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The split of Muslim votes came to the advantage of the BJP and the party’s candidates were seen either winning or leading in six of the 12 seats in Malda, where the electorate is 50% Muslims. 

NDA bags record 101 of 126 Assembly seats, routing Congress-led Opposition alliance and establishing Himanta Biswa Sarma as one of its most bankable leaders

BJP retains strongholds in north and southwest Bengal and makes inroads in Trinamool bastions of Kolkata and adjoining districts; party’s vote share touches 45.8%, the Trinamool’s drops to 40.8%

Senior leaders V.D. Satheesan, Ramesh Chennithala, and K.C. Venugopal attribute the massive win to cohesive teamwork within the alliance, the guarantees and assurances given to the people, methodical electioneering, and the ‘misgovernance and nepotism’ of the outgoing LDF government. The scale of the Left’s defeat has been amplified by the loss of face in some of its strongholds such as Taliparamba, Payyannur, and Ambalapuzha, where CPI(M) rebels backed by the UDF posted decisive victories

Ministers Duraimurugan, Gandhi, deputy speaker Pitchandi lose; E.V.Velu, MRK Panneerselvam, Premallatha win

BJP wins Bengal, TVK leads Tamil Nadu, UDF returns in Kerala as 2026 Assembly election results reshape the political landscape.

BJP’s decision to give most seats in the district to its ally Twenty20 backfires, with the corporate-backed outfit failing to make an impact; five segments that backed the Left front in 2021 shift their allegiance to UDF

Congress ends two-decade-old draught, wins five seats, K.K. Rema retains Vadakara. All the LDF incumbent MLAs in the district, including LDF convener T.P. Ramakrishnan and Minister for Forest and Wildlife A.K. Saseendran, face defeat

At the heart of the unprecedented political churning appears to be a calculated narrative cultivated by Mr. Vijay, who reiterated that the DMK is an “evil force”. But the DMK failed to effectively counter it

From an impressive 50 seats in 2021, LDF’s tally has nose-dived to less than a dozen seats this time around in north Kerala

"We don't think that we're destined to submit to a more transactional, insular, and brutal world and gatherings such as these point to a better way forward," the Canadian Prime Minister told fellow leaders