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Assembly polls: TMC sweeps Bengal, AIADMK and BJP leading in TN and Assam respectively

| | May 19, 2016, at 05:53 pm
Kolkata/ Chennai, May 19 (IBNS): The Trinamool Congress in West Bengal and the AIADMK in Tamil Nadu are all set to form government in their respective states as counting for the Assembly seats in four states-West Bengal, Tamil Nadu ,Kerala, Assam- and the Union Territory of Puducherry, continues on Thursday.

As per trends at 12:06 pm, in Assam, the BJP is leading in 73 seats, out of 126 Assembly seats, while the Congress is ahead in 31 seats.

In Kerala with 140 seats, the LDF (Left Democratic Front) is ahead in 90 seats while the ruling Oommen Chandy led UDF is leading in 48 seats.

In Tamil Nadu, where contest was being held across 234 seats, J Jayalalitha's AIADMK is ahead in 126 seats while the DMK is standing at the second spot as it is leading in 100 seats.

In Union Territory Puducherry,  Congress is leading in 15 seats while the NRC is ahead in 11 seats.

West Bengal is witnessing the return of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as her party is leading in 217 seats while the Left-Congress alliance is currently ahead in 70 seats.

The BJP is ahead in four seats while others are leading in three. 

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