New Delhi. Voting for all 30 seats for the Union Territory Puducherry Assembly elections 2026 was held in a single phase on April 9. Counting of votes will take place on May 4. Any party will need 17 seats to form the government. Meanwhile, exit poll figures are now coming out. NDA alliance seems to be getting the lead in the exit polls of Puducherry Assembly Elections 2026. According to the exit poll of Axis My India, the NDA alliance is expected to get 16 to 20 seats. Congress alliance may get 6 to 8 seats. Others may get 3 to 7 seats. According to JVC’s exit poll, BJP alliance is expected to get 15 to 17 seats. Congress alliance may get 11 to 13 seats. Actor Vijay’s party TVK is likely to get 1 to 2 seats.
In the exit poll of People’s Pulse also, BJP alliance seems to be getting lead. In this survey, the alliance is expected to get 15 to 18 seats. Congress alliance may get 6 to 8 seats. Others are expected to get 1 to 12 seats.
Let us tell you that apart from the 30 elected seats of Puducherry, 3 members in the Assembly are nominated by the Lieutenant Governor. This time there were a total of 9,50,311 voters in Puducherry. These included 4,46,361 men, 5,03,810 women and 140 third gender voters. A total of 294 candidates contested this election.
If we talk about voting percentage, record voting was recorded this time in Puducherry. According to the Election Commission, this time a total of 89.83 percent voting took place, which is the highest ever voting percentage in the history of Puducherry Assembly elections.
The record voting in Puducherry Assembly Elections 2026 made it clear that this time the voters took active democratic participation. Now only after the counting of votes on May 4, it will be clear whose government is going to be formed. Exit poll data is not the final result. The results will come after the counting of votes on May 4, only then it will be clear whose government is going to be formed in Puducherry.
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