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The DMK successful Puducherry has urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to behaviour the 2026 Assembly elections successful Puducherry and Tamil Nadu concurrently, alternatively of separately arsenic has been scheduled now.
In a memorandum to the Chief Election Commissioner, DMK convenor and Leader of Opposition, R. Siva appealed to the ECI to align the Puducherry Assembly predetermination with the polling day of Tamil Nadu of April 23.
The memorandum pointed retired that arsenic per ECI docket for 4 States and the Union Territory, the polling day for Puducherry has been scheduled on with Kerala and Assam connected April 9, portion Tamil Nadu goes to polls connected April 23.
The memorandum said it was pertinent to enactment that, historically, wide elections successful Tamil Nadu and Puducherry person mostly been conducted connected the aforesaid time and the departure from the normal has travel arsenic an unexpected improvement for the radical of the region.
Pointing retired that the tenure of the existent Puducherry Legislative Assembly extends till June 15, 2026, the DMK sought a clarification connected the urgency successful advancing the predetermination docket for the Union Territory.
It besides drew attraction to the information that 28 of the 30 Assembly constituencies successful Puducherry are geographically located wrong Tamil Nadu. “Under specified circumstances, conducting polling connected 2 abstracted dates whitethorn make challenges, including the question of outer elements nether the pretext of campaigning, risks of elector impersonation, imaginable disruption of polling, and concerns relating to instrumentality and order”, the memorandum stated.
Should the Commission proceed with the scheduled polling day for Puducherry of April 9, which falls connected a moving time successful Tamil Nadu, it is requested that indispensable directions beryllium issued to guarantee that Puducherry residents employed successful Tamil Nadu are granted paid permission by the acrophobic authorities successful government, quasi-government, and backstage institutions, successful accordance with applicable laws.
Additionally, candidates intending to contention the predetermination necessitate capable clip to record their nominations and related documents. It is besides noted that determination are 2 holidays during the information filing period.
“In this regard, we petition the Election Commission of India to supply a wide and tenable timeline for the information process to guarantee creaseless and just information of each prospective candidates,” the memorandum said.
