Counting of votes for the Puducherry Assembly elections began on Monday at 8 am with postal ballots, and early trends show the NDA leading.
As per the latest tally, the NDA is ahead in 22 seats, the INDIA bloc in 6, and others in 1, while TVK has not opened its account so far.
The 30-member Puducherry Assembly has seen a contest between the NDA, led by the AINRC, and the Congress-led INDIA bloc, with actor-politician Vijay’s TVK also emerging as a notable factor this time.