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Tamil Nadu Election 2021: Voting dates, poll schedule, timings, election results, all FAQs

April 6, 2021 will see the people of Tamil Nadu vote along with the residents of Kerala and Puducherry. This will be the 16th Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu. AIADMK’s Chief Minister Edappadi K.

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Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

April 6, 2021 will see the people of Tamil Nadu vote along with the residents of Kerala and Puducherry. This will be the 16th Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu. AIADMK’s Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS) and his Deputy CM O. Panneerselvam (OPS) seem to have a tough challenge on their hands with the media expecting the rival DMK to do well.

The DMK, on the other hand, has the immense pressure on its president M.K. Stalin to win and continue the legacy of his father, DMK stalwart M. Karunanidhi. The DMK has been out of power in Tamil Nadu for a decade.

When is the Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2021?

Tamil Nadu will go to the polls on Tuesday, April 6, 2021.

Tamil Nadu Election 2021 voting timings

The voting timing for the TN Assembly polls is likely to begin at 8 AM and end at 6 PM.

Tamil Nadu election results in 2021: Date and counting of votes timing

The results of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election will be declared on May 2. The counting of votes will begin at around 8 am and the final results will be out by the evening.

How many constituencies are there in Tamil Nadu?

The state has a total 234 constituencies. The term of the previous legislative assembly is to lapse on May 24, 2021.

Which parties are popular in Tamil Nadu?

For almost 50 years, Tamil Nadu politics has seen no national party within sniffing distance of power. The national parties have been kept away by the two parties that are products of the Dravidian movement, the DMK, led by C.N. Annadurai, then Karunanidhi and now Stalin, and its offshoot the AIADMK, led by M.G. Ramachandran, J. Jayalalithaa and now EPS. The AIADMK won the last two elections in the state, 2011 and 2016, with Jayalalithaa leading the charge.

During the 2016 Assembly elections, the ruling AIADMK was re-elected with 136 seats and the DMK won 98 seats.

It is in this aspect that the 2021 election assumes significance for both parties as they have both lost their seminal leaders. Jayalalithaa died in 2016 and Karunanidhi in 2018.

The success or failure of either party in 2021 will point to the party’s existence in the future or their splitting into many factions that would automatically prove to be a blessing for the BJP, which has been making the noises but has failed in showing tangible results.

As such, the BJP is contesting 25 seats as part of the AIADMK-led alliance while the Congress is also contesting on 25 seats as part of the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance.

How many districts are there in Tamil Nadu?

Tamil Nadu has 38 districts of which 6 are newly formed. Chengalpattu on November 29, 2019, Ranipet on November 28, 2019, Kallakurichi on November 26, 2019, Tenkasi on November 22, 2019, Mayiladuthurai on December 28, 2020 and Tirupattur on November 28, 2019.

How many MP seats are there in Tamil Nadu?

Tamil Nadu has 39 Lok Sabha seats. In the 2019 general election, the United Progressive Alliance, led by the DMK, won a landslide 38 of the 39 seats.

Which party won polls in Tamil Nadu in 2016?

In the 2016, the AIADMK swept the elections, winning 136 of 234 seats. On May 23, 2016, Jayalalithaa was sworn in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for the sixth time. On September 22, 2016, she was admitted to Apollo Hospital, Chennai, due to fever and dehydration. After a prolonged illness, she died on December 5, 2016.

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After Jayalalithaa’s death, her long-time friend V.K. Sasikala was chosen general secretary of the party on December 16, 2016. But OPS, who had been acting CM twice when Jayalalithaa had to resign, rebelled against her. Due to a conviction in the disproportionate assets case, Sasikala was sentenced to four years imprisonment in Bengaluru Central Prison. Before going to jail, she appointed EPS as the Chief Minister.

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Farooq Abdullah accuses PM Modi of trying to divide the country over religion

Faroukh Abdullah reacted to PM Modi’s remark that the Congress will redistribute people’s money and property to Muslims if voted to power and said Muslims respect all religions. He said that they are Muslims and Allah has told them to respect other religions. He further added that a Muslim cannot snatch anyone’s right.

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Farooq Abdullah, Jammu and Kashmir’s National Conference President said on Wednesday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was trying to divide the country over religion. He also said that those who will vote for them must prepare for hell. Farooq Abdullah said Muslims cannot snatch away the rights of others.

Farooq Abdullah also called Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government a threat to the survival of the country. Omar Abdullah, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister cautioned the people not to divide this country on the basis of religion, otherwise a storm will unleash making the survival of the nation difficult. He said it is better to talk about uniting the country, instead of dividing its people.

He was addressing an election rally in Thanamandi area of the Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir. The Anantnag parliamentary constituency will go for elections on May 25. Faroukh Abdullah reacted to PM Modi’s remark that the Congress will redistribute people’s money and property to Muslims if voted to power and said Muslims respect all religions. He said that they are Muslims and Allah has told them to respect other religions. He further added that a Muslim cannot snatch anyone’s right.

He remembered an incident when former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi once stopped his car in Pulwama and assured a poor Hindu woman that he would give her a mangalsutra as she could not afford it. Farooq Abdullah said those who were against the INDIA bloc are against the nation.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had earlier sparked a controversy last month as he commented that the Congress would take away the hard-earned money of the masses and distribute them among infiltrators and those with many children.  Speaking at a rally today, the Prime Minister took a jibe at the Congress and said the governments in the past were not able to implement the Indian Constitution in Jammu and Kashmir. He was referring to the revocation of Article 370.

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Amit Shah says BJP will neither remove reservation for SCs, STs and OBC, nor will allow Congress to do so

The Home Minister alleged that the Congress’ formula was to speak lies loudly, publicly and repetitively. He advised Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge not to speak lies for a family as eventually he will have to take the blame for the party’s loss in the Lok Sabha elections

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday continued to attack Congress over reservation row. He was addressing a rally in Katghora town of Chhattisgarh’s Korba district to campaign for Saroj Pandey, BJP candidate from the Korba Lok Sabha seat where Shah said BJP will neither remove reservation for SCs, STs and OBCs, nor will it allow Congress to do so.

The Home Minister alleged that the Congress’ formula was to speak lies loudly, publicly and repetitively. He advised Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge not to speak lies for a family as eventually he will have to take the blame for the party’s loss in the Lok Sabha elections. Shah accused Congress of nurturing terrorism and Naxalism to win the Lok Sabha elections.

Shah further added that Congress claims if Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji gets majority for the third term, he will scrap reservation. He said the grand old party has even circulated his fake video. Shah said that have been in power for the last 10 years and PM Modi did not remove reservation, nor will he do it in the future.

The Union Home Minister further asserted Modi ji used the majority to scrap Article 370 and triple talaq, construction of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya and introduce the Citizenship Amendment Act. He further told the Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge that Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi do not belong to anyone. He said on June 4 Congress will suffer defeat and the brother-sister duo will remain safe, but Kharge ji will be blamed.

Shah further asserted if PM Modi becomes the prime minister for the 3rd straight term, then Naxalism will be uprooted in two years in Chhattisgarh.  Shah targeted the previous Bhupesh Baghel-led government in Chhattisgarh and said, The Bhupesh Kakka government encouraged Naxalism, but after the BJP came to power in the state under CM Vishnu Deo Sai and Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma 95 Naxalites have been eliminated in 4 months.

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Priyanka Gandhi says PM Modi is far away from reality of common people, calls him an egoistic person

The Congress leader also alleged there was a mafia raj in BJP-ruled Assam. She said there have been very serious charges against Himanta Biswa Sarma when he was in the Congress party. As soon as he changed sides to BJP, all charges against him were dropped.

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Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi was addressing a rally in Assam’s Dhubri on Wednesday where she said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not stop JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna from leaving India. She said PM Modi is far away from the reality of common people and has no understanding of their miseries as he has become egoistic.

This was not the first time that Priyanka Gandhi attacked PM Modi over the sex scandal. Earlier this week, she questioned PM Modi’s silence over the matter. Gandhi said Prajwal Revanna who stood along with PM Modi, for whom the prime minister asked for votes, has been accused of abusing thousands of women.  She added the numbers are staggering and asked Modi’s response over the matter. Gandhi said she was keen to hear what the Union home minister had to say on the matter.

Priyanka Gandhi recollected that a few days earlier she had travelled abroad to visit her daughter. She said the Prime Minister and Home Minister are constantly discussing her overseas trips. She said they are well aware about when she is going to travel and are even keeping track of opposition leaders’ travels. Yet, when an accused, someone like him Prajwal Revanna, leaves the country, they claim ignorance. How can anyone accept this? She said the matter has slipped away right under their noses after committing such a grave offence, and yet they remain silent.

The Congress leader also alleged there was a mafia raj in BJP-ruled Assam. She also attacked Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma. She said there have been very serious charges against Himanta Biswa Sarma when he was in the Congress party. As soon as he changed sides to BJP, all charges against him were dropped. Gandhi further added the BJP has developed a washing machine where corrupt people are put and the Assam CM was the first one in this regard.

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