Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and Kerala head into government formation mode, as the electorates in these States have delivered a politically transformative mandate. Three incumbent Chief Ministers -- Mamata Banerjee (West Bengal), M.K. Stalin (Tamil Nadu) and Pinarayi Vijayan (Kerala) -- are on their way out, with Ms. Banerjee also losing the poll battle against BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari in the Bhabanipur Assembly seat in Kolkata.
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The BJP is set to form its first government in West Bengal with a landslide victory on Monday (May 4, 2026). The latest electoral cycle also saw a spectacular debut in Tamil Nadu by actor-politician Vijay’s TVK with 108 wins out of 234 seats to emerge as the single-largest party, along with a wipeout of the Left as it tasted defeat in its last bastion of a Kerala, and a solitary win there for the Congress, which has been battling diminishing electoral returns.
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The saffron party has retained Assam for a third term, while it will be part of incumbent NDA government in Puducherry that saw its re-election on Moday (May 4, 2026).
