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Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Kerala, Assam, Puducherry — five states, 1,024 assembly seats, 18 crore voters. Live tally, constituency-level updates, and analysis from LoktantraVani's politics desk.
Tamil Nadu
234
seats
Leading: DMK+
West Bengal
294
seats
Leading: TMC
Kerala
140
seats
Leading: LDF
Assam
126
seats
Leading: BJP+
Puducherry
30
seats
Leading: NDA
Op-eds, ground reports, and number-crunching from across the cycle.
Lok Post
A five-term parliamentarian, BJP national vice-president and Kendrapara MP, Baijayant 'Jay' Panda brings an engineer's method, Odisha's interests and a long policy record to national politics.
· 2h ago
Politics
The Bharatiya Janata Party has unveiled a significant organizational revamp under its contemporary national leadership architecture, integrating seasoned strategists like Ram Madhav and Vasundhara Raje with dynamic central administrators. The reshuffle signals an aggressive pivot toward demographic modernization, strict organizational accountability, and institutional consolidation ahead of key electoral cycles.
· 12h ago
Opinion
On his death anniversary, Bihar remembers Dr Jagannath Mishra as a three-time Chief Minister, economist, teacher and deeply accessible public figure, while his son Nitish Mishra carries that legacy of scholarship, institutions and public service into a new generation.
· 14h ago
Politics
Pressing his own Congress to pass the SAVE America Act, US President Donald Trump held up India's voter-ID system as a model, recalling Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's question about how elections can run without photo identification. For India, the compliment is a quiet vindication of the institution that runs its polls.
· 1d ago
India
After 24 days of student agitation in Ranchi, Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren has cancelled the JSSC-CGL exam and all recruitment linked to a blacklisted agency, ordering a probe into exams from 2014 to 2026. But his government still won't concede the protesters' central demand: a CBI inquiry.
· 1d ago
Lok Post
The BJP has placed 35-year-old Vadodara MP Hemang Joshi at the head of its youth wing. His campus-organising background, municipal education experience and parliamentary record explain the choice, but his real test will be turning digital Gen-Z outreach into durable participation and policy feedback.
· 1d ago
Politics
Under new president Nitin Nabin, the BJP has unveiled a sweeping national team — 13 vice-presidents, eight general secretaries and 16 secretaries — bringing back heavyweights like Smriti Irani, Ram Madhav and Vasundhara Raje, elevating women to nearly half its top tier, and handing its youth wing to a 35-year-old to court Gen-Z. It is the disciplined renewal of a party machine already thinking about the next elections.
· 1d ago
Politics
Beyond the headline numbers, the BJP's organisational overhaul is a study in churn: Smriti Irani, Ram Madhav and Vasundhara Raje are back at the top and Piyush Goyal takes the treasury, while Amit Malviya loses the IT cell and Tejasvi Surya moves out of the youth wing. The message is that no post is permanent.
· 1d ago
Cities
Nitish Mishra's Bhagalpur development roadmap places a proposed AI University and Vikramshila township at its core. The ambition connects Bihar's learning heritage with research, jobs and planned urban growth, but execution will depend on land, finance, statutory approvals and measurable timelines.
· 2d ago
Source: Election Commission of India · Live tally updated every 60 seconds during counting · Final figures may vary.