Assembly Elections 2026
Five polls, three power shifts. When votes across Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry were counted on 4 May 2026, the map moved sharply: the BJP formed its first-ever government in West Bengal under Suvendu Adhikari, the Congress-led UDF unseated the Left in Kerala with V.D. Satheesan as Chief Minister, and actor Vijay's two-year-old TVK became the single-largest party in a hung Tamil Nadu, propelling him into the CM's chair. Assam and Puducherry, by contrast, stayed with their incumbents. A quick-reference card to every result, seat count and swearing-in.
- Assembly Elections 2026
- West Bengal
- Kerala
- Tamil Nadu
- Assam
- Puducherry
- TVK
- Suvendu Adhikari
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