Tight security arrangements have been made to ensure peaceful voting, with 618 companies of CAPF deputed to guard 10,871 polling stations, which have been marked "sensitive" by the Election Commission (EC). A total of 205 candidates are in fray, with the prominent among them being BJP leader Swapan Dasgupta, TMC minister Ashima Patra and CPI(M) leader Kanti Ganguly - in three districts - Howrah, Hooghly and South 24 Parganas. More than 78.5 lakh voters will be eligible to exercise their franchise in Bengal, where BJP is seeking to dethrone the Trinamool Congress government and the Left Front-ISF-Congress alliance is hoping to make a mark. Represented Sorbhog, will fight a triangular contest with the AJP's working president Pabindra Deka and the Congress' Santanu Sarma in Patacharkuchi. Himanta Biswa Sarma, the convenor of the North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA), the NDAs version in the region, is pitted against Congress candidate Romen Chandra Barthakur in a bid to retain the Jalukbari seat for the fifth consecutive term while the BJP state president Ranjeet Kumar Dass, who earlier Read | Assam elections: To BJP or not to BJP? Bodoland’s dilemma The fate of 20 sitting MLAs - eight from the Congress, five from the BJP, three each from the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) and the BPF and one from the AGP –– will be decided in the final phase. Polling will begin at 7 am and end at 6 pm, with the timing extended by an hour to ensure that COVID protocols are maintained in the constituencies spread across 12 districts. AssamĪssam is set for direct and triangular contests in 40 assembly constituencies that are going to polls in its final phase of elections on Tuesday to decide the fate of 337 candidates, including senior minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, his five cabinet colleagues and BJP state unit president Ranjeet Kumar Dass.Ī direct contest between nominees of the BJP-led NDA and Congress-headed Grand Alliance is on the cards in 20 constituencies while there is a triangular fight in the remaining seats with the Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) being considered as the third force. The BJP-led NDA is leaving no stone unturned to drum up the maximum number of seats to become a decisive force in the state's rule. However, the ruling LDF hopes to retain power for a second term, breaking the state's four-decades-old trend of alternating between the UDF every five years. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had personally camped in the state for several days to take part in dozens of corner meetings and rallies across the state to campaign for the UDF.
The poll is also significant for Kerala Congress (M) chief Jose K Mani who recently quit his decades-long ties with the UDF and joined hands with the Left front. The election is crucial for an array of BJP leaders, including former Mizoram Governor Kummanam Rajasekharan, 'Metroman' E Sreedharan, who joined the party recently, state president K Surendran, senior leader Shobha Surendran, Rajya Sabha members Suresh Gopi and K J Alphons and others. Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala, former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, senior leaders K Muraleedharan, P T Thomas and Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan are among the leaders contesting from the UDF fold. Read | Kerala’s ‘jinx’ factor: LDF hopes to buck trend, UDF thinks anti-incumbency will prevail Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, health minister K K Shailaja, Devaswom Minister Kadakampally Surendran, Power Minister M M Mani and Higher Education Minister K K Jaleel are among the prominent personalities trying their electoral luck from the ruling side. 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.Ī number of ministers and several sitting MLAs from both the coalitions: the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the Congress-headed United Democratic Front (UDF), are seeking another term this election season. As many as 957 candidates, including high-profile leaders and independents, are in the fray in 140 Assembly constituencies across the state.
Kerala is all set to go to polls with 2.74 crore voters exercising their right to elect their representatives. Assam, on the other hand, will witness the final of its three phases. While voting in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry for their single-phase election will start and end on Tuesday, West Bengal is set for its third phase, and has five more phases to go.
More than 750 constituencies spread across four states and one union territory will go to the polls on Tuesday, sealing the fate of the candidates who are locked in direct or triangular contests from their respective seats.
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