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Kolkata: The ruling Trinamool Congress and the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were in a neck-and-neck battle in West Bengal with the latter slightly ahead after the first two hours of counting of votes. As of 10 a.m., the trends for 176 of 293 Assembly...

Chennai: Actor-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) has made a striking entry into Tamil Nadu’s political landscape, taking an early lead in the Assembly election results and emerging ahead of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in initial counting trends Monday. According to early figures, TVK...

Thiruvananthapuram: The initial two hours of counting of votes polled in the April 9 Kerala Assembly polls showed the Congress-led UDF taking a massive lead, as per news reports, indicating the front may claim power in the state. According to news reports, the UDF was...

Kolkata: BJP leaders in West Bengal Monday exuded confidence about winning the Assembly elections, asserting that people have voted for a change. Counting of votes for the 293 seats of the Assembly began at 8 am, as the TMC eyes a fourth straight term in...

Thiruvananthapuram: For the first time, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is trailing as are several of his cabinet colleagues. State Congress president and fighting his own battle in his home turf, Sunny Joseph, said this was a clear trend, and nothing is stopping them from storming...

Chennai: AIADMK is leading in 16 constituencies, TVK in 15 and DMK in 8, according to the Election Commission, while television reports suggested an advantage for actor-politician Vijay's TVK. AIADMK was leading in Veppanahalli, Harur, Cheyyar, Dharapuram, Perundurai, Coonoor, Kavundampalayam, Pollachi, Manapparai, Ariyalur, Panruti, Cuddalore,...

Kolkata: BJP was leading in 24 Assembly seats while its rival TMC was ahead in five seats in early trends shown on the Election Commission website Monday as counting of votes progressed across West Bengal. The Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha (BGPM), an ally of the...

Kolkata: No rallies celebrating the victory of candidates will be allowed anywhere in West Bengal Monday, a senior official of the Chief Electoral Officer's (CEO) office said. The official also said the poll panel is looking into complaints that agents of different parties were unable...

New Delhi: Counting of votes for bypolls to seven Assembly seats across five states began Monday, with results expected to shape key political equations in several regions. The bypolls were held April 9 and April 23 across constituencies in Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Nagaland and Tripura....

Kolkata: Early trends from television channels indicated that BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari was leading in the high-profile Bhabanipur Assembly constituency as counting of votes was underway Monday. The Election Commission is yet to release any figures. Officials said counting of postal ballots is currently underway,...