Single-phase polling began for all of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and Kerala on Tuesday at 7 a.m along with the third phase for West Bengal assembly elections and the final phase for Assam. 475 of the total 824 constituencies in TN, Kerala, Puducherry, West Bengal, and Assam face the ballot on Tuesday, making it the biggest phase of Assembly elections 2021 so far. PM Narendra Modi took to Twitter and urged voters to vote in large numbers. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also appealed to voters to cast their votes.