Puducherry, April 9 -- The single phase polling to elect the new 30-member Puducherry Territorial Assemby came to and end on Thursday evening and passed off peacefully afer witnessing a record turn out of more than 87 per cent and is all set to create history crossing the all time high of 90 per cent mark for the first time in the annals of Pondy electoral politics.
The polling which commenced oin 1,099 booths at 7.00 AM in the morning, ended at 6.00 PM.
No major untoward incident was reported from part of the UT and the polling process that decided the fate of 294 candidates, including 40 women, ended peacefully.
Of the 294 candidates, the electoral fortunes of 253 in 25 constituencies in Puducherry district comprising Puducherry, Mahe ...