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Exit Poll Results 2021: BJP to retain Assam, DMK in TN, LDF to win in Kerala and Puducherry goes to NDA

By Anuj Cariappa
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New Delhi, Apr 29: The exit poll projections for assembly elections 2021 in Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry on Thursday sprung a few surprises, contrary to the polling pattern of the states and how things have been playing out before the elections.

Exit polls forecast a tight contest between the incumbent Trinamool Congress and the BJP in the high-profile West Bengal assembly polls.

In Assam, the BJP is expected to retain power as nearly all pollsters predicted a clear majority for the saffron party in the 126-member Assembly.

In the southern states, the CPM-led LDF is likely to beat anti-incumbency and retain the power in Kerala. In Tamil Nadu, the DMK-Congress alliance is predicted to upstage the ruling AIADMK-BJP alliance in the state.

In Puducherry, the NDA is set to form government in the Union Territory.

Exit Poll Results 2021: Can BJP win Bengal, retain Assam?
8:43 PM, 6 Apr

Tamil Nadu district wise break up of voter turnout:

Highest in Kallakurichi- 78%, Lowest in Chennai- 59.40%, Overall- 71.79%.

8:25 PM, 6 Apr
West Bengal

Indian Secular Front (ISF) chief Abbas Siddiqui cast his vote at a polling booth in Hoogly, earlier today.

8:25 PM, 6 Apr
Puducherry

A COVID-19 patient cast vote at Government Primary School polling station in Karuvadikuppam earlier today. Election Commission had designated one hour period between 6 pm & 7 pm for voting by COVID positive patients.

8:24 PM, 6 Apr

Tamil Nadu: Gunasekaran, CPI candidate from Sivaganga constituency, who is COVID-19 positive, cast his vote wearing a PPE kit, earlier today. Election Commission had designated one hour period between 6 pm & 7 pm for voting by COVID positive patients.

7:56 PM, 6 Apr

Polling in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and for Phase three Assembly Constituencies in Assam and West Bengal conducted peacefully. Voting held in 1.5 lakh Polling Stations across 475 Assembly Constituencies: Election Commission of India

7:38 PM, 6 Apr

Voter turnout till 7:11 pm:

Assam 82.29%, Kerala 70.04%, Puducherry 78.13%, Tamil Nadu 65.11% and West Bengal 77.68%

7:37 PM, 6 Apr
Tamil Nadu

DMK MP K Kanimozhi, who has tested positive for COVID-19, casts her vote in PPE kit at a polling station in Mylapore, Chennai. Election Commission has designated one hour between 6 pm & 7 pm for voting by COVID positive patients.

7:18 PM, 6 Apr
Assam

Poll ends for the third and the last phase of Assam

7:18 PM, 6 Apr
West Bengal

A brawl erupted in Poishara village of Arambag constituency after locals objected to Sujata Mondal, TMC candidate from the constituency, visit to the village.

6:32 PM, 6 Apr
Assam

Voters queue up outside a model polling station in Dharmapur in Assam's Nalbari.

6:32 PM, 6 Apr
Tamil Nadu

At 6 pm, the estimated voter turnout in southern state of Tamil Nadu, which had been seeing a slow turntout throughout the day, marginally improved to 64.92 percent.

6:31 PM, 6 Apr
West Bengal

West Bengal, which saw polling in 31 seats as part of the third phase, reported the highest at 68.4 percent at 5 pm, based on estimated figures available on Election Commission's Voter Turnout app.

5:58 PM, 6 Apr

Voter turnout till 5:34 pm:

Assam 78.94%, Kerala 69.95%, Puducherry 77.90%, Tamil Nadu 63.47% and West Bengal 77.68%

5:43 PM, 6 Apr
West Bengal

Many voters at a polling booth in Diamond Harbour constituency claimed that TMC workers didn't let them vote. "Officials came here but didn't facilitate voting for us," said a woman, earlier today.

5:43 PM, 6 Apr
Assam

Voters queue at a polling booth in Guwahati. Voting for the third and final phase of Assembly elections is underway.

5:39 PM, 6 Apr
Kerala

Kerala continued to witness heavy polling in the crucial assembly elections on Tuesday with over 65 per cent of the total 2.4 crore voters having already cast their franchise to elect representativesin 140 constituencies. Despite scorching heat and sporadic rain in many parts of the state, people, including women and senior citizens, stood in queues for a long time to take part in the democratic exercise.

5:38 PM, 6 Apr
Kerala

65% votes cast; Tharoor says high turnout favours UDF

5:00 PM, 6 Apr
West Bengal

Sporadic violence was reported and some candidates were attacked during the third phase of West Bengal assembly elections on Tuesday, even as 68.04 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 3 pm, officials said. Voting is underway with strict adherence to COVID-19 protocols in 16 seats in South 24 Parganas district (part II), seven in Howrah (part I) and eight in Hooghly (part I), they said. "Voter turnout of 68.04 per cent was recorded till 3 pm in 31 seats," an EC official said.

4:56 PM, 6 Apr
Assam

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4:35 PM, 6 Apr
Puducherry

An estimated 66 per cent of the 10.04 lakh voters in the Union Territory of Puducherry exercised their franchise till 3 PM on Tuesday. Polling was brisk from the beginning. Official sources said that 66.36 per cent of the voters exercised their franchise in Puducherry while the Karaikal region recorded 64.86 per cent, Mahe 56.53 per cent and Yanam region 71.60 per cent.

4:25 PM, 6 Apr
Tamil Nadu

By 4.15 pm, Tamil Nadu's Dharmapuri records highest turnout of 61.35 percent while Chennai witnesses low polling at 39.23 percent, according to the Election Commission's approximate voter turnout trends

4:22 PM, 6 Apr

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4:18 PM, 6 Apr
West Bengal

The truth of whatever Didi did to West Bengal has come out. This is why Didi is threatening people of West Bengal. Didi says 'Amra dekhe nebo', BJP says 'Amra seva korbo'. We are humbly asking for a chance to serve people: PM Narendra Modi in Howrah.

4:13 PM, 6 Apr

According to the Election Commission's approximate voter turnout trends, till 3.30 pm, Assam records voter turnout of 68.31 percent, Kerala of 58.48 percent, Puducherry of 66.59 percent, Tamil Nadu of 52.98 percent and West Bengal of 67.24 percent.

4:10 PM, 6 Apr
Tamil Nadu

AIADMK's Babu Murugavel filed a complaint against DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin for wearing a shirt with party logo while casting his vote earlier today.

4:10 PM, 6 Apr
Assam

The opposition has no face in Assam. People are giving their mandate to NDA. UPPL & BJP will win all 8 seats of Phase 3 polls: Pramod Boro, Chief Executive Member, Bodoland Territorial Region

4:10 PM, 6 Apr
West Bengal

Media persons and volunteers alleged that they were pushed out by security personnel from the premises of a polling booth in Tarakeswar, Hooghly

4:04 PM, 6 Apr

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee''s appeal to Muslims to vote en bloc for TMC reflects fears that minority votes are slipping out of her hand. The prime minister said a similar appeal to Hindus by his party would have drawn the media''s and Election Commission''s wrath. Asserting that Banerjee has problems with people sporting a ''Tilak'' and wearing saffron, Modi said the TMC supremo''s appeal to the Muslims reflects that her "minority votes are slipping out of her hands."

3:55 PM, 6 Apr

TMC tweets video of 'BJP workers attacking Sujata Mandal'

3:34 PM, 6 Apr
Kerala

The Sabarimala women's entry issue, one of the major poll planks of the opposition UDF and the NDA against the ruling LDF during the campaign, took centre stage of debate even on Tuesday, the day of the assembly election, in Kerala as major leaders locked horns over the matter.

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