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Elections to 294 constituencies in the state will be held in eight phases till April 29 and the results will be declared on May 2.

A total of 264 candidates are in the fray from 47 seats-- 42 seats from 11 districts of Upper Assam and northern Assam region and five seats from central Assam's Nagaon district.

The Rajya Sabha also is likely to be adjourned sine die later in the day.

The Bharatiya Janata Party is set to unveil its manifesto for West Bengal polls on Sunday.

At a meeting organised here on Tuesday, the District Collector briefed about the elaborate arrangements put in place for the elections

TMC national spokesperson and RS member O'Brien, in his letter, mentioned two precedents when Parliament sessions were adjourned due to polls in states.

The BJP is eyeing the prestigious Titabor seat, which was held by the three-time chief minister who died due to post-COVID complications on November 23 last year.

Unless we control money play in elections, all the other so-called reforms will not yield desired results

"I sought blessings for myself, my family and above all for the people of Assam," she told reporters.

Elections are being held in 8,235 seats, where the BJP has fielded 8,161 candidates, the Congress-7,778, the Aam Aadmi Party-2,090, among others, said the SEC.

These municipal wards are Rohini-C, Shalimar Bagh (North), Trilokpuri, Kalyanpuri and Chauan Banger.

Says 1.32 lakh vacancies were filled in just 6 years against 24,000 during 10-year Cong regime in united AP

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is also scheduled to cast his vote at a booth in Naranpura area of Ahmedabad.

The election is being held in 12 mandals of Machilipatnam revenue division in Krishna district for 196 Sarpanch posts and 1,440 ward members.

GHMC Commissioner DS Lokesh Kumar said 5.60 lakh voters had enrolled for the elections

The electoral process was stopped midway in March 2020 due to coronavirus pandemic.

Though the elections were to be held for 3,328 Panchayat sarpanchs, 539 have been unanimously elected while no nomination was filed for three villages.

Following the appeal from Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) party, the oath taking ceremony was conducted as a group and not for individual candidates.

The election for Mayor and Deputy Mayor is expected to begin around 12.30 pm on Thursday, senior GHMC officials said.

The first phase of polling recorded 84.23 per cent voting.