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Claiming that a BJP wave was blowing across West Bengal and his party would form the next government, Modi said Banerjee's angry reactions indicate that she has lost the polls.

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

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.

The polls will be conducted in four phases till February 21 with the first first one being held on Tuesday.

The Election Commission has collaborated with IIT-Madras to work on a new technology which will allow electors to vote from faraway cities without going to designated polling station.

The National Voters Day is observed on January 25 to mark the foundation day of the Election Commission.

Holding the voter slips and identity proofs, most of them arrived at the polling centres early in the day

He along with his wife Konidela Surekha arrived at a polling booth in Jubilee Hills club around 8 am to cast their votes.

The November 3 election saw a record voter turnout of 66.9 per cent, which is the highest turnout rate since 1900. The 1900 election had recorded 73.7 per cent voter turnout.

Underscoring the high stakes -- and the disruptive impact of the coronavirus pandemic -- a record 92 million early votes have already been cast.