{"id":12558,"date":"2026-05-04T10:35:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T05:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/assembly-elections-highlights-trends-show-bjp-ahead-in-west-bengal-assam-close-contest-in-tamil-nadu-and-kerala-india-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T10:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T05:05:08","slug":"assembly-elections-highlights-trends-show-bjp-ahead-in-west-bengal-assam-close-contest-in-tamil-nadu-and-kerala-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/assembly-elections-highlights-trends-show-bjp-ahead-in-west-bengal-assam-close-contest-in-tamil-nadu-and-kerala-india-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Assembly elections highlights: Trends show BJP ahead in West Bengal, Assam; close contest in Tamil Nadu and Kerala | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130748740,imgsize-93062,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/elections1-optn-2.jpg\" alt=\"Assembly elections highlights: Trends show BJP ahead in West Bengal, Assam; close contest in Tamil Nadu and Kerala\" title=\"Counting of votes is under way for four states and one union territory.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Counting of votes is under way for four states and one union territory.\">Counting of votes is under way for four states and one union territory.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: As counting got under way for high-stakes elections across 823 constituencies in four states and one Union Territory, early postal ballot trends showed the Bharatiya Janata Party-led <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/national-democratic-alliance\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">National Democratic Alliance<\/a> ahead in West Bengal while wildcard entrant Vijay&#8217;s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) was making inroads in Tamil Nadu.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Meanwhile, trends showed BJP ahead in Assam with 25 seats, while the Indian National Congress-led alliance was ahead in seven.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>In Kerala, a close contest is emerging between the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the United Democratic Front (UDF), with both crossing 50 leads each.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>In Tamil Nadu, the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/dravida-munnetra-kazhagam\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<\/a> (DMK) was ahead of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-led alliance, while in West Bengal, the contest remained tight between the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/bharatiya-janata-party\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Bharatiya Janata Party<\/a> and the <!-- -->All India Trinamool Congress<!-- -->.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>These figures are based on initial postal ballot trends.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>As counting began, patrolling with armoured vehicles was reported in Malda, West Bengal. Strong rooms were opened across Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry ahead of the counting process.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>A verbal clash broke out between polling agents at a counting centre in West Bengal, with TMC alleging its agents were not allowed to carry files and pens inside, while BJP agents were permitted to do so. A TMC polling agent said the rules should be applied equally.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>BJP, however, accused TMC agents of not carrying identity cards required for entry and alleged they were creating unnecessary disruption.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>In Tamil Nadu, heavy three-layer security was deployed early Monday morning for the counting process. Security personnel were stationed at entry points, with barricades and vehicle checks in place.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/>Loyola College was among the key counting centres, housing EVMs for votes cast by nearly 4.8 crore voters. Queen Mary\u2019s College and Anna University were also designated as counting centres.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/election-results-2026-highlights-tmc-bjp-tvk-dmk-aiadmk-key-winners-losers-major-updates-state-wise-results\/articleshow\/130747891.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Counting of votes is under way for four states and one union territory. NEW DELHI: As counting got under way for high-stakes elections across 823 constituencies in four states and one Union Territory, early postal ballot trends showed the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance ahead in West Bengal while wildcard entrant Vijay&#8217;s Tamilaga Vettri [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12558","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-country"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}