Thiruvananthapuram, April 9 -- After days of high-voltage campaigning, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry stepped into decision day on Thursday, April 9, with crores of voters set to determine who will govern the states.

In Kerala, around 2.71 crore voters will decide the fate of the 883 candidates who are contesting from the 140 Assembly constituencies. The electorate comprises 1.32 crore men, 1.39 crore women and 273 transgender persons, along with over 2.42 lakh overseas voters, according to Election Commission (EC) figures.

Polling for all 126 Assam assembly constituencies began to decide the electoral fate of 722 candidates. An electorate of 2.50 crore, including 1.25 crore women and 318 from the third gender, can exercise their franchis...