Assembly Elections 2026: Election campaigning has now stopped on Tuesday, 48 hours before the first phase of voting in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu. Voting is to be held on all 234 seats in Tamil Nadu on 23 April. Voting will be held on 152 seats in the first phase in Bengal. After the election campaign stops, candidates will no longer be able to hold any kind of public rallies and political campaigning.
Voting will be held on all seats in Tamil Nadu
Talking about Tamil Nadu, this time voting will be held simultaneously on all 234 seats. This time a total of 4,023 candidates are trying their luck in the state. This time all eyes are also on Vijay’s party TVK, the state’s famous actor turned leader. TVK is getting a lot of support in many seats of the state. A total of 5.73 crore voters will be able to cast their votes in this election.
The first phase of voting will be held on 152 seats in Bengal.
The first phase of voting is to be held on 152 seats in Bengal. Counting of all electoral states will be done on May 4. This time voting is to be held in 2 phases in West Bengal. A total of 1,478 candidates are in the fray in the first phase. About three crore 60 lakh 77 thousand 171 voters will use their votes. Among these voters, 1 crore 75 lakh 77 thousand 210 are women. This time, issues related to women have been raised prominently by all the parties in the election campaign.
Voting will take place on these seats in Bengal
According to the information of the Election Commission, for the first phase of Bengal Assembly elections, voting will be held on 152 seats in 16 districts on April 23. These include eight districts of North Bengal, three of South Bengal and five of Jangalmahal region.
22 from Murshidabad, nine from Cooch Behar, seven from Jalpaiguri, five from Alipurduar, one from Kalimpong, five from Darjeeling, nine from North Dinajpur, six from South Dinajpur, 12 from Malda, 11 from Birbhum, nine from West Bardhaman, 16 from East Medinipur, 15 from West Medinipur, four from Jhargram, nine from Purulia and Bankura includes 12 seats.
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