2026 state assembly elections

Timeline

1. 4 May2026
   Polity

   Assembly poll results: BJP wins West Bengal, UDF takes Kerala, TVK emerges in Tamil Nadu¹²³⁴⁵

   Counting on 4 May ended Trinamool's 15-year rule in West Bengal, where the BJP won about 207 of 294 seats and Mamata Banerjee lost Bhabanipur to Suvendu Adhikari. The Congress-led UDF returned to power in Kerala with Congress on 63 seats, Vijay's TVK won 108 of 234 in Tamil Nadu and the BJP retained Assam.

   • Counting date: 4 May 2026; Falta in West Bengal was re-polled on 21 May (BJP won)
   • West Bengal: BJP 207 of 294 (some reports say 206), TMC 80; Mamata Banerjee lost Bhabanipur to Suvendu Adhikari by about 15,100 votes
   • Kerala: Congress 63 seats; Congress-led UDF won roughly 100 of 140 (reports range 97 to 103); CPI(M) 26, IUML 22
   • Tamil Nadu: TVK 108 of 234, DMK 59, AIADMK 47; short of the 118 majority, allies took it to about 120
   • Assam: BJP 82 of 126, NDA 102; BJP retained power
   • Ended the DMK-AIADMK duopoly in Tamil Nadu
2. 9 Apr2026
   Polity

   Assam, Kerala, Puducherry vote 9 April; Tamil Nadu, Bengal on 23 April⁶⁷⁸

   The Election Commission held polling for Assam, Kerala and Puducherry on 9 April, Tamil Nadu on 23 April and West Bengal in two phases on 23 and 29 April, with all counting set for 4 May.

   • Schedule announced 15 March 2026
   • Assam (126), Kerala (140) and Puducherry: single-phase polling on 9 April
   • Tamil Nadu (234): 23 April
   • West Bengal (294): two phases, 23 April (152 seats) and 29 April (142 seats)
   • Counting for all five assemblies on 4 May 2026

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Sources

1. India TV
2. Scroll.in
3. WION
4. The Hitavada
5. The Statesman
6. The Week
7. WION
8. Free Press Journal