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Kolkata: In a see-saw battle, West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee regained the lead over BJP challenger Suvendu Adhikari in the high-profile Bhabanipur constituency after the third round of counting Monday. According to Election Commission data, Banerjee was ahead by 898 votes...

Kolkata/Chennai: BJP was forging a possible victory path in West Bengal with leads in 109 seats against the ruling TMC's 63 and surging ahead in Assam while actor-politician Vijay's TVK was set for a stunning debut in Tamil Nadu, ahead in 103 seats, leaving the...

Guwahati: The ruling NDA was leading in 87 seats in Assam while the Congress was ahead in 21 constituencies, according to the Election Commission. The EC has released trends for 114 of the 126 constituencies in the state, with the BJP leading in 71 while...

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...