India, April 23 -- Voting for the crucial West Bengal and Tamil Nadu assembly elections 2026 is underway, with actors, politicians and other voters queueing up to exercise their franchise. While West Bengal is voting for the first of the two phases, election in polling for the Tamil Nadu assembly election is being conducted in a single phase.

In West Bengal, 294 seats are up for the contest and that for Tamil Nadu is 234, making 148 and 118 the majority mark for both the states, respectively, that a party or an alliance needs to secure in order to form government. Track Tamil Nadu election voting updates here

Voting time: Voting for the West Bengal and Tamil Nadu assembly elections 2026 began at 7 am on Thursday and is expected to concl...