The Election Commission of India announced the poll schedule for the assembly elections that will be held for 126 constituencies in Assam, 140 in Kerala, 234 in Tamil Nadu, 294 in West Bengal and 30 in Puducherry as the terms of their assemblies are set to come to an end in May and June.

The term for the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly will come to an end on May 24, 2021. The state Election 2021 will be conducted single-phased on April 6, 2021 and the results to be announced on May 2, 2021.

Polls are to be held for 294 seats in West Bengal, 234 seats in Tamil Nadu, 140 seats in Kerala, 126 seats in Assam and 30 seats in the Union Territory of Puducherry.

After Bihar, this is the first major set of elections to be held in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.

Vaccination drive has made situation more conducive for elections, everyone on poll duty declared frontline worker for vaccine purpose, the Election Commission said.

All seats of the state’s assembly will go to polls in a single phase on April 6.

Assam polls will be held in three phases, CEC Sunil Arora said. He added that the first phase will be held on March 27, date of counting is May 2.

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A total of 824 assembly constituencies shall be going for polls during these elections. 18.68 crore electors will cast vote at 2.7 lakh polling stations in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry.

In Puducherry, however, President’s Rule has been imposed and the assembly kept under suspended animation after the V Narayanasamy-led Congress government resigned earlier this week ahead of a vote of confidence.