‘Hat-trick in Assam, gains beyond’: Shehzad Poonawalla predicts big BJP wins across states
Votes across five states will be counted today amid high security. Parties have made competing claims, with Bengal emerging as the key battleground.
Votes across five states will be counted today amid high security. Parties have made competing claims, with Bengal emerging as the key battleground.
Record turnout, strong women participation and extended voting hours defined Bengal’s first phase, even as political reactions sharpen focus on what the numbers could signal for the election ahead.
April 9 to decide the fate of 1,955 candidates in Assam, Kerala, Puducherry and by-poll seats.
As election preparations pick up, the EC has completed a key step in assigning voting machines - a process designed to keep polling fair and free from manipulation.
According to the schedule announced by the ECI, Kerala or Keralam, a Left-ruled South Indian state, will go to the polls on April 9 along with Puducherry and Assam.
Launching the first instalment — “Morning Walk #1” — O’Brien said the series would present facts and data showcasing the performance of the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal.
A minimum gap of 25 days will be maintained between the announcement of the election dates and the polling day, with voting expected to be held in the first week of April, most likely between April 3 and April 7.
The instruction, addressed to the Chief Secretaries and Chief Electoral Officers of the five states and Puducherry, comes ahead of the expiration of the current Legislative Assemblies’ terms between May and June 2026.
Raising concerns of large-scale and irreversible disenfranchisement, Banerjee has contended that the ongoing SIR poses a serious threat to the voting rights of lakhs of eligible electors and would severely undermine the level playing field among political parties ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections.
The district electoral department has proposed the bifurcation of polling stations with more than 1,200 voters across all nine Assembly constituencies of the district, based on the draft electoral roll published on 16 December last year.
