The ruling Trinamool Congress was ahead of the BJP in the keenly watched state of West Bengal while the DMK had an edge in Tamil Nadu as trends poured in for counting of votes on Sunday in the high-stakes assembly elections in four states and a union territory. In Assam, the ruling BJP-led NDA was leading in 22 seats, while the Grand Alliance spearheaded by the Congress is ahead in 15 places, according to initial trends available from counting of postal ballots in Assam, officials said. The ruling LDF in Kerala was leading in 75 of the total 140 seats while opposition UDF was ahead in 56 segments as counting of votes for the April 6 assembly elections got underway.
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Mamata Banerjee s Trinamool Congress is ahead in West Bengal, where the BJP seems to have made gains since the 2019 national elections. In Tamil Nadu, the opposition DMK is way ahead with party chief MK Stalin and son leading in their respective seats. In neighbouring Kerala, the ruling Left-led LDF front - which is hoping to end a four-decade trend by retaining power - is past the halfway mark, early trends from the state show
In Assam, the BJP is ahead of its nearest rival Congress, which campaigned hard to reclaim its one-time bastion.
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Counting of votes will be held on Sunday in the high-stakes Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry assembly elections, overshadowed by the raging COVID pandemic, as the BJP seeks to consolidate its hold over more states and the Congress along with its allies attempts to regain lost turf. There will be 2,364 counting halls as compared to 1,002 halls in 2016 in 822 assemble constituencies, a more than 200 percent increase, in view of the COVID guidelines, according t
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West Bengal election results Live news: Early leads show close contest between BJP and TMC
Counting of votes have started at 8 am. Of the state s 294 assembly constituencies, the most keenly watched is Nandigram in Purba Medinipur district where Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee is contesting against her protege-turned-adversary Suvendu Adhikari of the BJP.
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ABP: TMC ahead in 133, BJP in 109 and Cong-Left ahead in 6
Times Now: TMC+ leading in 117 seats, BJP+ in 109 seats, Left-Congress in 2 seats
NDTV: TMC ahead in 116 and BJP in 109, Left-Congress is 3
NW18: TMC ahead in 112, BJP in 85, Left-Congress in 0
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As TMC takes lead in Bengal, BJP says early trends not real indicator of election outcome
As TMC takes lead in Bengal, BJP says early trends not real indicator of election outcome
Even as the ruling TMC surged ahead of challenger BJP in Bengal, leading in over 100 seats, BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya exuded confidence that the saffron party will form the next government in Bengal.
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BJP leaders Swapan Dasgupta and Kailash Vijayvargiya during an event of BJP party in Kolkata. (PTI File)
Treading with caution even as early trends showed the ruling TMC ahead in West Bengal, the BJP said on Sunday that the party would cross the magic mark by the evening while adding that trends don’t decide an election.