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Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates: DMK MP Kanimozhi cast her vote on Tuesday evening in Chennai, as the single-phased Assembly poll was held across all constituencies in Tamil Nadu. Kanimozhi, who had cancelled her campaign events after testing positive for COVID-19 last week, turned out to vote in PPE gear, The Hindu reported. The Election Commission has said that the polling was conducted peacefully in all four states and one Union Territory. Till 6 pm Assam recorded 78.94 percent voter turnout, the highest among all four states under polls and the Union Territory of Puducherry. West Bengal recorded 77.68 percent turnout. At least three persons were injured in the firing by the bodyguards of Aminl Haque Laskar on 1 April after clashes broke out between supporters of BJP and AIUDF inside a polling station in Sonai constituency. The ruling AIADMK has accused Udhayanidhi Stalin of violating the code of conduct by openly sporting his party’s logo at the poll booth. At 4 pm, Assam records voter turnout of 68.31 percent, Puducherry of 66.59 percent, Tamil Nadu of 54.05 percent, Kerala of 58.66 percent, and West Bengal of 68.04 percent. Leaders from LDF, UDF and NDA locked horns after Pinarayi Vijayan claimed Tuesday that all gods including Sabarimala deity was with the LDF in polls Clashes erupted between TMC and BJP supporters in Hooghly’s Arambag in West Bengal, as voting in Assembly elections is underway. Four EVMs and a similar number of VVPATs were found at the house of a Trinamool Congress leader in West Bengal’s Howrah district, following which a poll official was suspended, a senior officer said on Tuesday. There have been four reported incidents of EVM malfunction in Kerala so far. The incidents have been reported from Kannur, Thrissur, Trivandrum and Idukki, reported News18 Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram cast vote in polling booth Chittal Achi Memorial High School in Kandanur, Sivaganga district People in Tamil Nadu started lining up early in the morning eagerly to cast their votes. Actors Rajinikanth and Ajith Kumar were among the early voters in Chennai. While it is the single phase of polls in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, it is the third and last phase of election in Assam and the third of eight phases in West Bengal. Four states and a Union territory are set to vote in Assembly elections scheduled to be held today (Tuesday, 6 April). Campaigning for the 6 April election in West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry came to a close on Sunday evening. On the same day, by-polls to Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha seat in Tamil Nadu and Malappuram Parliamentary seat in Kerala will also be conducted. The number of seats that will go to polls in West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry are 31, 40, 234, 140 and 30 respectively. Bengal The constituencies in West Bengal that will vote on Tuesday will be spread over three districts, Hooghly, Howrah and South 24 Parganas, and will see 205 candidates in the fray. The Trinamool Congress and BJP have fielded candidates in all 31 seats. Meanwhile, the Samyukt Morcha parties CPM, All India Forward Bloc, Revolutionary Socialist Party and Congress have fielded candidates for 13, two, one and seven candidates respectively. The Indian Secular Front has fielded candidates in eight seats, located in the minority-dominated areas of South 24 Parganas. The BJP has pegged its poll pitch in the issues of ‘infiltration’ and migration of locals to other states for work, while Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has urged the electorate to ensure there is no split in minority votes. Of the 31 seats, eight are located in Hooghly district, seven in Howrah and 16 in South 24 Parganas district. The key constituencies include Tarakeshwar in Hooghly, where former Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta will be facing TMC candidate Ramendu Singh Roy. At Raidighi, former minister and senior CPM leader Kanti Ganguly is contesting against TMC’s Alok Jaldata. West Bengal Speaker Biman Banerjee is contesting in Baruipur Paschim, while prominent TMC youth leader Saukat Molla is contesting from the Canning Purba Assembly segment. Twelve of the 31 constituencies are reserved for Scheduled Caste candidates. About 78 lakh voters will be able to exercise their franchise across 10,871 booths. West Bengal recorded 80.43 percent voter turnout in Phase 2 of the Assembly polls on 1 April. Bankura district, with 82.78 percent, witnessed the highest turnout while South 24 Parganas registered the lowest turnout at 79.66 percent. Assam In Assam, a total of 337 candidates, including 25 women, are in the fray. Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is contesting from Jalukbari, Chandra Mohan Patowary from Dharampur, Siddhartha Bhattacharya from Gauhati East, Asom Gana Parishad’s Phanibhushan Choudhury from Bongaigaon, BJP state chief Ranjeet Kumar Dass from Patacharkuchi, Pramila Rani Brahma from Kokrajhar-East and Kokrajhar MP Naba Sarania from Barama. On the last day of campaigning on Sunday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Chief Minister Sarbanada Sonowal led BJP’s charge for the third phase in Assam. In response, the Mahajot alliance, comprising Congress, AIUDF and eight other parties, too intensified campaign even as the BJP claimed it reached the magic number to form the government in the state in the first two phases itself. The fate of 20 sitting MLAs, including eight from the Congress, five from the BJP, three each from the AIUDF and BPF and one from AGP, will be decided in the final phase. Singer Kalpana Patowary is contesting on an AGP ticket from Sarukhetri, while journalists Manjit Mahanta and Hridyananda Gogoi are locked in a battle in Dispur on Congress and NCP tickets respectively. Two newly formed parties, the Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) and jailed activist Akhil Gogoi’s Raijor Dal (RD), are contesting the polls together. The ruling BJP is contesting 20 constituencies while its allies AGP in 12 and UPPL in eight. The Congress is contesting 23 seats while its partners AIUDF in 12, BPF in eight and CPM in one. There are 79,19,641 voters in phase three, of which 40,11,539 males, 39,07,963 females and 139 transgenders. The seats are spread across 12 districts including three in the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR). Assam recorded 76.96 percent turnout across 39 Assembly constituencies in Phase 2 of the Assembly polls on 1 April. Nalbari district, with 86.69 percent, witnessed the highest turnout while Cachar registered the lowest turnout at 72.28 percent. Tamil Nadu In Tamil Nadu, over 6.28 crore eligible voters will choose between the 3,998 candidates who are contesting in the polls that will decide whether it will a hat-trick of terms for the AIADMK or the return of DMK after a decade in opposition. Chief Minister K Palaniswami, his deputy O Panneerselvam, DMK President MK Stalin, AMMK founder TTV Dhinakaran, actor and Makkal Needhi Maiam founder Kamal Haasan, Naam Tamizhar Katchi leader Seeman and BJP state unit chief L Murugan are in the fray In their “final appeal” to voters, Palaniswami and Panneerselvam sought votes to ensure “Amma rule” continued in the state, referring to the party-led government. DMK leader Stalin, meanwhile, sought an opportunity for the party-led Secular Progressive Alliance. AIADMK is part of the NDA, the other constituents being the BJP, PMK and some local outfits. The police have made elaborate security arrangements for polling day, deploying over 9,000 personnel in the Cuddalore, Villupuram and Kallakurichi districts. Kerala In Kerala, 2.74 crore voters exercising their franchise will decide the fate of 957 candidates, including high-profile leaders and Independents. An array of ministers and several sitting MLAs from both the traditional coalitions: the CPM-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the Congress-headed United Democratic Front (UDF) are seeking another term. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, health minister KK Shailaja, Devaswom Minister Kadakampally Surendran, Power Minister MM Mani and Higher Education Minister KK Jaleel are among the prominent personalities trying their electoral luck from the ruling side. Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala, former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, senior leaders K Muraleedharan, PT Thomas and Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan are among those contesting from the UDF fold. The election is crucial for an array of BJP leaders, including former Mizoram Governor Kummam Rajasekharan, ‘Metroman’ E Sreedharan, who joined the saffron party recently, state president K Surendran, senior leader Shobha Surendran, Rajya Sabha members Suresh Gopi and KJ Alphons, and Kerala Congress (M) chief Jose K Mani who recently snapped decades-long ties with the UDF and joined hands with the Left front. The total electorate in the state includes 1,32,83,724 male voters, 1,41,62,025 female voters and 290 transgenders, according to Election Commission figures. Puducherry Puducherry and its outlying regions of Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam go to Assembly polls on Tuesday in single phase. There are 30 Assembly segments, including five reserved constituencies, where a keen contest between the Congress-led Secular Democratic alliance and the AINRC-led NDA will be witnessed. The chief contestants are AINRC founder leader N Rangasamy seeking election from Thattanchavady in Puducherry and the lone seat in Yanam an enclave of Puducherry in Andhra Pradesh. The PCC president AV Subramanian is seeking election from his home town of Karaikal (north). AIADMK convenors A Anbalagan and Om Sakthi Segar are testing their luck in Uppalam and Orleanpet segments respectively. Anbalagan has been holding the Uppalam constituency consecutively since 2001. Four former ministers MOHF Shah Jahan, M Kandasamy and R Kamalakannan are contesting from Kamaraj Nagar, Embalam (reserved) and Tirunallar, respectively. Shahjahan had been contesting from Kalapet segment all along but now he is fielded by the Congress in Kamaraj Nagar and he is pitted against the BJP candidate A John Kumar.
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Kerala Elections 2021 LATEST Updates
Kerala records over 73% polling by 7 pm
At least 73.58 percent of the total 2.74 crore voters exercised their franchise for the state Assembly elections, according to a preliminary assessment when polling drew to a close at 7 pm in Kerala on Tuesday,the Election Commission of India said. The massive exercise following COVID-19 health protocol involving over two lakh polling officers began at 7 am and the last hour from 6 pm to 7 pm was set aside for COVID-19 patients and those under isolation.
The ECI said 73.69 percent of male voters, 73.48 percent of female voters and 37.37 percent of transgender voters exercised their franchise as per the preliminary assessment till 6.55 pm. The state witnessed massive turnout till afternoon but incessant rain in central Kerala reduced the footfall later.
West Bengal Elections 2021 LATEST Updates
Five arrested in connection to assault on TMC’s Sujata Mondal
Police arrested five people — three members of the TMC and two of the BJP — for their alleged involvement in assaulting TMC’s Sujata Mondal, candidate from Arasmbagh, earlier on Tuesday, a police officer said. Police also said they had launched a search for those who assaulted Papiya Adhikary, BJP candidate from Uluberia (Dakshin) assembly seat, when she visited Uluberia hospital to call on an injured party candidate.
The attacks were part of a series of clashes which were reported from several parts of Bengal, where polling is underway in the third phase of Assembly elections.
Tamil Nadu Elections 2021 LATEST Updates
Kanimozhi casts vote in Chennai
DMK MP Kanimozhi cast her vote on Tuesday evening in Chennai, as the single-phased Assembly poll was held across all constituencies in Tamil Nadu. Kanimozhi, who had cancelled her campaign events after testing positive for COVID-19 last week, turned out to vote in PPE gear, The Hindu reported.
Assembly Elections 2021 LATEST Updates
Assam voter turnout crosses 80% mark
According to provisional voter turnout data available at EC’s turnout app, Assam recorded 82.15 percent polling till 7 pm, West Bengal recorded 77.68 percent polling, Kerala polled 69.95 percent votes, Tamil Nadu had 65.11 percent voters exercise their right and Puducherry recorded 78.03 percent turnout.
In Kerala Lok Sabh by-election 67.96 percent polling was recorded while in Tamil Nadu bypolls 62.41 percent of registered voters cast their votes.
Assam Assembly Elections 2021 LATEST Updates
Assam third phase polling largely peaceful
The third and last phase of the state election in Assam which is underway amidst tight security in 40 constituencies spread across 12 districts on Tuesday is largely peaceful despite sporadic incidents of violence and disturbances in some areas, officials said.
There were reports of a clash between two groups of people over some issues at a polling station at Dighaltari lower primary school at Golakganj. Police resorted to lathicharge and firing in the air to control the situation but none was injured, an official said. The polling at the booth was stopped for a brief period and resumed soon, he said.
Assembly Elections 2021 LATEST Updates
Assam records around 79% turnout; Kerala nears 70%
Till 6 pm Assam recorded 78.94 percent voter turnout, the highest among all four states under polls and the Union Territory of Puducherry. West Bengal recorded 77.68 percent turnout. Kerala was at 69.93 percent, Tamil Nadu 64.92 percent, and Puducherry recorded 77.90 percent turnout, as per the voter turnout app by Election Commission.
In Kerala Lok Sabha by-election, 67.96 percent turnout was recorded while in Tamil Nadu bypolls, 57.85 percent voters exercised their franchise.
Assam Elections 2021 LATEST Updates
Assam deputy Speaker quizzed, 5 policemen suspended for firing on 1 April
Assam Assembly Deputy Speaker Aminul Haque Laskar has been quizzed twice and five police personnel attached to him have been suspended after they
opened fire on public during second phase of polling on 1 April, PTI reported on Tuesday. At least three people were injured in the firing by Laskar’s bodyguards on 1 April after clashes broke out between supporters of BJP and AIUDF inside the polling station at 463 Madhya Dhanehori LP School of Sonai constituency.
Police sources said Laskar was interrogated twice for several hours during the last 48 hours and his statements have been recorded in front of a magistrate. Sitting MLA Laskar is having a direct fight with Karim Uddin Barbhuiya of the AIUDF on Sonai seat.
Kerala Elections 2021 LATEST Updates
Kalamassery NDA candidate protests at polling booth, says report
NDA candidate from the Kalamassery constituency staged a sit-in protest at polling booth number 77 on Tuesday, alleging that a person had cast their vote “in another name”, Mathrubhumi reported.
“Candidate PS Jayaraj alleged that this was bogus voting and that the polling officers refused to file a complaint with the police. Polling was interrupted for over 30 minutes,” the report added
Assembly Elections 2021 LATEST Updates
Polling slow in Tamil Nadu, Assam records vigorous turnout
Till 5 pm, Assam had recorded 68.31 percent polling, Kerala had recorded 60.5 percent turnout, Puducherry was at 66.91 percent, Tamil Nadu 55.15 percent, West Bengal was at 68.4 percent.
The turnout for Kerala Lok Sabha by election was 59.44 percent and Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha by-election recorded 51.16 percent.
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Sporadic violence reported, candidates attacked in third phase of Bengal polls
Sporadic violence was reported and some candidates were attacked during the third phase of West Bengal assembly elections on Tuesday.
Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee alleged “blatant misuse” of central forces to “influence voters”. “The blatant misuse of Central forces continues unabated. Despite us repeatedly raising this issue, @ECISVEEP continues to be a mute spectator, while men in uniform are being misused at several places to openly intimidate TMC voters & influence many to vote in favour of one party,” she tweeted.
The TMC claimed that BJP “goons” didn’t allow the party’s polling agents inside the polling stations. The BJP, on the other hand, accused TMC candidate Sujata Mondal of entering a Arambagh polling station with TMC “goons” and creating unrest by threatening people against going to the polling stations to cast their votes.
Tamil Nadu Elections 2021 LATEST Updates
AIADMK lodges complaint against Udhayanidhi Stalin for MCC violation
The ruling AIADMK has accused Udhayanidhi Stalin of violating the code of conduct by openly sporting his party’s logo at the poll booth.
Udhayanidhi is the son of DMK chief MK Stalin and is in the electoral fray for the first time.
Tamil Nadu: AIADMK's Babu Murugavel filed a complaint against DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin for wearing a shirt with party logo while casting his vote earlier today.
— ANI (@ANI) April 6, 2021
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Kerala Assembly Elections 2021 LATEST Updates
BJP will get 10 seats in Kerala, says Nalin Kumar Kateel
The BJP, which opened its account in the Kerala assembly in 2016 with one seat, will get at least 10 seats in the House this time, party’s Karnataka president Nalin Kumar Kateel MP said on Tuesday. Addressing reporters at Puttur, Kateel expressed confidence that the party will score victories in Manjeshwar and Kasaragod assembly segments.
The BJP will also win eight other seats in other districts including its sitting seat of Nemom in Thiruvananthapuram district, he said.
Assembly Elections 2021 LATEST Updates
Assam, Puducherry report high turnout; polling picks up in Tamil Nadu as 54% voters cast vote till 4 pm
At 4 pm, Assam records voter turnout of 68.31 percent, Puducherry of 66.59 percent, Tamil Nadu of 54.05 percent, Kerala of 58.66 percent, and West Bengal of 68.04 percent.
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
TMC tweets video of ‘BJP workers attacking Sujata Mondal’
The ruling All India Trinamool Congress tweeted a video purportedly showing BJP workers attacking Sujata Mondal. Mondal had accused the opposition BJP of creating chaos and threatening Trinamool supporters in Arambagh amid the voting.
Petrifying visuals of @BJP4India goons attacking TMC candidate #SujataMandal, openly abusing her & threatening her with rods & sickle. If they have the guts to do this to a female candidate, imagine what they can do to your daughters. This is their ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ pic.twitter.com/uBh4oTyNeR
— All India Trinamool Congress (@AITCofficial) April 6, 2021
Kerala Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Sabarimala triggers heated debate on election day in Kerala
The Sabarimala women’s entry issue, one of the major poll planks of the opposition UDF and the NDA against the ruling LDF during the campaign, took centre stage of debate even on Tuesday, the day of the assembly election, in Kerala as major leaders locked horns over the matter.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said Lord Ayyappa, the presiding deity at the Sabarimala, and all other gods are with the LDF government which has worked for the welfare of people.
Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala in his reaction said the Left government would surely face the wrath of the Lord Ayyyppa and his devotees in this election. Lashing out at Vijayan, BJP state president K Surendran said what the CM had done in Sabarimala three years ago was the ‘act of demon’ and people of the state would never forget his “wicked deeds”.
Assembly Elections 2021 LATEST Updates
Polling slow in Tamil Nadu, Assam records vigorous turnout
Here is what the polling percentage looks like at 3 pm for all states and UT under poll as per the voter turnout app by the Election Commission.
- Assam – 54.08 percent
- Kerala – 48.45 percent
- Puducherry – 54.27 percent
- Tamil Nadu – 42.14 percent
- West Bengal – 54.43 percent
Assam Elections 2021 LATEST Updates
90 voters and 181 votes polled in Assam booth
Six polling officials have been suspended in Assam after the Election Commission found that 181 votes had been cast at a booth in Dima Hasao district that had only 90 registered voters, reports said. The booth is in the Haflong constituency that voted in the second phase on 1 April.
West Bengal Elections 2021 LATEST Updates
Didi asking Muslims to back her reflects minority votes slipping away: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday slammed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for seeking en bloc voting by Muslims for the TMC and said had his partymade a similar appeal to Hindus, it would have been criticised and censured.
Asserting that Banerjee has problems with people sporting a Tilak and wearing saffron, Modi said the TMC supremo’s appeal to the Muslims reflects that her “minority votes are slipping out of her hands.”
Tamil Nadu Elections 2021 LATEST Updates
Kamal Haasan accuses BJP of distributing cash, lodges complaint
Makkal Needhi Maiam chief Kamal Haasan on Tuesday reportedly lodged a complaint with the RO regarding parties distributing tokens which can be exchanged for money post elections, to the people of Kempatti colony, reports said.
Haasan is pitted against BJP candidate Vanathi Srinivasan and the sitting Congress MLA Mayura Jayakumar
West Bengal Elections 2021 LATEST Updates
Arambagh TMC candidate attacked with bricks, Mamata accuses BJP
Clashes broke out between TMC and BJP workers in Arambagh of West Bengal on Tuesday as the area voted in the third phase of assembly elections. TMC candidate Sujata Mondal was allegedly attacked by mask-clad men who threw bricks at her, India Today reporteed.
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has, however, blamed the BJP for the attack and claimed the party’s cadre chased the woman candidate and hit her on the head, PTI reported.
Assam Elections 2021 LATEST Updates
Polling centres decorated with art installations, handicraft items
Many polling centres in Assam have been decorated with recyclable items, having art installations made with bottles, plastic wrappers, etc.
Some voting centres displayed ethnic fabrics and handicraft items, besides mannequins wearing tribal attires at the selfie zones.
PTI
Tamil Nadu Elections 2021 LATEST Updates
Senior citizen dies after casting vote at Thanjavur
A senior citizen died after exercising his franchise in Papanasam constituency in Thanjavur district, The Hindu reported.
According to the District Election Officer and Collector M Govinda Rao, the deceased, identified as 62-year-old Arjunan of Ayyampettai had cast his vote at a school near his house. Subsequently Arjunan, with a history of low blood pressure, suddenly lost consciousness. He was rushed to the government taluk hospital where he was declared dead on arrival.
West Bengal Elections 2021 LATEST Updates
BJP activists forcibly occupying polling booths, alleges Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday claimed BJP activists were forcibly occupying polling booths and attacking TMC members, including party candidates, and asserted that she would not get bogged down by such “intimidatory tactics”.
Addressing a public meeting here in Alipurduar district, the TMC supremo said her party’’s nominee in Arambagh, Sujata Mondal, was chased and hit on head near a polling booth by saffron party workers.
“They have inflicted serious injury on our Scheduled Caste candidate Sujata, when she visited a booth. They also hit another candidate in Khanakul. In Canning East, security forces prevented our nominee Shaukat Mollah from entering a booth. There had been numerous such instances of attack on our candidates, party workers across the state,” Banerjee said.
PTI
Puducherry Elections 2021 LATEST Updates
Polling at booth in Nellithope halted
Polling at a booth in the Nellithope constituency was stopped after a voter was turned away by Election Commission officials stating that his vote was already cast, according to The Times of India.
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 voting percentage
BJP, TMC workers clash in Arambagh
Clashes erupted between TMC and BJP supporters in Hooghly’s Arambag in West Bengal, as voting in Assembly elections is underway, News18 reported.
Assembly Election 2021 voting percentage
TN records 22.92% turnout, Assam 33.18% till 12 pm
The voter turnouts in Assembly Elections 2021 till 12 pm in the four states and one Union Territory are as follows:
Assam 33.18%
Kerala 31.62%
Puducherry 35.71%
Tamil Nadu 22.92%
West Bengal 34.71%
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 voting percentage
26% candidates in phase 3 have criminal records
As many as 53 candidates in the third phase have declared criminal cases against themselves. This means 26 percent of candidates have been charged with criminal cases.
Of these, 19 are from Bharatiya Janata Party, 11 from Trinamool Congress, eight from Communist Party of India (Marxist), three from Congress and two from Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist).
Out of 53 candidates with criminal cases, 43 have declared serious criminal cases against themselves. There are nine candidates who have declared cases related to crime against women.
Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
26.29% turnout recorded till 11 am
Tamil Nadu recorded 26.29 percent voting till 11 am on Tuesday, Chief Electoral Officer Satyabrata Sahoo said.
Namakkal district recorded the highest of 28.33 percent and Tirunelveli the lowest at 20.98 percent, the CEO told reporters. Chennai’s polling percentage till 11 am stood at 23.67 percent, he said, adding there have been “no untoward incidents so far” from across the state.
PTI
Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Actor Vijay rides bicycle to polling booth
Actor Vijay rode a bicycle to the polling station at Vels International Pre School, Neelankarai in Chennai.
Chennai district has 17 Assembly constituencies.
Tamil Nadu: Actor Vijay rode a bicycle to the polling station at Vels International Pre School, Neelankarai in Chennai pic.twitter.com/vKcL3mwloE
— ANI (@ANI) April 6, 2021
Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Polling smoothly underway, says Chief Electoral Officer
Polling is underway in Tamil Nadu with top leaders including AIADMK’s O Panneerselvam, DMK chief M K Stalin and celebrities like Rajinikanth exercising their franchise early on Tuesday.
Chief Electoral Officer, Satyabrata Sahoo after voting at a polling station here told reporters that polling exercise was ‘smooth’ across Tamil Nadu barring ‘one or two’ places that witnessed issues related to the Electronic Voting Machines and these were attended immediately.
PTI
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
TMC alleges attack by Indian Secular Front members in Hooghly
The TMC has alleged that Indian Secular Front goons have thrashed its party members in Hooghly district, West Bengal, News18 reported.
Kerala Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Kerala records 16.07% turnout in first two hours
Kerala recorded 16.07 percent voting in the first two hours across 140 constituencies during the Assembly election on Tuesday. Serpentine queues were seen at several booths across the state as polling began at 7 am, PTI reported.
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
EVMs, VVPATs found at TMC leader’s home, poll official suspended
Four EVMs and a similar number of VVPATs were found at the house of a Trinamool Congress leader in West Bengal’’s Howrah district, following which a poll official was suspended, a senior officer said on Tuesday.
The incident happened in Tulsiberia village in the Uluberia Uttar assembly segment, he said.
Villagers spotted a vehicle with an Election Commission sticker outside the house of the TMC leader in the early hours, after which they started protesting, he added.
Then, it was found that the officer of sector 17 Tapan Sarkar was visiting the TMC leader’s house with the EVMs, the official said.
The EVMs and VVPATs were seized and the officer suspended, he said.
PTI
Kerala Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Four incidents of EVM malfunction in Kerala so far
There have been four reported incidents of EVM malfunction in Kerala so far. The incidents have been reported from Kannur, Thrissur, Trivandrum and Idukki, reported News18. The problem has been resolved in Kannur.
Assam Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
EVM malfunctions reported at three booths
EVM malfunctions were reported in three booths of Assam in Hajo and Golokganj. The voting has been delayed due to the issue, News18 reported.
Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
‘India is counting on you’, Rahul Gandhi tells voters
With polling taking place for Assembly elections in four states and a Union Territory, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday urged people to cast their vote, saying “India is counting on you”.
Do cast your votes today- India is counting on you. #Elections2021
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) April 6, 2021
Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Narendra Modi urges people to vote in record numbers
Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged people to vote in large numbers in the Assembly elections in Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.
“Elections are taking place in Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. I request the people in these places to vote in record numbers, particularly the young voters,” the prime minister tweeted.
Elections are taking place in Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. I request the people in these places to vote in record numbers, particularly the young voters.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 6, 2021
Puducherry Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
V Narayanasamy casts vote
Former Puducherry CM and Congress leader V.Narayanasamy casts his vote in Puducherry assembly elections pic.twitter.com/59Zm20UEmf
— ANI (@ANI) April 6, 2021
‘Congress-led alliance set for landslide victory’, says P Chidambaram
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram cast vote in polling booth Chittal Achi Memorial High School in Kandanur, Sivaganga district. After casting his vote, he said that the “secular progressive alliance” is set for a landslide victory as the people of Tamil Nadu want change.
The DMK has allotted 25 seats to ally Congress in Tamil Nadu.
#TamilNaduElections | Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram casts vote in polling booth Chittal Achi Memorial High School in Kandanur, Sivaganga district
— ANI (@ANI) April 6, 2021
"Our secular progressive alliance is all set for a landslide victory as people of Tamil Nadu want a change," he says pic.twitter.com/TY4Ii4qZeI
Kerala Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Pinarayi Vijayan, Ramesh Chennithala among key candidates
Kerala had witnessed a fierce campaign in the run up to the polls by the ruling CPM-led Left Democratic Front (LDF), Opposition Congress led United Democratic Front (UDF) and the BJP led NDA.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, seven of his cabinet colleagues, Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala and senior Congress leader Oommen Chandy are among the 957 candidates in fray in the state.
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