling stations, including 952 main and 606 auxiliary polling stations, have been set up in the UT in 635 locations.
Polling started from 7 am and shall go on till 7 pm, with the last one hour dedicated for COVID-19 positive patients to cast their votes.
To ensure a safe election, the EC has restricted the number of electors per polling station to 1,000. A total of 30 constituencies across the UT are going to polls, in which 324 candidates are in the fray.