ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS 2021 dates: LIVE! West Bengal poll in 8 phases, Assam in 3, Kerala, Puducherry in one, Counting of votes for all 5 assembly elections on May 2: CEC Sunil Arora

5: 32pm: Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora wraps up LIve conference

5:24pm Counting of votes for all five assembly elections on May 2

5:23 pm: Tamil Nadu assembly elections to be conducted in single phase on April 6: EC

5:22: West Bengal poll to be held in 8 phases

5: 18pm: Single-phase voting for Puducherry assembly elections on April 6: EC

5: 15pm Assam assembly polls to be conducted in three phases on March 27, April 1 and April 6: EC

5:13 pm: Assam poll to be held in 3 phases, Kerala in one phase: CEC

5: 10 pm: This will be last set of elections during my tenure before I demit office on April 13: Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora

5:06 pm: Arrangements to be in place for candidates to file nominations online for five assembly polls, voting to be allowed for extra one hour: EC

5:02 pm: Adequate CAPF deployment will be ensured for assembly polls; critical, vulnerable areas identified and advance teams already deployed: EC

5:01pm:  

Webcasting arrangement in place at polling stations in critical and vulnerable areas:
Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) February 26, 2021

4:56pm: Nearly 18.68 cr electors to vote at 2.7 lakh polling stations for 824 seats in 4 assembly elections: Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora

4:54pm:Voting to take place for 126 seats in Assam, 234 in Tamil Nadu, 294 in West Bengal, 140 in Kerala, 30 in Puducherry: Election Commission

4:52:pm Door-todoor campaign will be reduced to 5 persons, including candidate, says CEC

4: 50 pm: Polling time has been increased by one-hour: CEC

4:40pm: CEC Arora said that Bihar polls were a litmus test and expressed gratitude towards voters for putting faith in the commission.

4: 38 pm :  The term of the Tamil Nadu and West Bengal assembly will end on 24 and 30th May 2021.

3:30 pm: Election to the 294-seat West Bengal Legislative Assembly is expected to be held in March – April. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Election Commission is likely to hold assembly elections in West Bengal in seven-eight phases. In 2016, elections were held in six phases from April 4-May 5.

Assembly elections schedule 2021 LIVE: The Election Commission of India (ECI) is all to announce the dates for assembly elections in four states and one Union Territory that are due for polling this year. Four states—West Bengal, Assam, Kerala and Tamil Nadu — and one UT Puducherry will see assembly elections in 2021. The Election Commission of India will be announcing schedule of assembly elections dates in a press conference at 4.30 pm today (February 26), tweeted ANI.

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The terms of legislative assemblies in the four states are ending in May-June, while President rule has been imposed in Puducherry.  

LIVE: #ElectionCommissionOfIndia announcing the schedule for holding General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu & West Bengal. #AssemblyElections2021 #ECI https://t.co/yS9EwLsH5w

— Election Commission of India #SVEEP (@ECISVEEP) February 26, 2021

EC to announce schedule for Assembly elections in Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Puducherry today

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— ANI Digital (@ani_digital) February 26, 2021

The West Bengal assembly has 294 seats, Tamil Nadu 234 seats, Kerala 140 seats, and Assam 126 seats. The Union Territory of Puducherry has 30 seats in the assembly. Polls in West Bengal for the 294-member assembly are due in April-May. The term of the West Bengal assembly ends on May 30.  

Earlier last month, CEC Sunil Arora had informed that there will be 1,01,790 polling stations for the 2021 assembly elections in the Bengal and every booth should be made accessible to all persons with disabilities.  

Stay tuned & watch us LIVE at 4:30 PMhttps://t.co/EFd4TUqQjh pic.twitter.com/5PlQlRT37r

— Election Commission of India #SVEEP (@ECISVEEP) February 26, 2021

Meanwhile, reports have claimed that the elections are expected to be held in more than one phase, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.