Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2021

Smriti Irani dances with party workers as part of election campaign in Tamil Nadu - Watch

The assembly elections in Tamil Nadu will be held in a single phase on April 6 and the counting of votes on May 2.

Mar 28, 2021, 00:42 AM IST

TN polls: PMK candidate against Udhayanidhi Stalin selling mangoes to woo voters in Chepauk constituency

In an unusual campaign to woo voters, Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) candidate AVA Kasali is selling mangoes, which is his party's symbol, in the Triplicane Market area in the Chepauk Assembly constituency.

Mar 27, 2021, 15:47 PM IST

Check your name in voters list 2021 here, Step-by-step guide for Assembly elections

While the single-phase polling for assembly elections has begun in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry, Assam will be witnessing its third and final phase today (April 6). Voting is also underway for the third phase of assembly elections West Bengal.

Mar 26, 2021, 14:18 PM IST

MK Stalin's wife and son campaigns for the party ahead of Tamil Nadu Assembly polls

DMK president MK Stalin's wife Durga and son Udhayanidhi Stalin campaigned for the party ahead of the Tamil Nadu State Assembly Polls.

Mar 24, 2021, 07:55 AM IST

Congress releases list of 30 candidates for upcoming Tamil Nadu assembly elections

The party's interim chief Sonia Gandhi, Leader of Opposition Millikarjun Kharge and former Union Minister P Chidambaram are among the star campaigners who will campaign for the Congress party ahead of the Assembly polls in Tamil Nadu.

Mar 24, 2021, 06:26 AM IST

MDMK chief Vaiko releases manifesto for Tamil Nadu Assembly election 2021

As part of the alliance, MDMK has been allotted the Sattur, Palladam, Madurai South, Vasudevanallur (reserved), Madurantakam (reserved) and Ariyalur assembly constituencies for contesting the assembly election.

Mar 17, 2021, 12:52 PM IST

Congress releases manifesto for Tamil Nadu Assembly election 2021, promises government jobs for youth, tax exemption for startups

After our government comes, we will take steps to close liquor shops. To protect intercaste marriages and prevent honour killings, a separate law will be passed. We will take all steps to abolish the NEET exam, the Tamil Nadu Congress President KS Azhagiri said.

Mar 16, 2021, 11:50 AM IST

Sadhguru urges Tamil Nadu citizens to call out government on mismanagement, neglect of ancient vibrant temples

Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev who is the founder Isha Foundation has urged Tamil Nadu citizens to speak up about the state’s negligence towards the ancient vibrant temples.

Mar 15, 2021, 14:07 PM IST

BJP will make Puducherry 'jewel of the country', says Amit Shah at election rally

The Union Home Minister Amit Shah promised the people of Puducherry of reducing the unemployment rate to less than 40 percent in the Union Territory, if National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is to come in power in the upcoming elections polls.

Feb 28, 2021, 16:35 PM IST

Centre used National Education Policy 2020 as weapon to communalise Indian society: Rahul Gandhi in Tamil Nadu

Rahul Gandhi called the new education policy a weapon to communalise and push a particular ideology into Indian society. He, however, acknowledged the ‘positive side’ of the new education policy and said that it is ‘reasonably flexible’. Gandhi further said that the Congress party would push for scholarships in education.

Feb 28, 2021, 13:02 PM IST

Assembly Elections 2021: Amit Shah to hold public, organisational programmes for polls in Puducherry, Tamil Nadu

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will attend public and organisational programmes in Puducherry and Tamil Nadu on Sunday (February 28). At 10:30 AM, Shah will hold a BJP Puducherry Core Committee meeting in Karaikal. At 5 pm, he will address a Vijay Sankalp rally in Jankipuram, Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu.

Feb 28, 2021, 08:12 AM IST

EC announces dates for assembly elections in four states, 1 UT: Voters know polling station arrangements

As many as 18.68 crore voters will be eligible to cast their votes at 2.7 lakh polling stations for 824 assembly seats across Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. Elections in Assam will be conducted in three phases on March 27, April 1 and April 6, while polling in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry will take place in a single phase on April 6.

Feb 26, 2021, 20:42 PM IST

Tamil Nadu Assembly election 2021 to be held on April 6, results to be announced on May 2

The Election Commission of India in a press conference on Friday announced the polling dates for Tamil Nadu Assembly which will take place in one phase on April 6. Polls for 234 seats in Tamil Nadu will be a contest between the alliances of Congress-DMK and BJP-AIADMK.

Feb 26, 2021, 18:27 PM IST

EC announces schedule for assembly polls in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala, and Puducherry: Check dates, other details

The terms of legislative assemblies of four states -- Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and West Bengal -- are coming to an end in May and June. In Puducherry, President's Rule has been imposed and the assembly kept under suspended animation after the V Narayanasamy-led Congress government resigned earlier this week ahead of a vote of confidence.

Feb 26, 2021, 17:50 PM IST

Edappadi K Palaniswami named AIADMK's CM candidate for Tamil Nadu assembly election 2021

The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) on Wednesday announced that incumbent Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami will be the party’s chief ministerial candidate for the Tamil Nadu assembly election in 2021.

Oct 07, 2020, 11:26 AM IST

Disgruntled with DMK, sitting MLA KK Selvam meets BJP leaders but denies joining party

“I visited Railways Minister Piyush Goyal to request him to install two lifts at the Nungambakkam station in my constituency and also asked BJP President JP Nadda to develop temple town Rameswaram on par with Ayodhya," he said.

Aug 04, 2020, 20:44 PM IST