Assembly Election outcomes 2021 tomorrow (May 2): Counting of votes for 5 states — Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry — that went to polls from March 27 to April 29 will be held tomorrow (Sunday, May 2). The Election Commission has more than doubled the counting halls to 2,364 from 1,002 halls in 2016 in view of the raging Covid-19 pandemic. At least 15 rounds of sanitisation will be carried out at every single polling centre, in addition to social distancing and other precautions, such as a ban on gatherings, will be strictly followed, officials told news agency PTI.
Counting of votes will commence at 8 AM and continue late into the evening. As numerous as 1,one hundred counting observers will watch the whole course of action and candidates and agents will have to make a unfavorable Covid test report or double dose of vaccination certificate to get an entry into the halls.
PTI reports that a 3-tier safety arrangement is in spot in Bengal’s 108 counting centres and at least 292 observers have been appointed and 256 providers of central forces deployed across 23 districts of the state. In Bengal, the fight is largely in between TMC and BJP. In last 5 years, the BJP has emerged as the second dominant political force in the eastern state. This election will make a decision regardless of whether Mamata succeeds in holding fort or drop energy to BJP. The saffron party had just 3 seats in the 294-member Assembly in the 2016 Assembly polls. But it won 18 out of 42 seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha election. The Left-Congress alliance is third key contestant but its region of influence is restricted.
In Tamil Nadu, the AIADMK and DMK are the key players. Exit polls have predicted enormous win for MK Stalin’s DMK. The ruling AIADMK has BJP alliance companion whilst DMK has Congress on its side. The EC has set up 75 counting centres across the state and all arrangements are in spot to smoothly conduct the physical exercise.
In Kerala, the Left-led LDF is looking for to return to energy below the leadership of Pinarayi Vijayan. Here, the contest is in between LDF and Congress-led UDF. The BJP, which had won just one seat in the last election, is confident of cornering some more seats this time. However, polls have predicted return of Left government.
In Assam, the ruling BJP is facing a difficult challenge from Grand Alliance of eight parties such as the Congress, and Ajaml’s AIUDF. The saffron party has an alliance with the Asom Gana Parishad, the United People’s Party Liberal and the Gana Suraksha Party. Here, the polls have predicted return of the BJP.