The results of the legislative assemblies of Tamil Nadu,Kerala, West Bengal, Assal and the union territory of Puducherry are finallyout. It was for the first time in the history of the country that polls wereheld amid pandemic. The second wave of the covid has disrupted lives and peopleare running hither and thither for oxygen and medicines. However, despite sucha situation in the country the polls were held and so as the counting today.
Number of seats in the four states and one UT are asfollows: Assam (126), West Bengal (294 seats), Tamil Nadu (234 seats), Kerala(140 seats) and Puducherry (30 seats).
West Bengal Results: TMC -210, BJP - 80, Independent- 1, Rashtriya Secular Majlis Party-1
Tamil Nadu Results: AIADMK - 69, BJP - 4, DMK - 132, Congress - 16, others- 13
Puducherry Results: All India NR Congress- 10, BJP- 6, DMK-6, Independent- 6, INC- 2
Kerala Election Results: The Left Democratic Front (LDF) breaks the state'sfour-decade-old trend of swinging between the communists and the Congress-ledUnited Democratic Front.
Assam Election Results: BJP-58, INC-30, AIUDF-16, AGP-9, BPF-4, Other parties-9
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated WestBengal and Kerala Chief Ministers Mamata Banerjee and Pinarayi Vijayan. Modialso congratulated Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Chief M.K. Stalin.
With the Trinamool Congress poised to cruise to alandslide victory in the Assembly elections to return to power for third timein a row, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday dedicated the win to thepeople of West Bengal, besides taking a dig at both the Election Commission andthe BJP.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who broke afour-decade-old trend of one term governments in the state as he led his LeftDemocratic Front to a successive second stint in power, on Sunday dedicated thevictory to the people and said they are humbled by the response of the peoplewho supported them and this will be the booster to start work on building aresilient Kerala. He also tore into the Congress-ed opposition, the BJP aswell as a section of the media.
With his DMK coasting towards victory in the 2021 TamilNadu assembly polls on its own as it leads in 119 seats and allies further beefup the tally, party President M.K. Stalin on Sunday said "a new chapter isset to begin in the organisation's history".