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| India's BJP leads in Assam elections | India's BJP leads in Assam elections |
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| Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP party is heading for a historic victory in the north-eastern state of Assam, one of five states electing new governments. | |
| The party is ahead in 61 of the 126 seats, while the Congress is leading in 25 seats, the Election Commission said. | |
| Assembly elections were held in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal and Assam and in the union territory of Pondicherry. | Assembly elections were held in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal and Assam and in the union territory of Pondicherry. |
| The main opposition Congress is poised to lose in all the states. | |
| The BJP is also trailing in the other states. | |
| The Assam results have come as a shot in the arm for the BJP which swept the national polls in the summer of 2014 but has since suffered setbacks in important regional elections, including in the capital, Delhi, and in the northern state of Bihar. | The Assam results have come as a shot in the arm for the BJP which swept the national polls in the summer of 2014 but has since suffered setbacks in important regional elections, including in the capital, Delhi, and in the northern state of Bihar. |
| The party has won 24 seats and is leading in 37 others. | |
| Assam is ethnically diverse and prone to conflicts and the state has been governed by the Congress since 2001. | Assam is ethnically diverse and prone to conflicts and the state has been governed by the Congress since 2001. |
| For these elections, the BJP tied up with local parties that support rights of local tribespeople and are opposed to illegal migration and, correspondents say, that worked in its favour. | For these elections, the BJP tied up with local parties that support rights of local tribespeople and are opposed to illegal migration and, correspondents say, that worked in its favour. |
| In the eastern state of West Bengal, the regional Trinamool Congress party led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is poised for a second term in power. | In the eastern state of West Bengal, the regional Trinamool Congress party led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is poised for a second term in power. |
| In the 294-seat assembly, her party has won 91 seats and is leading in another 121, while a rival alliance of the Congress and left-wing parties has won 23 seats and is ahead in 53. | |
| In the 234-member Tamil Nadu state assembly, the regional AIADMK has won 34 seats and secured a lead in 100 others, while its nearest rival, the DMK, has won 24 and is leading in 63 seats. | |
| In Kerala, which has been traditionally ruled by either Congress-led governments or a coalition of left-wing parties, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has won 54 seats and is leading in three more seats, while the ruling Congress has won 18 and is ahead in four seats. | |
| The state assembly has 140 seats. |