Puducherry Assembly election 2026: Polling to commence at 7 a.m. on April 9

Various squads deployed by the Election Department to enforce the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) for the Assembly polls have seized potential voter inducement worth around ₹8.4 crore during the campaign period in the Union Territory, Chief Electoral Officer P. Jawahar said on Wednesday (April 8, 2026).

Briefing media on the preparations for the polling on Thursday (April 9), he said the department was fully geared up to conduct the election after the strict enforcement of MCC. The polling will start at 7 a.m. and end at 6 p.m. in all 1,099 polling stations in the Union Territory.