Rangasamy’s AINRC emerged as the dominant force within the alliance with 12 MLAs, while the BJP secured four seats. Alliance partners AIADMK and Latchiya Jananayaga Katchi won one seat each.
Initial counting trends across states show a tight contest in Bengal, early advantage for DMK in Tamil Nadu, and scattered tensions reported at counting centres amid heavy security.
Exit poll projections for five states will be released after EC restrictions end today, offering early trends before counting day, with multiple agencies expected to share estimates.
Polling has begun across three regions with early turnout trends and strong appeals from leadership urging greater participation, especially among youth and women voters.
Lakhs of voters across three regions are deciding their governments today as alliances clash in crucial Assembly polls with tight security and high political stakes.
PM Modi said that the people of Puducherry have decided to re-elect the National Democratic Alliance government.
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.
