Assembly Elections LIVE updates: Kerala, Assam, Puducherry witness record turnout on April 9

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Kerala, Assam and Puducherry went to polls on Thursday (April 9, 2026). 

While Kerala recorded 78.27% polling in the Assembly elections held on Thursday (April 9, 2026) as of 11:56 p.m. after what has been a short but intense period of electioneering in the State, Puducherry broke all previous polling percentages, by registering a record 89.74% polling with almost half of the constituencies crossing the 90% polling mark by 8 p.m.

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Assam witnessed its highest-ever voter turnout in Assembly elections on Thursday (April 9, 2026), with 85.9% polling recorded as of 11:56 p.m.., according to ECINet app.

Intense campaigning are going on in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal (first phase) as the elections are to be held on April 23.

Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal announced that the party will not contest the upcoming Barmati Assembly bypolls in which Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar is contesting.