AINRC-led NDA retains power as Congress alliance falters due to internal feud

AINRC cadres gathered and celebrating their leaders’ victory in front of a counting centre in Puducherry | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The National Democratic Alliance led by Chief Minister N. Rangasamy’s All India N. R. Congress (AINRC) managed to retain power in Puducherry as the actor C. Joseph Vijay led Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), which … Read more

UDF’s near three-fourths majority marked a historic victory for the Congress-led coalition

Victory celebrations of UDF candidate V. P. Sajeendran after winning the Kunnathunad Assembly constituency seat. | Photo Credit: R_K_Nithin In a clear-cut mandate, the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) has won the 2026 Assembly election in Kerala with a vote share that is the coalition’s highest since the 2001 election. After a decade in Opposition, … Read more

Rural sweep and urban gains sets the BJP up for a decisive majority in West Bengal | Data

Supporters of Bharatiya Janata Party gesture during a campaign rally by Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of the West Bengal state Legislative Assembly elections, in Kolkata, India, Sunday, April 26, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems to have finally breached West Bengal after years of threatening to defeat the formidable … Read more

A SIR-marred turnout in West Bengal

Voters queue up as they wait to cast their votes during the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections 2026, on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: ANI West Bengal, where the assembly polls concluded on Wednesday, recorded a voter turnout of close to 92%, the highest in the State’s electoral history according to provisional figures … Read more