Assembly Elections 2026 Live: Voting will start shortly in Bengal Phase-1 and Tamil Nadu, tight security at the booths

West Bengal-Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections Voting Updates: The voting process is going to start today in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu. A huge crowd of voters has started gathering at the polling stations since morning. People are ready to use their franchise enthusiastically. The Election Commission has made tight security arrangements to ensure peaceful voting. Additional police forces and central security forces have been deployed in sensitive areas. Now it remains to be seen whether Mamata Banerjee will once again be able to form the government in Bengal or the impact of the anti-incumbency wave will be visible. Even in Tamil Nadu, the fight is considered very close.

west bengal Voting will be conducted in two phases for 294 assembly seats. Voting will be held on 152 seats in the first phase today. There itself, Tamil Nadu Voting will be held on all 234 seats in a single phase on April 23. In the second phase of voting in Bengal, voting will be held on 142 seats on April 29.

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