On April 9, 2023, assembly elections will take place in Kerala, Assam, and Puducherry, alongside bypolls in Karnataka, Nagaland, and Tripura. In Assam, 722 candidates are competing for 126 seats in a single-phase election, with 2.5 crore voters eligible to participate. The Assam government has declared a public holiday to facilitate voting. Kerala's election features 883 candidates across 140 constituencies, with a focus on the governance record of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan from the Left Democratic Front (LDF). In Puducherry, 294 candidates will contest for the votes of 9.5 lakh residents, amidst a strong challenge from the opposition INDIA bloc. Security measures have been intensified across all states, particularly in Nagaland, where a bypoll follows election-related violence. The counting of votes for all elections is scheduled for May 4, 2023.