Assembly Election Results 2026 Live: Security forces deployed at the gate of a strong room, in Kolkata on Thursday. (ANI Video Grab)
Assembly Election Results 2026 Live Updates: Rupesh Kumar, the Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) in Kolkata, shared on Friday that the situation that escalated on Thursday night following the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) clash over allegations of EVM tampering, was “under control.” He said, “Additional deployment has been done. Additional deployment of CAPF, state forces has been done. Additional guard rails have been placed. I-cards have been issued to watch the CCTV footages of strong rooms,” PTI quoted. The clash comes ahead of the May 4 counting for the West Bengal Assembly elections.
For the BJP, the elections in Bengal is a real test of whether anti-incumbency, corruption charges and citizenship politics can breach the ruling party’s strongest wall. For the TMC, a win means a record fourth straight term. According to exit polls for West Bengal elections, Chanakya was the closest, but still fell short of the actual result by a considerable margin with its estimation of 169 to 191 seats for the TMC and 97 to 119 seats for the BJP.
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Meanwhile, in Tamil Nadu, most exit polls indicated that the DMK alliance will comfortably retain power, but one major poll has projected that Vijay’s TVK will emerge the single largest party in a triangular contest that also includes the AIADMK+.
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