Filing of nominations will begin today for Tamil Nadu Assembly elections and the first phase of Assembly polls in West Bengal, with the issuance of notifications. All 234 Assembly Constituencies of Tamil Nadu will go to polls on the 23rd of April in a single phase. The nominations for Tamil Nadu will close on the 6th of April, while scrutiny of nominations will be taken up the next day. The last date of withdrawal of candidature is 9th April. This time, it will be a five-cornered contest in Tamil Nadu.

The NDA front led by AIADMK, the Secular democratic Alliance under DMK, the debut of Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam led by actor-politician Vijay, the Naam Tamilar Katchi led by actor-politician Seeman and the alliance between PMK founder Dr Ramdoss and former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s confidante and first-time debutant Sasikala will be in the fray for the Assembly election. The State has 1.18 crore first-time voters. The State has recorded 70 to 75 per cent of voters who exercised their franchise during the previous elections. The Election Commission has appealed to the Voters to exercise their franchise through the My Vote My Right campaign all over the State.

In West Bengal, 152 Assembly constituencies will go to the polls on the 23rd of April in the first phase. The notification for the first phase of the upcoming assembly elections in West Bengal will be issued today. Along with this, the process of filing nominations will also begin. Candidates can submit their nominations till 6th April. The submitted nomination papers will be scrutinised the following day. The last date for withdrawal of candidature is 9th April. In this phase, voting will take place on 23 April across 152 constituencies. In the second phase, elections will be held in 142 constituencies on 29th April. The notification for this phase will be issued on 2nd April. The counting of votes will take place on 4th May.