Election Results: Trinamool Wins In Bengal, DMK In Tamil Nadu, Left In Kerala, BJP Keeps Assam

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New Delhi: Mamata Banerjee on Sunday won a spectacular victory in Bengal, defeating the BJP in elections in the middle of a raging pandemic. The DMK is back in Tamil Nadu after 10 years. The LDF has retained Kerala; Assam has voted for BJP again.

The Assembly elections 2021 were held amid a surge in Covid-19 cases across the country.

Number of seats in the four states and 1 UT are as follows: Assam (126), West Bengal (294 seats), Tamil Nadu (234 seats), Kerala (140 seats) and Puducherry (30 seats).

After a decade in Opposition, the DMK won a convincing victory over arch-rival AIADMK in Tamil Nadu. M K Stalin, the 68-year-old DMK president, is all set to become the Chief Minister for the first time.

The Left rewrote history in Kerala on Sunday by becoming the first government to get a second term in four decades. Pinarayi Vijayan, the 76-year-old CPI(M) leader, became the third chief minister in Kerala’s history to be re-elected and the first to continue in office after completing a full term.

The BJP-led NDA is set to form the government in Assam for the second consecutive time.

The AINRC-led National Democratic Alliance will take power in union territory Puducherry after winning 16 seats in the 30-member assembly.

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