New Delhi: Over 20 crore people from Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry are voting in a mammoth electoral exercise today. For the latter three, this is the first and only phase of polling. It is Assam's third and final, while Bengal has five more. The results of all five elections will be declared on May 2.
In Bengal, 31 seats are going to the polls in this phase. All 234 seats in Tamil Nadu — where the AIADMK and DMK traditionally reign supreme — vote in a single phase today. Amid elaborate security arrangements, the third phase of polling in West Bengal recorded a turnout of more than 35 per cent till 1 pm.
