NEW DELHI: As results take clearer shape on Monday, the 2026 assembly elections are delivering a political jolt few had fully anticipated. From a cinematic upheaval in Tamil Nadu to a decisive saffron surge in West Bengal, the verdict is throwing up headline-grabbing shocks and unsettling long-held assumptions about who holds power and how.What is…
Sumod of CPI(M)-led LDF secures Tarur SC in Kerala’s Palakkad district,with 11910 votes, beating INC Subramanian KC.Designated as a Scheduled Caste reserved seat in Kerala’s Palakkad district, the Tarur Assembly constituency stands 57th among the state’s 140 legislative seats, integral to the Alathur Lok Sabha (SC) region. This SC seat draws over 170,000 voters from…
In a dramatic twist to India’s political landscape, West Bengal has begun its tryst with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), marking a seismic shift from decades of regional dominance by the Trinamool Congress.Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu witnessed a major upheaval as new entrant TVK won over 100 seats, reshaping southern politics, while Kerala’s Congress-led United Democratic…
In Kerala’s Chavara, RSP’s Shibu baby John emerged as the winner, defeating independent candidate Dr. Sujith Vijayanpillai by 18,573 votes. Shibu baby John received 74308 votes, while Dr. Sujith Vijayanpillai secured 55,735 votes. The constituency is a general seat covering coastal regions around Chavara Municipality, along with rural panchayats such as Thekkumbhagom and Clappana. The…
In Kerela’s Karunagappally, INC’s C.R. Mahesh received 82593 votes, defeating CPI’s M.S. Thara by 2,6618 votes. M.S. Thara got 55,975 votes. The constituency is a general seat and includes Karunagappally Municipality along with rural panchayats such as Thevalakkara and Oachira. The region is largely shaped by coastal fishing communities and coir workers, which play a…
Utpal Borah of the BJP emerged victorious in the election, securing a total of 96582 votes. He defeated Congress candidate Sankar Jyoti Kutum by a decisive margin of 52722 votes.In the Gohpur constituency, BJP candidate Utpal Borah won against Congress’s Sankar Jyoti Kutum in a closely watched contest.Statewide, exit polls indicate a strong performance by…
NEW DELHI: In Kerala’s Cherthala, LDF’s P.Prasad emerged as the winner, defeating UDF’s K.R Rajendra Prasad by 14,489 votes.There were a total of 204870 registered voters on the electoral rolls for the 2026 Assembly election in Cherthala Assembly constituency, of whom 99330 were male, 105539 female and 1 belonged to the third gender.Exit polls released…
Kharagpur Rural is a separate Assembly constituency in Paschim Medinipur, but it was effectively restructured into the present Kharagpur and Kharagpur Sadar segments after delimitation, and current official records and major election databases now report winners only for these two seats, not a standalone “Kharagpur Rural” post‑2011. The rural belt that earlier fell under Kharagpur…
Kharagpur Sadar in Paschim Medinipur district is currently represented by Hiranmoy Chattopadhyaya (popularly Hiran Chatterjee) of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. In the 2021 election, he secured 79,607 votes, defeating Trinamool Congress candidate Pradip Sarkar, who got 75,836 votes; the victory margin was 3,771 votes, making it a closely contested…
In Khardaha, Kalyan Chakraborti of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 97,752 votes, defeating Devadeep Purohit of the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC), who secured 73,266 votes, by a margin of 24,486 votes.Khardaha is an assembly seat in North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal (No. 109). It forms part of the Dum Dum Lok Sabha…