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Businessman Jose Charles Martin, founder of LJK, has pulled off a victory in Kamaraj Nagar, Puducherry. Previously, the seat was held by BJP. Mr. Martin found the LJK late 2025. He won with a whopping margin of 10205 votes

NDA alliance, led by Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma is looking for a hat-trick in the state.

The elections were held under the shadow of the SIR exercise, in which the names of around 91 lakh people were removed from the electoral rolls, which shrank to around 6.82 crore.

Live updates on the winners are being provided as counting continues.

Mr. Verma reaffirmed India’s commitment to work closely with the people and government of Bangladesh to further strengthen people-centric cooperation across all sectors.

Congress leader Saikia was trailing by 4,967 votes in Sivasagar district's Nazira seat. BJP’s Mayur Borgohain secured 11,607 votes after the second round, compared to Saikia’s 6,640

Mr. Stalin is the fourth sitting Chief Minister in Tamil Nadu to lose an Assembly election

State BJP chief Rajeev Chandrasekhar said "this was an anti-CPI(M) election" as the people were "fed up with their corruption and alleged misappropriation of gold from Sabarimala"

Varier maintained a clear lead from the initial rounds of counting and steadily widened the margin through successive rounds, signalling a strong anti-incumbency wave

Umesh Meti won Bagalkot seat by a margin of 22,332 votes, while Samarth Mallikarjun won Davangere South seat by a difference of 5,708 votes, the Election Commission said.

The elections brought an end to Trinamool Congress’s run in power from 2011 to 2026; the BJP, which built its campaign on religious polarisation, was able to sell a dream of industrialisation and providing jobs to the electorate

These films had Vijay fighting for the common man and their issues

D. Selvam, who lost the seat to Mr. Udhayanidhi, is a former Congressman, who joined the TVK before the run-up to Assembly polls

Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), led by actor Joseph C. Vijay, has emerged as the single largest party in the 2026 Assembly elections.

Actor-turned-politician Vijay (C. Joseph Vijay), leading his two-year-old party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), surged ahead with early leads in over 100 of the State’s 234 Assembly constituencies.

Vijay's TVK supporters cheer as party leads in Tamil Nadu

Project to stabilise irrigation for over 33,000 acres across 33 villages in the Krishna delta, benefiting more than four lakh people; works to cover main canal and distributaries from 0 to 47 km

Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Mr. Darshan, submitted that the actor is being denied the basic amenities because the court had made an observation that no five-star treatment should be given to him in jail

Tamil superstar Vijay and his political party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), are celebrating a historic lead in the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, sparking a wave of congratulatory messages from prominent figures in the film industry, including actors Sivakarthikeyan, Vikram, Nani, Tiger Shroff, and Kajal Aggarwal

As of 3.45 p.m. on Monday (May 4), the AIADMK was ahead in 47 constituencies; the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) in four constituencies; the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in three; and the Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) in one