Exit Poll Results 2021 Highlights: The Assembly elections 2021 concluded on April 29, with the eighth and final phase of elections in West Bengal ending at 6.30 pm on Thursday. The exit poll results of the Assembly elections to the states of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam, and the Union territory of Puducherry started coming around 7 pm today. The Election Commission had prohibited the publishing and broadcasting of exit poll results till 7.30 pm on April 29.
The eighth and final phase of elections was underway in Bengal, where stray incidents of violence were reported from several areas, but the overall polling process has been peaceful with 76.07 per turnout recorded till 5 pm, EC officials said.
Polling happened in a single phase in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Puducherry on April 6, while voters in Assam cast their votes in three phases. Polling in Bengal is taking place in eight phases. Of these, seven phases have concluded.
The polling for the eighth and finals phase is today (April 29). Polling began at 7 am on Thursday for 35 seats in this phase of the assembly elections in West Bengal, amid tight security and a rampaging second wave of COVID-19. Counting of votes in all states will happen on May 2.
In Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress is fighting to keep the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s surge at bay. The saffron party has shown a dramatic electoral rise in the state over the last few years. In Assam, the state’s governing BJP is hoping to retain power even as it faces ‘Mahajot’, the joint opposition alliance comprising the Congress, AIUDF, and other regional parties. Congress and the Left Front, which are allies in Bengal, are competing for power in Kerala. The Congress-led UDF and the ruling LDF have been winning alternate elections since the early 1980s. Tamil Nadu’s ruling AIADMK has continued its alliance with the BJP amid a challenge from MK Stalin-led DMK and its alliance partners. However, one of the key things to watch out for in the southern state is how some of the smaller parties – including that of actor Kamal Haasan and TTV Dhinakaran’s AMMK – may impact the poll outcome. With their government having collapsed due to defections weeks before the election, V Narayanasamy-led Congress is battling the BJP-NR Congress alliance in Puducherry.
The exit polls predict a close TMC-BJP contest in West Bengal andthe return of DMK inTamil Nadu.In Kerala and Assam, the incumbent ruling coalitions - headed by the CPI(M) and the BJP, respectively - are predicted to retain power. The official results would be out on May 2, when the Election Commission of India has scheduled the counting of votes.
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India Today-Axis My India exit poll results have suggested that TMC's vote share will be 44 percent and BJP's 43 percent.
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Tamil Nadu
exit poll results 2021 LIVE Updates |The P-MARQexit poll has predicted that M K Stalin-led DMK+ to sweep Tamil Nadu by winning 165-190 seats, while AIADMK alliance will get around 40-65 seats, AMMK+ to get 1-3 seats and the others would get 1-6 seats.
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The Jan Ki Baat exit poll has predicted that BJP may spring a surprise in West Bengal by winning 162-185 seats. Mamata Banerjee-led may end up with 104-121 seats and the Left Alliance may get 3-9 seats.
Puducherry
exit poll results 2021 LIVE Updates |The ABP CVOTERexit poll has projected that NDA will get between 19-23 seats, UPA will get around 6-10 seats and the others would get 1-2 seats.
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The Today's Chanakyaexit poll for Assam forecasted that the incumbent BJP will get between 61-79 seats, Congress will get around 47-65 seats and other would get between 0 to 3 seats.
Tamil Nadu
exit poll results 2021 LIVE Updates |The Republic-CNX exit poll has projectsthat DMK+ will get between 160-170 seats, AIADMK will get around 58-68 seats and the others would get 4-6 seats.
Kerala
exit poll results 2021 LIVE Updates |The India Today-Axis My India survey predicted the LDF to win 104-120 seats, whereas, the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) was predicted be reduced to 20-36 constituencies. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is projected to end with 0-2 seats.
Puducherry
exit poll results 2021 LIVE Updates | The Republic-CNX exit poll has predicted that BJP+ will get between 16-20 seats, Congress will get around 11-13 seats and the others would get zero seats.
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The Republic CNX exit poll for West Bengal has predicted that the incumbent TMC will get between 128-132 seats, BJP will get around 138-148 seats and the Left front and other will get between 11-21 seats.
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LIVE Updates | As per the India Today exit poll for Assam, BJP is expected to get 75-85 seats out of the total 126 seats being contested. Congress is expected to get 40-50 seats, while the others may get around one to four seats.
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Mamata Banerjee-led TMC will get between 152-164 seats, whereas BJP will get around 109-121 in West Bengal. The Left front and others are expected to get between 11-21 seats, the ABP News CVoter exit poll has predicted.
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Last phase of Assembly elections in West Bengal conducted peacefully on April 29 at all 11,860 polling stations located across 35 Assembly constituencies. A voter turnout of 76.07 percent was reported by 5 pm, says the Election Commission of India
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76.07% voter turnout recorded till 5.32 pm in the eighth and last phase of polling in West Bengal.
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Voting is being held at 11,860 polling stations spread over 11 assembly constituencies each in Murshidabad andBirbhum, six in Malda and seven in north Kolkata. The polling will continue till 6.30 pm.The eight-phase elections to the 294-member assembly began on March 27. The votes will be counted on May 2.
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Bengal recorded a voter turnout of 68.46 percent till 3 pm in 35 seats where polling is underway in the eighth and final phase of assembly polls today.
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Bengal recorded a voter turnout of 56.28 percent till 1 pm in 35 seats where polling is underway in the eighth and final phase of assembly polls today.
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In the Maniktala constituency of Kolkata, BJP candidate Kalyan Choubey was gheraoed by a group of people during his visit to the polling booths. Choubey said "TMC-backed anti-socials" tried to create disturbances "so that they could rig the polls". TMC candidate Sadhan Pande, however, alleged agents of his party were beaten up by the BJP cadres in several booths. (PTI)
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In the Nanoor constituency of violence-prone Birbhum district, BJP candidate Tarakeshwar Saha reportedly sufferedinjuries after his vehicle was ransacked. Saha accused TMC cadres of attacking him, but theallegation was dubbed as "baseless" by local leaders of the state's ruling party. (PTI)
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In the Jorasanko constituency of central Kolkata, crudebombs were hurled outside Mahajati Sadan, the police said. BJP candidate Meena Devi Purohit alleged that the bombs were thrown at her vehicle while she was touring different polling booths. A huge police contingent was rushed to the spot to control the situation. (PTI)
West Bengal Election 2021 LIVE Updates | Stray violence, attack on candidates mark last phase of Bengal polls
Stray incidents of violence werereported today from several areas where voting is underway for the eighth and last phase of assembly electionsin Bengal, but the overall polling process has been peaceful with 37.8 percent turnout till 11 am, EC officials said.
Earlier in the day, one person was killed and two others injured as a car hit them in Murshidabad district, triggering tension in the area, a police officer said.
In the city's Beliaghata area, clashes broke outbetween two groups of people, following which the police restored to mild lathicharge to disperse them. (PTI)
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Congress candidate in Chowrangee constituency Santosh Pathak cast his vote in AG office in the eighths and final phase of polling today. He is fighting against TMC'sNayna Bandyopadhyay and BJP's Devdutta Maji.
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Bengal recorded a voter turnout of 37.8 percent till 11 am in 35 seats where polling is underway in the eighth and final phase of assembly polls today.
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West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar and his wife Sudesh Dhankhar cast their votes at a polling booth in Chowringhee, Kolkata, in the eighth and final phase of polling today.
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A total 84,77,728 voters -- 43,55,835 male, 41,21,735 women and 158 of the third gender are eligible to decide thefate of 283 candidates in today's polling, which is being held in six constituencies of Malda, 11 in Murshidabad, sevenin Kolkata North and 11 in Birbhum.
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Seven seats in Kolkata, including Jorasanko, are voting in the eighth and final phase of the West Bengal assembly elections today. The polling began at 7 am and would continue till 6.30pm.
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A total of 16.04 percent voter turnout recorded till 9 am in 35 assembly seats where polling is underway in the eighth and final phase today.
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BJP candidate from Malda, Gopal Chandra Saha cast his vote at a polling booth in the constituency. "There was a public rally on April 18 in Sahapur where I was shot and taken to hospital. It was done by either TMC or Congress goons. There is 'jungle raj' here," he told news agency ANI.
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A bomb was hurled near Mahajati Sadan Auditorium in north Kolkata today. Election Commission has sought details of the incident. (ANI)
West Bengal Election 2021 LIVE Updates | Man killed after being hit by car in Murshidabad, CPI(M) blames TMC
A man was killed and two others injured as a car hit them in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, triggering tension in the area hours ahead of thevpolling, police said today.The incident happened in Shahbazpur village in the Domkal police station area around 10.30 pm yesterday, theysaid. The CPI(M) alleged that its member Kader Mondal (42)was killed, and Asim Al Mamoon (43) and Lal Chand Mondal (42) were injured after TMC candidate Jafikul Islam run his carover them. Islam, the TMC's Domkal candidate, rubbished theallegation, claiming that he was far away from the spot when the incident happened. (PTI)
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi called upon people to cast their votes to enrich the festival of democracy while following COVID-19 protocols."Last phase of the 2021 West Bengal elections takes place today. In line with the COVID-19 protocols, I call upon people to cast their vote and enrich the festival of democracy," he tweeted today.
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The Election Commission has placed Trinamool Congress's Birbhum district president Anubrata Mondal under strict surveillance till 7 am today, as the chief electoral officer received"several complaints against him".
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Over 84.77 lakh voters will decide the political fateof 283 candidates in this eighth and final phase. Security measures have been heightened in view of theviolence in the previous phases, particularly the death of five people in Cooch Behar in the fourth round of polling onApril 10, an EC official said. He said the poll panel has deployed 641 companies of centralforces in the final phase to ensure free and fair voting.Voting is being held at 11,860 polling stations spread over 11 assembly constituencies each in Murshidabad andBirbhum, six in Malda and seven in north Kolkata.
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Voting began with a half an hour delay due to a glitch in the EVM at polling booth number 188 in Birbhum.
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A day ahead of the final phase of polling in Bengal, the state registered its highest single-day spike of 17,207 COVID-19 cases on April 28, while 77 more peoplesuccumbed to the disease.
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Actor and BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty has cast his vote for the final phase of Bengal polls, at a polling station in Kashipur-Belgachia, North Kolkata. "I had never voted so peacefully ever before. I must congratulate all the security personnel," he told news agency ANI.
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As the 35 constituencies in Bengal have begun polling in the eighth and final phase today, let us take a look at the contesting candidates based on their criminal cases, financial assets, educational qualifications, and gender representation, published by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). This analysis is based on the self-sworn affidavits of all 283 candidates.
Read here | West Bengal Election 2021 Phase 8: 23% candidates have criminal records, 19% crorepati
West Bengal Election 2021 LIVE Updates | Polling begins for the final phase of the total eight-phased polls in Bengal
Voting for the eighth and final phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections has begun across 35 seats in four districts. Over 84 lakh voters will decide the political fate of 283 candidates today in this phase, amid a raging second wave of COVID-19. Security measures have been heightened in view of the violence in the previous phases, particularly the death of five people in Cooch Behar in the fourth round of polling on April 10, an Election Commission official said.
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It’s the assembly elections season in Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and the Union Tnerritory of Puducherry. Polling happened in a single phase in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on April 6, while voters in Assam cast their votes in three phases. Polling in Bengal is happening in eight phases. Of these, seven phases have concluded. Eighth phase polling is today.
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