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The party may have failed to win in Assam and Tamil Nadu, but in its defeat there is a silver lining: its pre-eminence in the INDIA bloc is further cemented

While BJP won four seats in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tripura and Nagaland, Congress won two in Karnataka and NCP emerged victorious in Maharashtra

Chennai has delivered a clear and decisive verdict. Out of 16 Assembly constituencies in the city, actor Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam has won 14 seats, leaving the DMK with just two. The only seats retained by the DMK are Harbour and Chepauk–Thiruvallikeni.

The DMK’s downfall in Chennai is drastic compared to the previous election in 2021, in which the alliance it led not only won all the 16 constituencies in the district.

According to initial counting trends, G. Sudhakaran was ahead by more than 6,000 votes

He defeated the DMK’s N. Chitrarasu and the AIADMK’s Gokula Indira

Congress opens account with Jaleshwar seat after State chief Gaurav Gogoi loses in Jorhat

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