Assembly elections LIVE: Campaigning ends for Kerala, Puducherry, Assam polls, 48-hour silence period begins

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Voting for 126 seats successful Assam, 140 successful Kerala, and 30 successful Puducherry volition beryllium conducted successful a azygous signifier connected Thursday

Updated - April 08, 2026 09:27 americium IST

BJP and LDF supporters stitchery connected the last time of unfastened campaigning for the Kerala Assembly elections, astatine Peroorkada, successful Thiruvananthapuram, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI

The past time of campaigning for the Kerala, Puducherry and Assam Assembly polls drew to a sizzling adjacent connected Tuesday (April 7, 2026) with a high-voltage governmental “roast,” which turned to beryllium the item of a long, sweltering and humid day. The astir a month-long campaigning by governmental parties came to a adjacent astatine 6 p.m. connected Tuesday and the State entered the mandatory 48-hour soundlessness play up of polling.

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Voting for 126 seats successful Assam, 140 successful Kerala, and 30 successful Puducherry volition beryllium conducted successful a azygous signifier connected Thursday (April 9, 2026).

In Kerala, the predetermination is seen arsenic a contention betwixt the ruling LDF and Opposition UDF, with the BJP-led NDA, which has been gaining ballot share, besides hopeful of its prospects successful the confederate State. In Assam, the Congress has stitched a six-party confederation to instrumentality connected the ruling BJP-led NDA, which is seeking 3rd successive word successful office. In Puducherry, the contention involves the ruling NDA which includes NR Congress and BJP and the Congress-DMK alliance.

Meanwhile, the Congress connected Tuesday released its manifesto for the Assembly elections successful West Bengal promising, among others, escaped acquisition for women up to post-graduation level and filling each vacant authorities posts with youths wrong 1 year.

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April 08, 2026 09:27
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Teachers dependable interest implicit defaced schools arsenic polling nears
Teachers explicit concerns astir defaced schools and damaged facilities arsenic polling approaches for the Tamil Nadu Assembly election.
April 08, 2026 08:30
Kerala Assembly Elections 2026: A do-or-die conflict for large fronts, their skippers
The stakes are truthful precocious successful the Kerala State Assembly polls connected April 9 that the nationalist run has been no-holds-barred, often descending into advertisement hominem attacks that person breached the bounds of civility.
The Congress, and the United Democratic Front (UDF) by extension, is successful a swim-or-sink situation, arsenic evident from its skipper V.D. Satheesan’s vow to relinquish authorities if the confederation loses the polls.
Having been successful the governmental wilderness for a decade, a play that besides saw the Kerala Congress (Mani) crossing implicit to the Left Democratic Front (LDF), the Congress and the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), the second-largest enactment successful the UDF, cannot spend to beryllium retired of powerfulness for different 5 years. Such an outcome, it is believed, could pb to a nonaccomplishment of look for the Congress nationally, an interior illness of the organisational structure, and a imaginable disintegration of the alliance.
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April 08, 2026 07:25
Kerala Assembly Elections 2026: Fronts amusement their mightiness successful run finale successful Kochi
Ernakulam territory witnessed a melodramatic culmination of high-decibel electioneering for the April 9 Assembly elections connected Tuesday, with each large governmental fronts staging vibrant and high-energy finales, known arsenic ‘Kalasakkottu’, crossed the 14 Assembly constituencies.
Hundreds of enactment workers and supporters poured into designated centres, turning the last hours of nationalist campaigning into a spectacle of colour, euphony and coordinated shows of strength.
In Kalamassery, Left Democratic Front (LDF) campaigner P. Rajeeve led a charged rally astatine South Kalamassery, wherever rapper Vedan emerged arsenic the prima attraction, performing his fashionable numbers. CPI(M) flags mounted connected drones soared supra the crowd, portion life-size cutouts of the campaigner were connected display. CPI(M) State secretariat subordinate M. Swaraj and territory caput S. Sathish joined Mr. Rajeeve, arsenic enactment songs and announcements kept the momentum high, interspersed with governmental parodies targeting the UDF.
Kerala Assembly Elections 2026: Fronts amusement their mightiness successful run finale successful Kochi
Kerala Assembly Elections 2026: Political fronts showcase vibrant run finales successful Kochi, culminating successful high-energy rallies and events.
April 08, 2026 07:01
Poor transportation of schemes, deficiency of enactment for the workplace sector, large talking points successful Madurantakam
Poor transportation of schemes, deficiency of enactment for the workplace sector, large talking points successful Madurantakam
Farmers successful Madurantakam look mediocre strategy transportation and delays, impacting their livelihoods and highlighting systemic issues successful support.
April 08, 2026 06:39
AIADMK functionaries held for scuffle implicit nominations successful Tirupattur
Five AIADMK functionaries were arrested by Natrampalli constabulary successful Tirupattur connected Tuesday for a scuffle against a radical of persons, who objected to verification of information papers that was filed by erstwhile AIADMK Minister K.C. Veeramani for Jolarpet Assembly constituency for Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.
The arrested persons were identified arsenic K. Mahalingam, 60, S. Prabhu, 42, B. Susikaran, 39, R. Thirumurthy, 29, and N. Jayaprakash, 28. They are residents of Tirupattur and enactment functionaries successful the area.
Initial enquiry revealed that on with enactment cadre and functionaries, Mr. Veeramani visited the taluk bureau successful Natrampalli to cognize whether nominations papers filed by him were accepted by Assistant Returning Officer (ARO) for Jolarpet Assembly constituency.
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