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Assembly Election Results 2021 Live: 4 states, 1 UT set for counting of votes on May 2 amid Covid-19 protocol
New Delhi, May 02: With assembly elections over in Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry, all eyes are now on counting day. The counting of postal ballots is set to begin at 8 am on Sunday after which the votes polled in the Electronic Voting Machines are expected to be taken up half an hour later. Initial trends may get cleared by 10-11 am.
It may take a few extra hours to complete the counting because of the Covid-19 rules.
This time, the Election Commission has made negative RT-PCR test certificate or certificate of both doses of vaccine mandatory for people who will be admitted inside counting centres.
5:43 PM
May 1, 2021
Puducherry
In the union territory of Puducherry, the former Chief Minister N Rangaswamy led All India NR Congress-BJP alliance and Congress-DMK combine are the key contenders for power. Exit polls have predicted a win for the front led by Rangaswamy. As many as 1,382 personnel would be deployed for counting of votes in the whole of the UT while about 400 police personnel shall be on security duties.
5:38 PM
May 1, 2021
Tamil Nadu
There were nearly 4,000 candidates in the fray including Chief Minister K Palaniswami, Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam, DMK president M K Stalin, his son and party youth wing secretary Udhayanidhi Stalin, AIADMK''s rival and Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam chief TTV Dhinakaran, MNM''s Haasan and BJP state unit chief L Murugan were among the prominent candidates.
5:38 PM
May 1, 2021
Tamil Nadu
In Tamil Nadu, though there were four fronts including actor-politician Kamal Haasan''s Makkal Needhi Maiam led combine, the key contest was between the ruling AIADMK and main opposition DMK, which exit polls have predicted that would wrest the reins of power.
5:37 PM
May 1, 2021
Kerala
In Kerala, as many as 957 candidates, including Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, 11 of his cabinet colleagues, Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala, Senior Congress leader Oommen Chandy, BJP state chief K Surendran, ''Metroman'' E Sreedharan, and former Union minister, K J Alphons among others were in fray for the 140 assembly seats.
5:37 PM
May 1, 2021
West Bengal
The exit polls favoured Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal predicting a tight race in the state with the BJP following the TMC very closely. The BJP in Assam and the LDF in Kerala is set to retain power. In Tamil Nadu, MK Stalin may swear in as the 8th Chief Minister if exit polls proved true. Puducherry is all set to have an NDA government.
5:37 PM
May 1, 2021
The Exit Poll results were more or less on the same lines as predicted by the Opinion Polls a month ago.
5:23 PM
May 1, 2021
The initial trends are likely around mid-day but the outcome will be clear only in the evening - around 5 PM.
5:23 PM
May 1, 2021
This year the Election Commission has banned victory rallies, after the results are declared, in a bid to control the spread of the deadly virus.
5:23 PM
May 1, 2021
Counting of votes in West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry will start at 8 AM on May 2
5:22 PM
May 1, 2021
The state polls are over in four states of Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of Puducherry.