Day: May 2, 2021

West Bengal chief minister Mamata was trailing by 8,201 votes on the key Nandigram seat, according to latest figures available on the Election Commission’s website.

Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress has crossed the halfway mark in West Bengal, where the BJP seems to have made gains since the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Trinamool Congress is leading in 158 seats while the BJP is ahead in 124 seats, early trends show.

The BJP has marshalled its way well beyond the majority mark as the saffron party is leading in 76 Assembly seats against Congress’ 41 out of a total of 126 seats in Assam.

After taking the lead in postal ballot counting, the LDF has continued to maintain the edge when the EVMs were opened.

The ruling AIADMK and the Opposition DMK are involved in a neck and neck race as counting of votes began amid tight security and strict Covid protocols today.

The DMK alliance today established leads in 90 seats and the AIADMK alliance in around 61 seats, as early trends arrived after counting of votes polled in 6 April Tamilnadu Assembly elections started this morning.

As there has been a sharp increase in the the daily Covid case load tally, which has inched closer to the 20,000-mark and taking into account the enforcement Sunday complete lockdown to control the virus spread, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed the political parties to refrain from taking out victory rallies.

With counting of votes polled in 6 April Tamilnadu Assembly elections underway, interesting details have emerged on how the process is happening.

As the counting of votes polled during the 6 April Tamilnadu Assembly elections began this morning, postal ballots were counted first.

Counting of votes for the 16th Tamilnadu Assembly began at today morning, amid strict Covid protocols and heavy security.