Despite the Congress party facing reversal in the elections in Kerala, West Bengal, Assam and Union Territory of Puducherry, the 18 seats it won in Tamil Nadu has given rise to hope for the party national leadership.The All India Congress .
We’ll go over some aspects of the voter data that we have, both from the CSDS poll as well as from the research that our data team here at The Hindu has done
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Here are a series of stories by CSDS-Lokniti explaining how Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry, Assam and West Bengal, and their electoral candidates performed across the country in the now-concluded Assembly Elections.
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Here are a series of stories by CSDS-Lokniti explaining how Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry, Assam and West Bengal, and their electoral candidates performed across the country in the now-concluded Assembly Elections.
The “local” was of utmost importance in the decision-making of voters in the Assembly elections, according to a special post-poll survey conducted by the Lokniti-CSDS for
The Hindu. Each of the surveyed States had specific local variables that swayed and determined the choices of the respondents. Clearly, the voters were determining their electoral choice for State and national elections distinctly.
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Trinamool Congress party chief Mamata Banerjee shows victory sign as she addresses supporters and media following her party’s victory in the West Bengal state elections in Kolkata, India, Sunday, May 2, 2021.
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Although India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has made major gains in the four states and one Union Territory that voted in elections to assemblies over the past month, there is reason for the country’s opposition parties and alliances to draw satisfaction from the election results. In three states, non-BJP parties and alliances have successfully kept the BJP out of power.
New Delhi [India], May 3 (ANI): Congress Interim President Sonia Gandhi on Sunday spoke to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and DMK chief MK Stalin over the phone and congratulated them for their win in the assembly elections in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu.