Voting for the ongoing assembly elections 2026 in the country’s two states Assam, Kerala and also the Union Territory Puducherry has stopped till 6 pm on 9th April 2026 i.e. Thursday. Now the fate of many scoundrels has been sealed in the voter box. Election Commission has started sealing EVMs and VVPATs. According to the Election Commission, till 5 pm, 84.42% voting took place in Assam, 75.01% in Kerala and 86.92% in Puducherry.
CM Rangaswamy cast his vote in Puducherry, Defense Minister AK Antony cast his vote in Kerala. Apart from this, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma worshiped at Kamakhya temple and also cast his vote in Jalukbari with his wife. Now everyone is waiting for May 4, when the election results of these states will be revealed.
Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said that a big statement has been given regarding the 2026 assembly elections. He said that the assembly elections held in Assam, Kerala and Puducherry are a historic example for democracy not only in India but for the entire world. On behalf of the Election Commission of India, he congratulated all the voters of these states for this achievement and said that this is a great demonstration of democratic participation. Mentioning “festival of elections, pride of voter” in its message, CEC praised the active participation of citizens and their dedication towards democracy.
Keep an eye on these seats of Assam
If we talk about Assam, there are 3 big seats on which everyone’s eyes are. The first popular seat among these Jalukbari Assembly Is. BJP candidate and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is in the election fray from here. Bidisha Neog has fielded against him from Congress. Himanta has been winning elections from here for five consecutive times. This is considered the stronghold of BJP.
Dispur BJP candidate Pradyut Bordoloi is in the electoral fray. From here, Congress has fielded Meira Borthathakur. This has been a traditional seat of Congress, but at present BJP has dominance.
Third seat of Assam Jorhat But everyone’s eyes are on it. Hitendra Nath Goswami is contesting elections from BJP from here. So Gaurav Gogoi is contesting from Congress. Gogoi is contesting the assembly elections for the first time.
Keep an eye on these seats of Kerala
There are two big seats in Kerala on which everyone’s eyes are. nemom seat BJP candidate Rajeev Chandrashekhar is in the election fray. V. Shivankutty is contesting against him from CPIM.
Dharamdam seat BJP’s CK Padmanabhan is in the election fray. CPIM candidate Pinarayi Vijayan is in the election fray.
Will BJP be able to repeat its coalition government in Puducherry?
If we talk about Puducherry, there are 30 assembly seats here. Here 294 candidates from 20 parties are in the electoral fray. Everyone’s fate is sealed in EVMs and VVPATs. The politics of Puducherry has always been coalition. Here sometimes BJP was dominant and sometimes Congress maintained its dominance. At present there is a coalition government between BJP and AINRC. He has a total of 16 seats. It will be interesting to see whether this time the BJP alliance will be able to repeat its victory in this election.
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