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Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu leave BJP gasping in polls

  • 02 May 2021
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Supporters of TMC party celebrate their party's lead in the West Bengal state legislative assembly elections in Kolkata. AFP

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Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee looks set to win a third term in the state, the DMK is heading for victory in Tamil Nadu, the LDF is surging ahead in Kerala and the BJP leading in Assam in the counting of votes for state polls.

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Members of DMK party celebrate while holding their leader M.K. Stalin’s photo in Chennai. AFP

The latest forecast from the popular Indian television news channel NDTV says the Trinamool is poised to get 205+ seats in Bengal, 140+ for the DMK in Tamil Nadu, 90+ for the BJP in Assam and in Kerala, 90 for the Left.

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Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress has crossed the halfway mark in early leads in Bengal and is leading in 206 seats, though the BJP seems to have made gains since the 2019 national elections. The Chief Minister's Trinamool and the BJP ran a bitter, no-holds-barred campaign that defied Covid safety rules and the poll code.

According to a newspaper report, Banerjee is leading her rival and one-time aide Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram by over 2,000 votes after 14 rounds.

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Election officials stand during the counting of votes of Assam state assembly election in Gauhati on Sunday. AP

In Assam, the BJP is leading in 78 of the 126 seats, far ahead of its nearest rival Congress, which campaigned hard to reclaim its one-time fortress.

In Tamil Nadu, the DMK crossed the halfway mark in early leads, ahead of the ruling AIADMK, which has an alliance with the BJP. MK Stalin's DMK and its allies are leading in 141 seats and the AIDMK, in 92.

In Kerala, the incumbent LDF is leading in 91 of the 140 seats and seems to be on its way to buck a 40-year tradition. The Congress-led UDF is leading in 45 seats.

In Puducherry, the N Rangaswamy's AINRC-led alliance, of which the BJP is a part, is leading in 11 of the 30 assembly seats while the Congress is ahead in 6.

 

 

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