Results of the elections conducted for five states (West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and UT of Puducherry) in the month of April were declared on 4th May 2026. Everyone eagerly awaited the outcome of the exact-polls in the background of the exit-poll results declared on 29 May evening. The biggest upheaval of these results is the outcome in the two states namely West Bengal and Tamil Nadu. In Assam, the BJP-NDA further tightened the screws and got more than three fourth majority mandate in the house. Congress led UDF dethroned the LDF in Kerala by securing a commanding majority. In Puducherry, NDA again got a comfortable majority that will be further reinforced with the nomination of three members to the Assembly in near future.

The biggest talking point on all news portals, channels, print media and other media platforms was indeed West Bengal. The BJP brought a virtual political earthquake in the state by completely sweeping the elections. It was the reverse of the 2021 election results thereby the BJP and the TRC will be exchanging their positions in the Assembly this time. In 2021, TMC led by Mamta Bannerji got 214 seats in the Assembly of 294 members while the BJP was in second position with 77 members. This time the BJP got 207 seats while the TMC got 80 seats. Further BJP’s vote share increased to 46% while the TMC’s share went down to 41%.

In Assam, the BJP under the able leadership of the Chief Minister, Hemanta Bisawa Sarma created a record by securing 80% of the seats in the Assembly. The BJP-NDA got 102 seats in the house of 126 while the Congress got reduced to 19 seats only. In Puducherry, the NDA repeated their last performance, rather improved it and the Congress has been reduced to one seat only in the UT Assembly.

The results in Kerala ended the rule of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) which was in office for the last ten years consistently. With this, the Left parties’ rule ended in all states of the country after a gap of almost five decades. This is a significant development in........

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