Assam, Puducherry, Kerala, Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2021 Voting Percentage Live Updates: Voting has begun for the 234 seats in Tamil Nadu, 40 assembly seats in Assam, 140 seats in Kerala and 30 seats in Puducherry. The voting will conclude at 6 pm and may possibly be extended by an hour till 7 to enable COVID-19 patients to vote. In Tamil Nadu, 3,998 candidates are in fray. A total of 88,936 polling stations have been set up by the Election Commission for the electorate to cast their franchise. There are more than 6.28 crore eligible voters. This contains 3.18 crore females, 3.08 crore guys and more than 7,200 transgenders. In Kerala, 140 seats are going to polls. There are a total of 2,74,46,039 voters eligible to exercising their franchise. There are 957 candidates in fray. In Assam, there are 337 candidates in fray for 40 seats voting for which is underway in the third and final phase. There are altogether 79,19,641 voters of which 40,11,539 are guys, 39,07,963 are females and 139 are transgender who will be working out their franchise in 11,401 polling booths. In Puducherry, there are 4,72,650 male voters, 5,31,431 female voters and 116 third-gender voters. In all, there are 10,04,197 electors eligible to vote. There are 324 candidates in fray for these 30 seats.
The Election Commission has deployed sufficient quantity of safety personnel for smooth conduct of the polls. In Assam, a direct contest involving nominees of the BJP-led NDA and Congress-headed Grand Alliance is on the cards in 20 constituencies whilst there is a triangular fight, such as friendly contests, in the remaining seats with the Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) getting deemed as the third force. In Tamil Nadu, the contest is mostly involving the ruling AIADMK and the DMK. In Kerala considering the fact that the 1980s, the LDF and UDF have alternatively formed the government with neither in a position to acquire back-to-back
victories.