BJP was on Thursday (19 May) set to create history in Assam by ousting Congress which also lost Kerala to the Left front while incumbents AIADMK and Trinamool Congress retained power in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal for a second consecutive term.
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“This is a vote against the corrupt and those who failed to protect the dignity of women”, said CPI-M leader and former chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan. MamataWe accept people’s verdict with humility, will work harder till we win confidence and trust of people: Rahul Gandhi on election resultsPeople of West Bengal have rejected attempts to mislead them, and the conspiracies. According to TimesNow C-Voter exit poll, the BJP and allies would get 57 seats, the Congress 41, AIUDF 18 and others 10.
The BJP led in the races for 81 of the 126 seats in Assam where clear trends had been set, unofficial tallies compiled by television broadcasters showed. The ADUF led by Badaruddin Ajmal was ahead in 13 seats.
Over to Malabar. True to form, Kerala has continued with its tradition of rotating coalitions, bringing back Left Democratic Front at the expense of the Oommen Chandy-led United Democratic Front.
Election Commission officials announced that 3 PM will end the counting of votes begun at 8 AM and.
Assam went to the polls in two phases on April 4 and 11, while West Bengal saw polling in six phases between April 4 and May 5. Sun TV Network Ltd., which is linked to the party losing in Tamil Nadu, fell 11 percent in its biggest tumble since August. “Congratulations to workers and leaders of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry for their hardwork leading to excellent results”, he said. “Assembly results clearly show that people of India are intolerant towards Congress party because Congress was not ready to accept the verdict of the people”, he told reporters.
In Assam, the counting of votes is being held at 51 centres across the state.
From student politics to joining AGP, then switching to the saffron party and becoming a Union Minister, BJP’s Chief Ministerial candidate in Assam Sarbanada Sonowal’s journey to the peak has been a steady climb marked by twists and turns. The state had witnessed 84.72 percent polling.
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But the prospect of Congress weakened further by the state vote will raise the ruling party’s hopes that its bitter foe could be less resistant to its reform legislation, helping to break the gridlock in the upper house. A failure to make a mark in the 2016 elections would have been much more troubling, since all the states in contention were outside the traditional comfort zone for the BJP.
