Assembly Elections 2026 | MK Stalin, Pinarayi Vijayan, Mamata Banerjee & Himanta Biswa Sarma: How incumbent CMs fared in polls

As the counting of votes progressed in the states of West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Assam, and Puducherry, some of the early trends published by the Election Commission show a twist in the power transfer.

According to the initial trends, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan trailed in the Dharmadam constituency, and Congress candidate VP Abdul Rasheed took the early lead. Data published on 2:15 PM revealed that the CM has taken the lead.

With the indication of the CPI(M) losing power in the lone state where the party continues to be in governance, celebrations already ensued in the UDF camps.

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BJP in West Bengal, as of 2:15 PM, led the scores by 193 seats, as the Trinamool Congress trailed by 94. With TMC aiming for a fourth term, the numbers favour the opposition in the state, as CM Mamata Banerjee leads in her constituency Bhabinpur, as BJP's Suvendu Adhikari trails by over 7,000 votes.

In a tally for the books, actor-turned-politician Vijay's Tamizhaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) leads the board by 109 seats, as DMK follows with 49. Chief Minister M K Stalin trails behind TVK candidate V S Babu in his constituency Kolathur.

Within Puducherry, Chief Minister N Rangasamy won a historic fifth term following the counting, as his party All India N R Congress (AINRC) secured 9 seats.

In Assam, the BJP currently leads with 78 seats, an optimistic trend for the ruling government's re-elections.

The numbers so far indicate the twist in the seat figures as most of Chief Ministers of the poll-bound states trail behind their opposition candidates within their constituencies, giving gaps for a new government to stand in.