Officials from Election Commision of India are having a busy day on Tuesday as 475 legislative constituencies across four states – Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam, and West Bengal, and the union territory of Puducherry are into polls. Today the four states & the UT are witnessing voting for 234 seats of Tamil Nadu Assembly, 140 seats of Kerala Assembly, 40 constituencies in Assam, 31 seats of West Bengal Assembly and 30 seats of Puducherry Assembly. While West Bengal and Assam are observing the third phase of their state assembly elections today, the rest are conducting their assembly elections in a single phase.
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The election campaign which has been high-octane, high-pitched & personal in some states like West Bengal, has come to an end in these states and union territory, with electorates set to elect their representatives.
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For Assam Assembly election the third and final phase is being held on Tuesday, April 06. The fates of 337 candidates, including that of state minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, will be decided by voters in 40 constituencies. Election in West Bengal is scheduled to be held in 8 phases from March 27 to April, 29 and the vote counting will take place on May, 02.
Apart from this, by-elections are being held on two Lok Sabha seats-Malappuram and Kanyakumari today.