The Election Commission announced on Friday the election calendar for four states and one Union territory, in which West Bengal will vote in eight phases, Assam in three and Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry together on the same day.
Voting will run over a month from March 27 to April 29, and the results of the five Assemblies will be announced on May 2, Chief Elections Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora told reporters.
These are the last elections that Arora will oversee as a CCA before his retirement on April 13. By then, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry would have finished voting, and West Bengal would be in the middle of their vote. Following this, Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra will take over and oversee the last four phases in West Bengal.
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