After a month-long high-voltage campaign, electioneering for 296 assembly seats in Assam, Kerala, and Puducherry concluded on Tuesday.
Voting for 126 seats in Assam, 140 in Kerala, and 30 in Puducherry will be held on April 9.
The fate of 1,849 candidates across the three regions will be decided on May 4, when votes will also be counted for Tamil Nadu and West Bengal elections.
In Kerala, 27.1 million voters will decide the fate of 833 candidates, with the contest primarily among three fronts - the CPI(M)-led LDF, the Congress-led UDF, and the BJP-led NDA.
Top leaders like Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah for the NDA, Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for the UDF, and Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan for the LDF, campaigned extensively across the state.
The campaign saw intense political sparring, with the Congress accusing the LDF of links with the SDPI and raising issues of corruption and governance.
In Assam, the campaign revolved around CM Himanta Biswa Sarma's five-year record and Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi, who led the opposition alliance.
The BJP attacked both fronts, arguing that Kerala had not seen meaningful development under either and positioning itself as an alternative.
In Puducherry, campaigning for the 30-member assembly also ended on Tuesday, with a total of 294 candidates contesting and over 950,000 voters.
