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The Bharatiya Janata Party was poised to cross the 200-mark in the 294-member West Bengal Assembly, having won 81 seats and leading in 123 as of 7.15 pm. The Hindutva party is set to cross the majority mark of 148 seats, ending the 15-year rule of the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress.
The TMC had won 35 seats and was leading in 48 others. The Congress had secured victory in one seat and was leading in another. A party or an alliance needs 148 seats in the 294-member Assembly to secure a majority.
As vote counting progressed, the TMC alleged irregularities in the counting process, claiming that there was a delay and lack of transparency in the release of trends. Tensions also erupted outside a vote-counting centre in Asansol after reported clashes between supporters of the BJP and the TMC. Read more.
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In Tamil Nadu, actor-turned-politician Vijay’s newly-founded Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam had won 49 seats and was leading in 59 as of 7.15 pm. The ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam had won in 22 constituencies and was ahead in 38.
The National Democratic Alliance, comprising the Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the Bharatiya Janata Party, had secured victory in 24 seats and was leading in 28. A party or an alliance needs 118 seats to secure a majority.
Chief Minister MK Stalin lost against TVK candidate VS Babu by a margin of 8,795 votes. Vijay was leading against the DMK’s RD Shekar by over 19,000 votes from Perambur in northern Chennai.
In neighbouring Puducherry, the NDA, led by the All India NR Congress, had won 15 seats and was leading in three. The Opposition Secular Progressive Alliance, mainly comprising the Congress and the DMK, had won five and was ahead in one constituency. Read more.
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The Congress-led United Democratic Front won the Assembly elections in Kerala. It had secured 98 seats, the Election Commission data showed.
A party or an alliance needs 71 seats in the 140-member Assembly to secure a majority. The Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Democratic Front won 35 seats.
Kerala’s incumbent Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan won the Dharmadam constituency, defeating his nearest rival, the Congress’ VP Abdul Rasheed by more than 19,000 votes. At least 13 of the 21 minis
ters in the state had suffered a loss in their constituencies. Read on.
In Assam, the BJP had won 79 seats, crossing the majority mark on its own. Overall, the Hindutva party and its allies had won 80 seats and are leading in 12 others.
The Congress won 11 seats and was leading in eight others. A party or an alliance needs 64 seats in the 126-member Assembly for a majority.
The voter turnout in Assam was 85.9%, the highest ever in the state. In the 2021 polls, the state had recorded a turnout of 82%. Read more.
Behind saffron sweep in Assam: Hindu consolidation, welfare and Himanta, writes Rokibuz Zaman
A Delhi court stayed its earlier order directing the filing of a case against commentator Abhijit Iyer-Mitra for his social media posts in which he made sexually abusive remarks about the women employees of news outlet Newslaundry. On April 23, the court said that Iyer-Mitra could be charged with sexual harassment.
Newslaundry’s Managing Editor Manisha Pande and other women journalists working for the news outlet had approached the court, stating that Iyer-Mitra had repeatedly used derogatory language and slurs to target them. Read more.
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