New Delhi, 04 May (H.S.): Assembly election trends show BJP heading for decisive leads in West Bengal and Assam, while TVK emerges as a new force in Tamil Nadu. The Congress-led alliance has strengthened its position in Kerala, with AINRC leading in Puducherry.

State-Wise Trends (Election Commission data as of 5 PM)

West Bengal (293 seats):

BJP – Leading in 187, Won 12

Trinamool Congress – Leading in 84, Won 4

Congress – Leading in 2, Won 0

CPI(M) – Leading in 1, Won 0

Others – Leading in 1, Won 0

Tamil Nadu (234 seats):

TVK – Leading in 99, Won 11

DMK – Leading in 52, Won 7

AIADMK – Leading in 44, Won 0

PMK – Leading in 5, Won 0

Congress – Leading in 4, Won 1

Assam (126 seats):

BJP – Leading in 59, Won 23

Congress – Leading in 20, Won 0

Bodo People’s Front – Leading in 6, Won 4

Asom Gana Parishad – Leading in 7, Won 2

AIUDF – Leading in 1, Won 1

Kerala (140 seats):

Congress – Leading in 53, Won 10

IUML – Leading in 7, Won 15

Kerala Congress – Leading in 1, Won 6

CPI – Leading in 2, Won 6

CPI(M) – Leading in 5, Won 21

Puducherry (30 seats):

AINRC – Leading in 2, Won 9

BJP – Leading in 2, Won 2

DMK – Leading in 4, Won 1

Congress – Won 1

Others – Won 3

By-Election Results

In bypolls across seven assembly seats in five states, Nationalist Congress Party's Sunetra Pawar won from Baramati in Maharashtra, BJP's Akshay Kardile from Rahuri, and BJP's Harshadbhai Govindbhai Parmar from Umreth in Gujarat. BJP's Daochir I. Imchen won Koridang in Nagaland, and BJP's Jahar Chakravarty won Dharmanagar in Tripura. Congress's Umesh Hulappa won from Bagalkot in Karnataka, while Congress's Samrat S. Mallikarjun holds a decisive lead over nearest rival BJP's Srinivas in Davangere South.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar