An estimated 81 per cent of voters exercised their franchise in the elections to elect a new Puducherry Assembly on Tuesday. Reports from the Union Territory said the approximate percentage stood at 81.55 at the end of the polling at 7 pm.
High turnout was reported from all four regions -- Puducherry, Karaikal, Yanam, and Mahe -- of the tiny Union Territory. No violence was reported from any part of the UT.
The 2021 assembly election is a very crucial one for Puducherry as this is the first time that the BJP is part of an alliance led by a regional party in the state polls.
Though the party failed to win any seats in the last elections, it convinced All India N R Congress to part with 9 seats in which former Congress leaders have also been fielded. The Opposition alliance is banking on the anti-incumbency factor attached with the Congress government that collapsed at the fag end of its tenure.
Former Chief Ministers V Narayanasamy, and N Rangasamy voted on Tuesday morning. Congress contested in an alliance with DMK, but the party did not field Narayanasamy this time.
(Published 06 April 2021, 17:01 IST)
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