Puducherry election results 2021: BJP alliance leads in 11 seats, Congress 6

* The NR Congress on Sunday won eight seats in Puducherry and its ally BJP secured four while the Congress-led Secular Democratic Alliance (SDA) emerged victorious in three constituencies as the counting continued for the votes polled in the April 6 elections.
* BJP's A Namassivayam wins from Mannadipet constituency in Puducherry
* BJP alliance leads in 11 seats, Congress 6
* BJP alliance leads in 11 seats, Congress 4
* BJP and Congress are leading in 4 seats each, early trends show
* Counting of votes began at 8am.
* The union territory having just over 10 lakh voters, the fight for the 30-member assembly was majorly between the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) consisting of Congress, DMK, CPI, VCK and an Independent and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) comprising of All India N R Congress, BJP and AIADMK.
* Counting of votes for Puducherry assembly polls to begin at 8am. Visual from a counting centre in Lawspet. (ANI)

* Postal votes will be counted first followed by counting of votes recorded in the electronic voting machines (EVMs) at 8.30am.
* The counting will be taken in 31 halls spread across the six counting centres.
* The commission will update the round-wise trends of each constituency every few minutes and announce the results on its website results.eci.gov.inand through the mobile application 'Voter Helpline’.
* The Election Commission of India has made elaborate arrangements to announce the early trends and the final results of assembly elections in the Union territory of Puducherry and four states besides byelections, said Puducherry district collector and district election officer Purva Garg.
* The counting of votes in Puducherry will commence at 8am -- at three centres in the Puducherry region covering 23 assembly constituencies, a centre at Karaikal covering five constituencies and a centre for Mahe and Yanam each covering one constituency each.