Puducherry: The polling for 30 assembly seats in the Union Territory will start at present (April 6). Puducherry will vote in a single part and the election can be a eager contest between the AINRC-led NDA and Congress-led Secular Democratic alliance.
As many as 10,02,589 electors will train their proper to vote in the 15 legislative Assembly of the Union Territory to determine the destiny of 324 candidates in fray.
Security preparations are being carefully monitored by the Election Commission, which additionally introduced that one all-women polling station is being arrange in every Assembly constituency. “The DEO, #Puducherry inspecting the Model Polling Station at the Petit Seminaire School, Moolakulam. Overall, there are 30 Model Polling Stations, 1 in each Constituency, and 28 All-Women Polling Stations for #PuducherryElections2021,” tweeted the Election Commission of India.Â
For the elections, as many as 1,558 polling stations, together with 952 major and 606 auxiliary polling stations, have been arrange in the Union Territory in 635 places.
The Congress-led alliance consists of Congress, contesting 15 seats, adopted by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which is able to combat on 13 seats together with the Communist Party of India (CPI) and the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), every of which can be contesting on one seat.The NR Congress (AINRC) is contesting 16 of the 30 seats, whereas the BJP is contesting on 9 seats and AIADMK with 14.
Earlier, the District Collector of Puducherry, Purva Garg on March 31 knowledgeable that polling will begin from 7 am and shall go on until 7 pm, with the final one hour devoted for COVID-19 optimistic sufferers to solid their votes. The counting of votes will happen on May 2.
(With ANI inputs)
