Solan recorded the highest turnout at 51.12 per cent, while Chamba saw the lowest at 37.67 per cent; polling remained largely peaceful despite heatwave conditions in several districts.
Make or Break
The stakes are big for four chief ministers going to the polls next month. Will 15 years be too much for West Bengal’s Mamata Banerjee to shake off? There has never been 10 years of continuous Left rule in Kerala; will Pinarayi Vijayan be able to extend his term? For the first time, the Dravidian duopoly in Tamil Nadu is missing; does that make it easy for M.K. Stalin? Will Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma’s brand of aggressive politics get him back to office? Will Puducherry’s longest serving CM, N. Rangasamy, return to power?
