View: Surprise, surprise, BJP a net gainer from these assembly elections SECTIONS Share Synopsis The BJP has retained Assam, lost the single seat it had in the Kerala assembly and come out on the losing side in Tamil Nadu. Its victory in Puducherry is neither here nor there. However, on balance, it is advantage BJP in this round of five state assembly elections. Agencies On balance, it is advantage BJP in this round of five state assembly elections. Mamata Banerjee emerges as the tallest figure of these round of elections, trouncing a BJP that had used every trick in the book, and then some, to oust her, and had boasted of winning more than 200 of the state’s 294 seats. The BJP has retained Assam, lost the single seat it had in the Kerala assembly and come out on the losing side in Tamil Nadu. Its victory in Puducherry is neither here nor there. However, on balance, it is advantage BJP in this round of five state assembly elections.