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Voting for the assembly elections was held on Thursday in two states of the country, Assam, Kerala and Union Territory Puducherry. 85.89% voting was the highest in the state since the formation of Assam in 1950. Earlier in 2016, there was 84.7% voting.
Whereas in Puducherry, the highest turnout after independence was 89.87%. The previous record was 85% (2006, 2011 and 2016 assembly elections). Kerala witnessed the second highest turnout in the last 49 years, with 78.27% votes cast. The record turnout was 79.2% in 1977.
Voting percentage figures are till 11.30 pm on April 9. The Election Commission is yet to release the final figures.
Voting above 80% in more than 26 districts of Assam
The fate of 722 candidates from 41 parties will be decided on 126 seats in Assam. Voting was above 80% in more than 26 out of 35 districts. The highest turnout of 95.56% took place in South Salmara Mankachar district. The lowest voting percentage of 75.25% took place in West Karbi Anglong.
CM Himanta said – Voting increased because of Assamese community voters
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said, the vote percentage of the Muslim community of Bangladeshi origin used to be 95 to 96 percent but in the rest of the Assamese community, the vote percentage used to be up to 75-76%. This time there was competition between the two communities. The society which traditionally votes actively has voted more but the society which traditionally does not vote much has also voted in large numbers.
Highest voting percentage of 81.32% in Kozhikode, Kerala.
There are 2.6 crore voters in 140 assembly seats in Kerala. Whereas 883 candidates had contested the elections. Voting was above 80% in two of the 14 districts of the state. The highest voting percentage of 81.32% took place in Kozhikode. The lowest turnout of 70.76% took place in Pathanamthitta. In Kerala, 2.71 crore voters are choosing their leader from 890 candidates.
BJP said- voting increased due to women voters
- CPI(M) leader CN Mohanan said those who have died or have migrated elsewhere. Their names have been removed from the voter list. For this reason the voting percentage has increased.
- BJP leader KS Shaiju said, our analysis shows that this time more women voters have cast their votes.
Record 89.87% voting in Puducherry
There are a total of 10 lakh voters in the 30 assembly seats of Puducherry. 89.87% voting took place here. There are a total of two districts in the union territory. The highest turnout of 90.47% took place in Puducherry district. Whereas in Karaikal, 86.77% voting took place. This much voting has taken place for the first time in the history of Puducherry.
Now understand the electoral mathematics in the three states…
Assam: Congress has been in power for 51 years, BJP is trying to score a hat-trick.
In the last 76 years, Assam has had 15 Chief Ministers in the state. Of these, Congress remained dominant for the longest period. 10 Chief Ministers of Congress held power for about 51 years.
In 1978, a non-Congress government was formed for the first time. Golap Borbora of Janata Party became the first non-Congress CM. But after 2 years Congress returned to power.
In 1985, ‘Assam Gana Parishad’ emerged as a new regional party, which challenged the Congress. In the same year, AGP’s Prafulla Kumar Mahant became the CM. He completed 2 alternative terms.
After this, Congress’s Tarun Gogoi took power in 2001. He won 3 consecutive elections and held the post of CM for a record 15 years.
In 2016, Assam became the only state in the entire North-East where BJP formed the government for the first time. Sarbananda Sonowal became CM.
In 2021, BJP won majority for the second consecutive time and Himanta Biswa Sarma took power. Himanta has relations with Congress, AGP and BJP.
He is a political disciple of AGP’s Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, a trusted lieutenant of Congress’s Tarun Gogoi and the face of the North-East in the BJP.
Kerala: Only Pinarayi Vijayan became CM for 2 consecutive times
Since the formation of Keralam in 1956, the state has had 12 Chief Ministers. Of these, 6 CMs were from the left, who held power for 39 years. Whereas 4 CMs were from Congress, who ran the government for 28 years.
CPI(M)’s E.K. Nayanar remained CM for the longest period of 11 years. He took oath as Chief Minister thrice, but never held the chair continuously.
UDF vs LDF politics started in 1980. For the last 46 years, both of them ran the government one by one, but in 2021 this unspoken tradition was broken.
In 2021, CPI(M)’s Pinarayi Vijayan returned to power after completing his first term as CM. In 70 years, Vijayan is the only CM who took oath twice consecutively.
7 out of 10 CMs in Puducherry were from Congress.
Puducherry Legislative Assembly was formed in 1963. Since then, 10 Chief Ministers have lived here. The politics here is run according to the influence of the Center and local alliances.
Due to this, 7 CMs of Puducherry were from Congress, who held power for about 32 years. Then in the 1970s, Dravidian parties like DMK and AIADMK entered. DMK formed the government 4 times and AIADMK formed the government 2 times.
After this, Congress rule started again, which continued till 2011. But senior Congress leader N. Rangasamy formed his own party AINRC and took power by winning the elections.
N. Rangasamy is a leader who took oath as CM a total of 4 times while being in Congress and then forming his own party AINRC.
In 2021, Rangasamy formed an alliance with BJP and formed the government. Rangasamy has been the CM for the longest period, about 17 years. Although this is not continuous.
6 pictures of voting…
In Assam, women brought their small children along to vote. He was hung from the shoulder with the help of a cloth.
In Kerala, a Christian woman came to vote in her wedding dress.
Robot welcomes voters with flowers at polling booth in Puducherry.
An elderly woman also came to vote. During this time the personnel present at the polling station helped him.
Puducherry CM N Rangaswami reached the polling booth on bike and cast his vote.
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma showing the ink on his finger after voting.
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