Against the backdrop of a history of poll-related violence and its strategic position along the India-Bangladesh border, Nadia will vote under one of the most stringent security arrangements in recent years, with the Election Commission of India classifying 36 per cent of polling stations as “super sensitive” and deploying over 20,000 central forces across the district.
No repoll has been recommended in any of the 75,064 polling stations across Tamil Nadu where voting was held on April 23, officials said on Friday.
Polling across Birbhum district on Wednesday was largely peaceful, with a few isolated incidents reported, even as voter turnout reached an unprecedented level of 91.55 per cent in the district.
The State Election Commission, Haryana, has said under the Municipal General Elections 2026, elections will be conducted in a total of 144 wards across Municipal Corporations, Municipal Councils, and Municipal Committees in the state.
Kerala recorded a high voter turnout in the assembly elections with the polling percentages showing strong civic engagement.
The polling started at 7 AM in all 5,060 polling stations across 40 Assembly Constituencies of seven districts namely Kupwara, Baramulla and Bandipora in Kashmir Division; and Jammu, Udhampur, Kathua and Samba in Jammu Division.
According to the latest data issued by ECI, Udhampur district recorded the highest voter turnout of 51.66 per cent as of 1 pm, followed by Kathua at 50.09 per cent of voter turnout, with Samba slightly behind at 49.73 per cent.
Amidst speculations and uncertainty, the voters are geared up for the third and a decisive bout of polling on Tuesday for the 90-member Jammu and Kashmir assembly that will have a truncated five years term for the first time after a gap of 49 years.
The turnout of voters was higher in the Jammu region than what was witnessed in the Kashmir Valley. Long queues of men and women were seen at the polling booths across the Union Territory (UT) since early morning when polling started at 7 am.
A high-level foreign delegation of diplomats from the US, Mexico, Guyana, South Korea, Somalia, Panama, Singapore, Nigeria, Spain, South Africa, Norway, Tanzania, Rwanda, Algeria, and the Philippines flew to the Union Territory to observe the elections to the 90-member Legislative Assembly.
