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West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry Election Result 2021 Live Updates: As of the update at 10.30 pm on the EC’s website, Mamata Banerjee is leading by 820 votes in the Nandigram constituency. Banerjee has secured 1,03,571 votes while Adhikari has secured 1,02,751 votes. According to news reports, a three-member Trinamool Congres delegation is meeting Chief Electoral Officer at EC Office in Kolkata seeking a recount of votes in Nandigram and other issues. As of 8.45 pm, according the official EC website, Mamata Banerjee is leading in Nandigram with 84,004 EVM votes. However, her opponent, and TMC turncoat Suvendu Adhikari tweeted out thanking the people of Nandigram for choosing him as their representative. “My sincere thanks to the great People of Nandigram for their love, trust, blessings, and support, and for choosing me as their representative and the MLA from #Nandigram. It is my never-ending commitment to be of service to them and working for their welfare. I am truly grateful!” Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted, “Congratulations to Mamata Didi for @AITCofficial’s win in West Bengal. The Centre will continue to extend all possible support to the West Bengal Government to fulfil people’s aspirations and also to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic. @MamataOfficial”. Mamata is all set to return as the Bengal CM for a third consecutive term. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also congratulated the TMC chief as the TMC is headed for a return to power in the state. As per the latest result trends available on the EC website for the 292 of the 294 seats in Bengal, the TMC has won 34 and was ahead in 177 seats while the BJP has won six seats and is ahead in 73. “I would like to thank my sisters and brothers of West Bengal who have blessed our party. From a negligible presence earlier, BJP’s presence has significantly increased. BJP will keep serving the people. I applaud each and every Karyakarta for their spirited effort in the polls,” he said. The All India Trinamool Congress has appealed to people to not speculate over the election result of the Nandigram constituency in West Bengal as counting of votes is still underway. The party made the remark in a tweet, amid conflicting reports over who won the seat. While initial reports claimed Mamata as the winner, some reports have emerged claiming that Suvendu Adhikari has won the seat. As per the EC website, counting is still underway in the seat with Adhikari leading by a margin of 9,862 votes. “Let the Nandigram people give whatever verdict they want, I accept that. I don’t mind. We won more than 221 seats and BJP has lost the election,” she said, addressing reporters after the TMC looked set to sweep the West Bengal polls with leads in 207 seats and wins in five seats. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi congratulated DMK chief MK Stalin as result trends showed the DMK and Congress well ahead of the majority mark. “Congratulations to Shri MK Stalin for the victory. People of Tamil Nadu have voted for change and we will, under your leadership, prove to be a confident step in that direction. Best wishes,” he said. Earlier in the day, BJP leader Rajnath Singh too had congratulated Stalin for the party’s stellar performance in the Assembly Election. BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma won the Jalukbari Assembly constituency by a margin of over one lakh votes. Sarma has won a fifth consecutive term from the constituency. The BJP leader had won the seat in the 2016 election by a margin of 85,935 votes. Election strategist Prashant Kishor, who had claimed back in December that the BJP will struggle to cross double digits in the West Bengal assembly polls or else he will quit, Sunday announced he is “quitting this space”. He also came down hard on the Election Commission, accusing it of being an “extension of BJP”. “I am quitting this space,” he told India Today TV channel after trends showed a landslide victory for the TMC, the party whose election strategy he helped craft for the Assembly elections. “I have never seen a more partial Election Commission, it did everything to help BJP… from allowing the use of religion to scheduling poll and bending rules, EC did everything to help the BJP,” he said, BJP national general secretary CT Ravi told CNN-News18 that the party has accepted public mandate with result trends showing the Congress-DMK alliance leading with 150+ seats in Tamil Nadu. “We have accepted the public’s mandate,” Ravi said. As per the latest result trends, while the Congress-DMK alliance is leading in 151 seats, the incumbent AIADMK and BJP are ahead in 82 seats. Kerala health minister KK Shailaja is leading by more than 61,000 votes at Mattannur, News18 reported. Revolutionary Socialist Party candidate Illikkal Augusthy was has emerged as the main challenger from the seat. Shailaja was lauded globally for her role in controlling the spread of COVID-19 during the first wave of the pandemic in the southern state. The MNM’s Kamal Haasan is leading from Coimbatore South with 24,275 votes, while TTV Dhinakaran of the Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) is trailing by over 5,000 votes in Kovilpatti. Ruling parties were poised to return to power in three states with Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress striding way ahead of the BJP in West Bengal while the BJP was comfortably ahead in Assam as was the LDF in Kerala, Election Commission trends indicated on Sunday. According to the latest updates from the Election Commission, Suvendu Adhikari is leading with a margin of over 3,000 votes against Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram. The margin was earlier over 8,000 votes. The ruling LDF maintained its lead in 88 of the 140 assembly constituencies in Kerala while the opposition Congress-headed UDF was ahead in 50 segments, as per trends available till 10.30 am In Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister E Palaniswami was leading in his home segment of Edappadi in Salem district and leader of opposition and DMK president M K Stalin was ahead in Kolathur constituency In Kerala, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is leading from the Dharmadam constituency as per the leads at 8.33 am As per early leads in Tamil Nadu, the DMK is ahead in five seats, while the PMK is leading in one seat. Counting of votes has begun for all five Assembly polls. Exit polls have forecast a tight contest between the incumbent Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress and the BJP in the crucial West Bengal assembly polls and put the ruling saffron combine ahead in Assam Counting of votes for 822 Assembly seats spread across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and Puducherry will take place from 8 am today (Sunday, 2 May) following the COVID-19 protocols. The election has been overshadowed by the raging COVID pandemic, as the BJP seeks to consolidate its hold over more states and Congress along with its allies attempts to regain turf. There will be 2,364 counting halls as compared to 1,002 halls in 2016 in 822 assembly constituencies in view of the coronavirus guidelines, according to the Election Commission which had drawn flak from the courts over the conduct of polls during the pandemic. At least 15 rounds of sanitisation will be carried out at each centre, besides social distancing and other precautions, including a ban on gatherings, will be strictly followed during the counting by 95,000 officials, officials said. They said counting of votes will begin at 8 am and continue late into the night. As many as 1,100 counting observers will watch the process and candidates and agents will have to produce a negative COVID test report or double dose of vaccination certificate to get an entry. Exit polls have forecast a tight contest between the incumbent Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress and the BJP in the crucial West Bengal assembly polls and put the ruling saffron combine ahead in Assam while projecting that the Left alliance will retain Kerala, a feat unseen in four decades. For the Congress, the exit polls predicted that it may fall short in Assam and Kerala and lose in Puducherry to the opposition alliance of AINRC-BJP-AIADMK. The only good news for the Congress was from Tamil Nadu, where the exit polls predicted that the DMK-led opposition alliance, of which it is a part, will trounce the AIADMK-BJP coalition. The poll results in the four states and the UT are also likely to reflect how the handling of the COVID pandemic has played on the voters’ mind. Polling was held in eight phases in West Bengal between March 27 and April 29, in Assam in three stages on March 27, April 1 and 6, while votes were cast in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and the Union Territory of Puducherry in a single phase on April 6, when the COVID surge had begun in many of the states. Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal are among the 11 states that account for 78.22 per cent of the total active cases, according to the Health ministry. West Bengal will have the maximum number of 1,113 counting halls, Kerala 633, Assam 331, Tamil Nadu 256 and Puducherry 31, the EC said. A three-tier security arrangement is in place in West Bengal’s counting centres and 256 companies of central forces deployed across 23 districts of the state that voted in a gruelling election marred by violence and vicious personal attacks. The result will decide whether Mamata Banerjee, who has been in power for 10 years and is arguably fighting the toughest poll of her political career, has been able to thwart the challenge by the battle-hardened election army of the BJP led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah. The BJP, which had just three seats in the 294-member Assembly after the polls and went to win 18 out of 42 seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha election, had pulled out all the stops in the state in a determined bid to oust Banerjee, a vocal critic of Prime Minister Modi, and add another state to its tally of 17. The Left-Congress alliance is the third main contestant in the state. In Tamil Nadu, both Dravidian parties – AIADMK and DMK – went into the election without their stalwarts, J Jayalalithaa and M Karunanidhi. Chief Minister K Palaniswami and his deputy O Panneerselvam will cement their position as successors of Jayalalithaa if the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazagham (AIADMK) retains power though it faces an uphill task especially after the rout in the 2019 Lok Sabha election when the DMK-led alliance won 38 out of 39 seats. The AIADMK had scored successive wins in 2011 and in 2016, when Jayalalithaa bucked the anti-incumbency trend – the first by anyone in nearly three decades in the state. After a narrow defeat in the last assembly election where several exit polls had predicted his party’s win, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief M K Stalin spearheaded a determined election campaign this time and vigorously toured the state to take on the ruling AIADMK. AIADMK ally BJP, which had not won any seat in the last polls, is contesting in 20 constituencies. Another AIADMK ally PMK is contesting from 23 constituencies. The Congress, an ally of the DMK, is in the fray in 25 Assembly segments. Actor-politician Kamal Haasan’s Makkal Needhi Maiam-led combine is also in the fray. There are 75 counting centres across the state and all arrangements are in place to smoothly conduct the exercise, which would be monitored by observers, authorities said. In Kerala, the Left Democratic Front (LDF) is seeking to break the state’s four-decade-old trend of swinging between the communists and the Congress-led United Democratic Front. As many as 957 candidates, including Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, 11 of his Cabinet colleagues, Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala, senior Congress leader Oommen Chandy, ‘Metroman’ E Sreedharan, former Union Minister K J Alphons and BJP State president K Surendran, among others, were in fray in the election to the 140 seats. The BJP, which had won one seat in 2016, is confident of garnering more seats this time The poll is significant for Kerala Congress (M) chief Jose K Mani who recently snapped decades-long ties with the UDF and joined hands with the Left front. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had camped in the state for several days and taken part in dozens of corner meetings and rallies, with the party hoping that the state will herald a turn in its electoral fortunes after a series of disappointments in recent years. In Assam, the ruling BJP is facing a challenge from ‘Mahajoth’ or ‘Grand Alliance’ comprising the Congress, AIUDF, Bodoland Peoples’ Front (BPF), CPI(M), CPI, CPI(ML) Liberation, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Anchalik Gana Morcha (AGM). The BJP has an alliance with the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), the United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL) and the Gana Suraksha Party (GSP), The saffron party had scripted history by winning the traditionally Congress-dominated state in 2016, after remaining on the fringes. In Puducherry, the AINRC-led NDA and the Congress-led Secular Democratic alliance are in a contest. While AINRC fielded candidates in 16 of the total 30 constituencies the BJP is contesting nine seats while the AIADMK is contesting five seats. The Congress-led government in the Union Territory had collapsed just before the elections. Counting will also be held in four Lok Sabha seats and 13 assembly seats across 13 states where bypolls were held. The EC has banned victory roadshows and vehicle rallies. With inputs from PTI
Election Results Updates: Suvendu Adhikari regains lead in Nandigram, ahead by 1,956 votes
West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry Election Result 2021 Live Updates: As per the 10.30 pm update on EC’s website, Mamata has secured 1,03,571 votes while BJP candidate Suvendu Adhikari has bagged 1,02,751 votes
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West Bengal Election Results Latest Updates
Suvendu Adhikari wins by margin of 1,736 votes in Nandigram
BJP candidate Suvendu Adhikari defeated Mamamta Banerjee by 1,956 votes in the Nandigram constituency on Sunday. He secured 1,10,764 votes while the TMC chief got 1,08,808 votes.
Assam Election Results Latest Updates
Assam numbers as of 11.25 pm:
The NDA is set to form the government in Assam for the second consecutive term, with the BJP securing leads in 59 (46 won, 13 leading) seats, and its ally AGP winning nine seats.
| Party | Won | Leading | Total |
| All India United Democratic Front | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| Asom Gana Parishad | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 46 | 13 | 59 |
| Bodoland Peoples Front | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Indian National Congress | 19 | 10 | 29 |
| United People’s Party, Liberal | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | 95 | 31 | 126 |
West Bengal Election Results Latest Updates
TMC bags 189 seats; still leading in 25 seats
The ruling Trinamool Congress has secured its third consecutive term in West Bengal, with wins in 189 seats and leads in 25 seats as of the 11.10 pm update on the Election Commission’s website.
| Party | Won | Leading | Total |
| All India Trinamool Congress | 189 | 25 | 214 |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 63 | 13 | 76 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Rashtriya Secular Majlis Party | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 196 | 96 | 292 |
West Bengal Election Results Latest Updates
Suvendu Adhikari regains lead in Nandigram as of 11 pm
BJP candidate Suvendu Adhikari regained his lead over incumbent West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee in the Nandigram constituency. He is leading by a margin of 1,956 votes.
As of 11 pm, the EC website showed 1,10,764 votes polled for Adhikari, including 1,091 postal ballots, and 1,08,808 votes for Banerjee with 871 postal ballots.
West Bengal Election Results Latest Updates
‘Attempts to revoke Mamata Banerjee’s win are petty’: Sharad Pawar
The voters of Bengal have overwhelmingly supported Mamata and endorsed her for a third term. This result has to be accepted with a large heart. But the manner in which attempts are being made to revoke her win can only be called pettiness.#MamtaBanerjee
— Sharad Pawar (@PawarSpeaks) May 2, 2021
West Bengal Election Results Latest Updates
Mamata Banerjee leads by 820 votes as per EC website
As of the update at 10.30 pm on the EC’s website, Mamata Banerjee is leading by 820 votes in the Nandigram constituency.
Banerjee has secured 1,03,571 votes while Adhikari has secured 1,02,751 votes.
West Bengal Election Results Latest Updates
TMC demands recounting of votes in Nandigram
The Trinamool Congress wrote to the West Bengal Chief Electoral Office demanding an “immediate re-counting of votes in Nandigram AC 210 and postal ballots.”
Incumbent chief minister Mamata Banerjee is in a neck-and-neck contest with TMC turncoat Suvendu Adhikari in the constituency.
However, The Indian Express reported that the request has been declined by the Returning Officer.
Trinamool Congress writes to Chief Electoral office, West Bengal for, "immediate re-counting of votes in Nandigram AC 210 and postal ballots." pic.twitter.com/BKCpdzrMf2
— ANI (@ANI) May 2, 2021
Puducherry Election Results Latest Updates
Party-wise seats won in Puducherry
| Party | Won | Leading | Total |
| All India N.R. Congress | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Independent | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Indian National Congress | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 22 | 8 | 30 |
Tamil Nadu Election Results Latest Updates
DMK leads in 109 seats, declared victory in 23
| Party | Won | Leading | Total |
| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 11 | 58 | 69 |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Communist Party of India | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 23 | 109 | 132 |
| Indian National Congress | 2 | 14 | 16 |
| Indian Union Muslim League | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Pattali Makkal Katchi | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Total | 37 | 197 | 234 |
West Bengal Election Results Latest Updates
Mamata set to return as CM for third term; TMC won 149, leading in 61
| Party | Won | Leading | Total |
| All India Trinamool Congress | 149 | 61 | 210 |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 46 | 34 | 80 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Rashtriya Secular Majlis Party | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 196 | 96 | 292 |
Kerala Election Results LATEST Updates
LDF under Pinarayi Vijayan set to return to power again
| Party | Won | Leading | Total |
| Communist Party of India | 15 | 2 | 17 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 52 | 10 | 62 |
| Congress (Secular) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Independent | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Indian National Congress | 19 | 2 | 21 |
| Indian National League | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Indian Union Muslim League | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| Janadhipathiya Kerala Congress | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Janata Dal (Secular) | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Kerala Congress | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Kerala Congress (Jacob) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kerala Congress (M) | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Kerala Congress (B) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Loktantrik Janta Dal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| National Secular Conference | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nationalist Congress Party | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Revolutionary Marxist Party of India | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 122 | 18 | 140 |
ASSAM Election Results LATEST Updates
BJP wins 28 seats; AGP wins 6, leading in 4
| Party | Won | Leading | Total |
| All India United Democratic Front | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| Asom Gana Parishad | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 28 | 30 | 58 |
| Bodoland Peoples Front | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Independent | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Indian National Congress | 8 | 24 | 32 |
| United People’s Party, Liberal | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Total | 54 | 72 | 126 |
West Bengal Election Results LATEST Updates
TMC delegation meets Chief Electoral Officer, seeks recount of votes in Nandigram
According to ANI, a three-member Trinamool Congres delegation is meeting Chief Electoral Officer at EC Office in Kolkata seeking a recount of votes in Nandigram and other issues.
West Bengal Election Results LATEST Updates
Suvendu Adhikari thanks people of Nandigram as EC puts Mamata in lead
As of 8.45 pm, according the official EC website, Mamata Banerjee is leading in Nandigram with 84,004 EVM votes. However, her opponent, and TMC turncoat Suvendu Adhikari tweeted out thanking the people of Nandigram for choosing him as their representative. “My sincere thanks to the great People of Nandigram for their love, trust, blessings, and support, and for choosing me as their representative and the MLA from #Nandigram. It is my never-ending commitment to be of service to them and working for their welfare. I am truly grateful!”
West Bengal Election Results LATEST Updates
Let the Nandigram people give whatever verdict they want, I accept that, says Mamata
With the suspense continuing over the Nandigram verdict, Mamata Banerjee said: “Don’t worry about Nandigram, I struggled for Nandigram because I fought a movement. It’s ok. Let the Nandigram people give whatever verdict they want, I accept that. I don’t mind. We won more than 221 seats and BJP has lost the election.”
Kerala Election Results LATEST Updates
Pinarayi Vijayan wins Dharmadam seat by margin of over 50,000 votes
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has won the Dharmadom seat with a margin of 50,123 votes, reported news agency PTI.
West Bengal Election Results LATEST Updates
Adhikari edges past Mamata in Nandigram but VVPAT verification underway
According to the Election Commission count, BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari has defeated Mamata Banerjee by 1,736 votes in Nandigram. However, mandatory VVPAT verification is currently underway and results will be officially announced only after that, reports have said.
Tamil Nadu Election Results LATEST Updates
Rajinikanth congratulates Stalin over poll win
Congratulating DMK chief M K Stalin for his party’s stellar performance in the state polls, superstar Rajinikanth said, “I whole-heartedly congratulate my friend MK Stalin who had worked tirelessly and secured the victory in the recently concluded assembly election. I wish him long life and good health. He should receive name and fame by running a government satisfying people across the society.”
— Rajinikanth (@rajinikanth) May 2, 2021
Tamil Nadu Election Results LATEST Updates
DMK wins: Udhay Stalin claims victory in Tamil Nadu polls
Udhay Stalin, son of DMK chief M K Stalin, claimed victory of his party in the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.
#DMKwinsTN #AIIMS #TNwithDMK pic.twitter.com/da6aF5k6qW
— Udhay (@Udhaystalin) May 2, 2021
Tamil Nadu Election Results LATEST Updates
Thank you, brother: Stalin responds to Rahul’s congratulatory message
Responding to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s tweet congratulating the DMK leader, Stalin tweeted, “Thank you, brother @RahulGandhi for your kind wishes and unstinted support. Tamil Nadu will always stand with federal, secular and egalitarian forces of the country.”
Thank you, brother @RahulGandhi for your kind wishes and unstinted support.
— M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) May 2, 2021
Tamil Nadu will always stand with federal, secular and egalitarian forces of the country. https://t.co/Ff7bdW8njd
West Bengal Election Results LATEST Updates
Modi, Rahul congratulate TMC over Bengal ‘win’
Prime MInister Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi congratulated TMC chief and incumbent West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee with the TMC headed for a return to power in the state.
As per the latest result trends available on the EC website for the 292 of the 294 seats in Bengal, the TMC has won 34 and was ahead in 177 seats while the BJP has won six seats and is ahead in 73.
“I would like to thank my sisters and brothers of West Bengal who have blessed our party. From a negligible presence earlier, BJP’s presence has significantly increased. BJP will keep serving the people. I applaud each and every Karyakarta for their spirited effort in the polls,” he said.
Congratulations to Mamata Didi for @AITCofficial's win in West Bengal. The Centre will continue to extend all possible support to the West Bengal Government to fulfil people’s aspirations and also to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic. @MamataOfficial
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 2, 2021
I’m happy to congratulate Mamata ji and the people of West Bengal for soundly defeating the BJP.
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) May 2, 2021
Tamil Nadu Election Results LATEST Updates
DMK+ wins/leads in 148 seats
As per the latest trends availble for 234 seats in Tamil Nadu on the election commission website, results for four seats have been declared while counting in the remaining 230 seats are stil underway.
The DMK and allies have won or are leading in 148 seats. DMK has won two seats and is ahead in 123 while ally Congress is ahead in 16 seats. BOth the CPI and the CPM are leading in two seats each, while the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi is ahead in three seats.
The ruling AIADMK has won two seats and is ahead in 75 seats whiel ally BJP is ahead in three seats. Among the other allies, the Pattali Makkal Katchi is leading in five seats.
Kamal Haasan’s Makkal Needhi Maiam is leading in one seat.
Assam Election Results LATEST Updates
Results for 13 seats declared; countign still underway in 112
As per the latest trends availble for 125 of the 126 seats in Assam on the election commission website, BJP has won seven seats, and is leading in 51. Among the saffron partys’ allies, the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) has won three and is ahead in eight seats while the United People’s Party Liberal is ahead in eight seats.
The Congress has won three seats and is ahed in 26 while its ally All India United Democratic Front is leading in 13 seats. Assam Jatiya Parishad, Bodoland Peoples Front, and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) are leading in one seats each.
There are independent candidates who are also leading at the moment.
West Bengal Election Results 2021 LATEST Updates
Counting still underway in Nanidgram, tweets TMC
The All India Trinamool Congress has appealed to people to not speculate over the election result of the Nandigram constituency in West Bengal as counting of votes is still underway.
The party made the remark in a tweet, amid conflicting reports over who won the seat. While initial reports claimed Mamata as the winner, some reports have emerged claiming that Suvendu Adhikari has won the seat. As per the EC website, counting is still underway in the seat with Adhikari leading by a margin of 9,862 votes.
Addressing reporters after the TMC looked set to sweep the West Bengal polls with leads in 207 seats and wins in five seats, Mamata had said that she is not worried about Nautndigram and that she would accept people’s verdict.
“Let the Nandigram people give whatever verdict they want, I accept that. I don’t mind. We won more than 221 seats and BJP has lost the election,” she said.
The counting process for Nandigram has not been completed. Please do not speculate.
— All India Trinamool Congress (@AITCofficial) May 2, 2021
Tamil Nadu Election Results 2021 LATEST Updates
‘People have voted for change,’ says Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi congratulated DMK chief MK Stalin as result trends showed the DMK and Congress well ahead of the majority mark.
“Congratulations to Shri MK Stalin for the victory. People of Tamil Nadu have voted for change and we will, under your leadership, prove to be a confident step in that direction. Best wishes,” he said.
Earlier in the day, BJP leader Rajnath Singh too had congratulated Stalin for the party’s stellar performance in the Assembly Election.
Congratulations to Shri MK Stalin for the victory.
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) May 2, 2021
People of Tamil Nadu have voted for change and we will, under your leadership, prove to be a confident step in that direction.
Best wishes.
Kerala Election Results 2021 LATEST Updates
LDF tally nears 99
At 6 pm, the result trends (both wins and leads) in Kerala are as follows:
Assam Election Results 2021 LATEST Updates
BJP allies tally rises to 77, Congress plus at 51
At 6 pm, the result trends (both wins and leads) in Assam are as follows:
Assam Election Results 2021 LATEST Updates
Himanta Biswa Sarma wins Jalukbari by over one lakh votes
BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma won the Jalukbari Assembly constituency by a margin of over one lakh votes. Sarma has won a fifth consecutive term from the constituency.
@BJP4India won Jalukbari LAC-by a margin of 1,01,911 votes.
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) May 2, 2021
It would be my Privilege to represent the constituency for 5th consecutive term.
My gratitude to the people of Jalukbari,Honble PM @narendramodi , HM @AmitShah and national president @JPNadda
JAI AAI ASOM,JAI HIND
West Bengal Assembly Election Results LATEST Updates
‘Quitting this space,’ says TMC poll strategist Prashant Kishor
Election strategist Prashant Kishor, who had claimed back in December that the BJP willstruggle to cross double digits in the West Bengal assembly polls or else he will quit, Sunday announced he is “quitting this space”. He also came down hard on the Election Commission, accusing it of being an “extension of BJP”.
“I am quitting this space,” he told India Today TV channel after trends showed a landslide victory for the TMC, the party whose election strategy he helped craft for theassembly elections.
“I have never seen a more partial Election Commission, it did everything to help BJP… from allowing use of religion to scheduling poll and bending rules, EC did everything to help the BJP,” he said, calling the poll panel an “extension” of the saffron party.
Talking to NDTV, Kishor stuck to his stand that the BJP was a formidable force in West Bengal. He said he was confident about the TMC’s victory despite the BJP’s attempt to “build a massive propaganda” that it was winning.
“The result may look like one-sided but it was a tough fight. BJP is a formidable force and will be,” he said. “…in reality BJP will struggle to cross doubledigits in #WestBengal,” he had tweeted as early as December last year and his words proved prophetic.
“If BJP does any better, I must quit this space!” hehad said.
Assembly Election Results LATEST Updates
Rajnath Singh congratulates Oppn leaders in TN, Kerala and Bengal
BJP leader and defence minister Rajnath Singh congratulated Opposition leaders including Mamata Banerjee for her party’s performance in the West Bengal Assembly Election.
“Congratulations to the Chief Minister of West Bengal, @MamataOfficial Didi on her party’s victory in West Bengal assembly elections. My best wishes to her for her next tenure,” Singh tweeted.
The Union defence minister also congratulated Opposition leaders MK Stalin and Pinarayi Vijayan for winning in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, respectively.
In Assam, where BJP is poised to return to power with the party leading in 57 seats, Singh congratulated the party workers for the win. He tweeted:
“The pro-people policies of Shri @narendramodi led Govt & the state Govt under @sarbanandsonwal have once again helped the BJP in winning assembly elections in Assam. Congratulations to PM Modi, CM Sonowal, Adhyaksh Shri @JPNadda & karyakartas on BJP’s impressive victory in Assam.”
Assam Election Results LATEST Updates
BJP workers distribute sweets in Guwahati as party leads in 57 seats
Bharatiya Janata Praty (BJP) workers were seen celebrating the party’s performance in the Assembly election by distributing sweets at party office in Guwahati, ANI reported. Official trends show BJP leading in 57 seats.
Assam: Bharatiya Janata Praty (BJP) workers celebrate by distributing sweets at party office in Guwahati, as official trends show BJP leading in 57 seats. pic.twitter.com/Eh32Irc8Io
— ANI (@ANI) May 2, 2021
Tamil Nadu Election Results LATEST Updates
‘We have accepted public mandate,’ says BJPs CT Ravi
BJP national general secretary CT Ravi told CNN-News18 that the party has accepted public mandate with result trends showing the Congress-DMK alliance leading with 150+ seats in Tamil Nadu. “We have accepted the public’s mandate,” Ravi said.
As per the latest result trends, while the Congress-DMK alliance is leading in 151 seats, the incumbent AIADMK and BJP are ahead in 82 seats
We have accepted the public's mandate: CT Ravi (@CTRavi_BJP), National General Secretary, BJP.#VerdictWithNews18 | #BattleForTamilNadu
— News18 (@CNNnews18) May 2, 2021
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Kerala Election Results LATEST Updates
KK Shailaja leads in Manttannur by over 61,000 votes
Kerala health minister KK Shailaja is leading by more than 61,000 votes at Mattannur, News18 reported. Revolutionary Socialist Party candidate Illikkal Augusthy was has emerged as the main challenger from the seat. Shailaja was lauded globally for her role in controlling the spread of COVID-19 during the first wave of the pandemic in the southern state.
West Bengal Election Results 2021 LATEST Updates
Mamata Banerjee leads by 2,700 votes
According to ABP Live, Mamata Banerjee is now leading from Nandigram with 2,700 votes against the BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari
Assam Election Results 2021 LATEST Updates
Congress dismisses trends, says Mahajot will win
Despite trends till Sunday afternoon showing a comeback for the BJP in Assam, the Congress claimed that the Grand Alliance of the opposition parties will emerge victorious and form the government once the final results are out.
All India Congress Committee National General Secretary Jitendra Singh said the trends so far will be reversed in the next two to four hours. “I am still saying that the ‘‘Mahajot’’ will form the government. Only 3-4 rounds are over at this moment, while counting will continue for more than 15 rounds in most of the seats,” said Singh, the in-charge of Assam Congress.
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Election Results 2021 LATEST Updates
‘Want to quit,’ says poll strategist Prashant Kishor
Even as the election trends show a massive win for the TMC, poll strategist Prashant Kishor has been quoted by NDTV as saying, “I want to quit this space. I want to do something else in life.”
West Bengal Election Results 2021 LATEST Updates
‘Momentous day’: says TMC’s Derek O’Brien
An emotional day after fighting the world’s most destructive force, MO-SHA’s BJP. Filthy campaign aided by agencies and shameless EC. A momentous day for India & Bengal. It is understandable that we are euphoric but we also know that during #Covid we have to celebrate responsibly
— Derek O'Brien | ডেরেক ও'ব্রায়েন (@derekobrienmp) May 2, 2021
Kerala Election Results 2021 LATEST Updates
CPM garners 26% vote share, Congress gets 24.33% votes
According to the Election Commission’s official figures, the CPM has won 26 percent of the vote share in Kerala, while the Congress has won 24.33 percent vote share. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has won 11.79 percent vote share.
West Bengal Election Results 2021 LATEST Updates
‘What a fight’, says Kejriwal, congratulates Mamata Banerjee
Congratulations @MamataOfficial didi for landslide victory. What a fight!
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) May 2, 2021
Congratulations to the people of WB
Tamil Nadu Election Results 2021 LATEST Updates
Kamal Haasan leading from Coimbatore South
The MNM’s Kamal Haasan is leading from Coimbatore South with 24,275 votes, while TTV Dhinakaran of the Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) is trailing by over 5,000 votes in Kovilpatti.
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