EC announces assembly election dates for 5 states: Know which party stands where
New Delhi, Mar 4: The Election Commission of India on Friday, March 4, announced the dates for five states--Assam, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Kerala and Puducherry, that will go to assembly polls in April and May.
(5 states assembly election dates announced; poll results to be declared on May 19)
Polling in these 5 states will start from April 4 while counting and declaration of results will be on May 19.
Here are the current party positions in all these states:
Assam: 126 Assembly seats
Chief Minister: Tarun Gogoi (INC)
Party | Seats won in 2011 Assembly polls | Vote per cent |
Congress (INC) | 78 | 39.4 |
AIUDF | 18 | 12.6 |
BOPF | 12 | 6.1 |
AGP | 10 | 16.3 |
BJP | 5 | 11.5 |
Others | 3 | 14.1 |
West Bengal: 294 Assembly seats
Chief Minister: Mamata Banerjee (All India Trinamool Congress)
Party | Seats won in 2011 Assembly polls | Vote per cent |
AITC | 184 | 38.9 |
Congress | 42 | 9.1 |
CPM | 40 | 30.1 |
All India Forward Block | 11 | 4.8 |
RSP | 7 | 3.0 |
Others | 10 | 14.1 |
Tamil Nadu: 234 Assembly seats
Chief Minister: J Jayalalithaa (AIADMK)
Party | Seats won in 2011 Assembly polls | Vote per cent |
AIADMK | 150 | 38.4 |
DMDK | 29 | 7.9 |
DMK | 23 | 22.4 |
CPM | 10 | 2.4 |
CPI | 9 | 2.0 |
Others | 13 | 26.9 |
Kerala: 140 Assembly seats
Chief Minister: Oomen Chandy (INC)
Party | Seats won in 2011 Assembly polls | Vote per cent |
CPM | 45 | 28.2 |
Congress | 38 | 26.4 |
MUL | 20 | 7.9 |
CPI | 13 | 8.7 |
KEC(M) | 9 | 4.9 |
Others | 15 | 22.9 |
Puducherry: 30 Assembly seats
Chief Minister: N Rangaswamy (All India NR Congress)
Party | Seats won in 2011 Assembly polls | Vote per cent |
AINRC | 15 | 31.7 |
Congress | 7 | 26.5 |
AIADMK | 5 | 13.7 |
DMK | 2 | 10.7 |
Others | 1 | 10.1 |
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