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Villagers came out of their houses and exercised their franchise to vote violating the prohibitory orders under Section 144.

Elections are being held for 515 ZPTC seats and 7220 MPTC in the state from 7 am to 5 pm. In 660 ZPTC, elections are being held for 515 ZPTC seats and 2058 candidates are in the fray.

Elections in Puducherry, which is currently under President's Rule, is mainly between the Congress - DMK alliance and NDA comprising All India NR Congress, AIADMK and BJP

Even before polling opened at 7 am, people could be seen eagerly queuing up before the polling stations.

Puducherry and its outlying regions have a strength of 10.04 lakh voters.

Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry are voting on Tuesday in single-phase assembly elections.

Altogether 79,19,641 voters -- 40,11,539 men, 39,07,963 women and 139 of the third gender -- are entitled to exercise their franchise in 11,401 polling stations.

Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry are voting on Tuesday in single-phase assembly elections.

Kerala had witnessed a fierce campaign in the run up to the polls by the ruling CPI(M) led Left Democratic Front (LDF), Opposition Congress led United Democratic Front (UDF) and the BJP led NDA.

The Election Commission has imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC in all the constituencies, declaring them as 'sensitive'.

As the incident came to light, the District Election Officer suspended five poll officials of the booth, set up at 107(A) Khotlir LP School, and proposed a repoll.

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

The commission has made it clear that polling will not be held in the constituencies affected by a stay order issued by a court and where the local body has more than six months of its tenure left.

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.

As many as 77,73,231 voters are eligible to vote in the municipal elections with 38,25,129 male voters, 39,46,952 female voters and 1,150 others.

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.

Huge voter turnout was recorded in the majority of 2,743 Panchayats going to polls in the last phase.

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