HEAVY POLLING IN SOUTHERN REGIONS

NEW DELHI ,10 April 2026 : Voters across Assam, Kerala and Puducherry turned out in large numbers on Thursday in the Assembly elections.

Puducherry recorded a turnout of o 86.9 per cent, while Assam saw 84.4 per cent and Kerala reached 75 per cent.

Poll official, Deben Horo, was found dead in Assam’s Sonitpur district on Thursday amid assembly elections in the state. The cause of death is yet to be confirmed, though doctors suspect an underlying medical condition led to it.

The next phase of assembly polls in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal are scheduled for later this month. The results for all assembly polls will be declared on 4 May.

Assam has 2.5 Crore voters. Kerala has 2.7 crore voters while Puducherry has 9.4 Lakh voters. In Assam, there are about 5.7 lakh first time voters. In Kerala it is 4.24 lakh and is Puducherry, 23,000 residents are eligible to vote for the first time.

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