New Delhi, April 23 -- The stage is set for assembly elections for all 234 seats in Tamil Nadu and 152 constituencies in the first phase of high-stakes West Bengal elections today, 23 April.

With over 3.22 crore voters eligible to cast their ballots in the first phase today, the contest is largely between the incumbent Trinamool Congress (TMC) and a resurgent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal.

In Tamil Nadu, while the ruling DMK and opposition AIADMK were the key players, the entry of actor Vijay has made the elections look like a triangular contest.

-The 152 constituencies across 16 districts of West Bengal voting on 23 April are Siliguri, Darjeeling, Cooch Behar, Raiganj, Balurghat, Malda, Murshidabad, Asansol, Bankura and ...