Cong claims it will win in Assam despite trends favouring BJP
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Send Despite trends till Sunday afternoon showing a comeback for the BJP in Assam, the Congress claimed that the Grand Alliance of the opposition parties will emerge victorious and form the government once the final results are out.
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All India Congress Committee National General Secretary Jitendra Singh said the trends so far will be reversed in the next two to four ours. I am still saying that the Mahajot will form the government. Only 3-4 rounds are over at this moment, while counting will continue for more than 15 rounds in most of the seats, said Singh, the in-charge of Assam Congress. He appealed to the people to wait for another 2-4 hours by when the tally is likely to reverse . When it was pointed out that the state Congress chief Ripun Bora is trailing,
Assembly Election Results 2021: Close contest between TMC and BJP in West Bengal, BJP leads in Assam
The results will be updated every minute on the Election Commission of India s website - https://results.eci.gov.in. (Image Source:IANS)
Updated: May 2, 2021, 08:37 AM IST
The Assembly Elections 2021 results will finally come out today with the Election Commission set to begin counting of votes at 8 AM. The results will be updated every minute on the Election Commission of India s website - https://results.eci.gov.in. It will display the current round-wise trends and results of each constituency.
All eyes are on the West Bengal Assembly election results. The elections saw a fierce battle between the Trinamool Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party. While Mamata Banerjee s TMC is seeking to come to power for the third consecutive term, the BJP is projecting itself as the winner in the 294-member West Bengal Assembly.
Early trends for counting of votes on Sunday in the high-stakes assembly elections in four states and a union territory show that the TMC and challenger BJP were locked in a neck-and-neck contest in West Bengal, while the DMK had an edge in Tamil Nadu. In Assam, the ruling BJP-led NDA was leading in 22 seats, while the Grand Alliance spearheaded by the Congress is ahead in 15 places, according to initial trends available from counting of postal ballots in Assam, officials said. The ruling LDF in Kerala was leading in 75 of the total 140 seats while opposition UDF was ahead in 56 segments as counting of votes for the April 6 assembly elections got underway.
3388 Supporters of the Chief Minister of the eastern state of West Bengal and Trinamool Congress (TMC) Chief, Mamata Banerjee. Reuters photo.
New Delhi, May 2
The ruling Trinamool Congress was ahead of the BJP in the keenly watched state of West Bengal, while the saffron party-led NDA was leading in Assam and the DMK in Tamil Nadu, according to latest trends for Assembly polls.
In Kerala, the ruling LDF is leading in 88 of the 140 Assembly constituencies while the opposition Congress-headed UDF was ahead in 50 segments.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was leading by 3,351 votes in his home turf against his nearest rival C Raghunathan of the Congress, according to Election Commission figures.