Adhikari emerged as a giant-killer during the 2021 elections, when he defeated Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram by a narrow margin. Now he has done it again!Assembly Elections 2026 Results LIVE Updates: Counting of votes is currently underway in four states and one union territory — West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and Puducherry. According to the Election Commission data, the BJP has crossed the 200-seat mark in West Bengal.
BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari becomes first BJP leader to defeat Mamata Banerjee twice. Adhikari emerged as a giant-killer during the 2021 elections, when he defeated Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram by a narrow margin. Now he has done it again!
TMC supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee received a massive setback, losing her home turf of Bhabanipur to BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari by 15,000 votes.
After the final round of vote counting, Suvendu Adhikari received 73,463 votes, while Banerjee remained second at 58,349 votes, marking a huge upset in the electoral contest.
The BJP has won 22 seats and is leading on 181 seats, taking the total seats to 203. The TMC has bagged 9 seats and is leading on 75, taking its total to 84 seats.
In a shocker for the ruling DMK, Chief Minister MK Stalin has lost from Kolathur against Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK)'s VS Babu by a margin of 8,795 votes. Babu secured a total of 82,997 votes whereas Stalin got 74,202 votes at the end of counting.
Meanwhile, the TVK is likely to shift its candidates to the Four Points Resort amid fears of horse trading, India Today reported. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin is headed for a defeat against Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK)'s V S Babu in DMK stronghold Kolathur.
In a huge development, the father of Thalapathy Vijay has invited the Congress party for a potential alliance with the TVK as the party is nearing the halfway mark in the Tamil Nadu assembly. He claimed that Vijay is willing to share power.
The Thalapathy Vijay-led Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) is leading in 108 seats, whereas the AIADMK is currently leading in 45 seats. The DMK is leading on 60 seats, whereas the Congress is ahead only on 5 seats. The superstar is also leading in Trichy East and Perambur, respectively.
Earlier in the day, violence broke out in West Bengal's Asansol after leads from the Election Commission indicated that the BJP is going to win big in the state. Chairs and vehicles were vandalised as a scuffle broke out near the counting centre at Asansol Engineering College.
As the BJP crossed the halfway mark in West Bengal, the TMC claimed in a statement that only 13 per cent of the votes have been counted till now. The party further said that EC is deliberately indulging in slow counting, adding that there are 70-100 seats for which the data hasn't been released yet.
They also alleged that counting has been halted in many places. While the BJP is leading on 193 seats, the TMC is currently leading on 95 seats. In Bhabanipur, Mamata Banerjee is leading against Suvendu Adhikari at present.
In Panihati, the mother of the RG Kar rape and murder case victim is leading by a margin of over 15,000 votes after 6 rounds of counting were complete. In Kerala, the Congress-led UDF is currently leading in 100 seats, whereas the ruling LDF is leading only in 34 seats.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister MK Stalin is trailing behind TVK's V S Babu in DMK stronghold Kolathur. Udhayanidhi Stalin is leading from Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni with a margin of 4,103 votes after 11 rounds of counting.
AIADMK chief Edappadi Palanisami and DMK's O Pannerselvam are leading from Edappadi and Bodinayakkanur, respectively.
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In Kerala, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is leading from the Dharmadam assembly seat at present with a margin of 2,792 votes.
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Leader of Opposition and BJP candidate Suvendu Adhikari is leading in the Bhabanipur assembly segment by 563 votes. After 16 rounds of voting in the Bhabanipur assembly constituency, a razor thin margin has emerged between West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee alleged that the BJP has looted more than 100 seats. “The Election Commission is the BJP’s commission. I complained to the CO and also Manoj Agrawal, but they are not doing anything. Do you think this is a victory? It is an immoral victory, not a moral victory. Whatever the Election Commission has done, along with the Central Forces and the PM & Home Minister, is totally illegal. It is loot, loot, loot. We will bounce back,” she said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said after BJP forms the government, the first cabinet meeting, the Ayushman Bharat scheme will be flagged and there will be strict action against infiltrators. Recalling nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, PM Modi said the BJP government will turn into a land 'where the mind is without fear.'
Calling to leaders of all political parties to reject all forms of violence PM Modi gave a call of 'badla nehi, badlao chahiye'. Generations have waited for this new morning free of fear and violence in Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said while addressing party workers at the BJP headquarters.
This day marks a historic and unprecedented moment, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said while addressing party workers at the BJP headquarters, sharing in their collective celebration after a sweeping electoral victory. Calling it a defining milestone, Modi credited BJP karyakartas for scripting history with what he described as a thumping mandate in Delhi.
He said the scale of the win reflects the trust and aspirations of the people, and emphasized that this moment signals more than just an electoral triumph. “This is the beginning of the nation’s bright future,” he asserted, underlining the significance of the result for the country’s direction ahead.
In West Bengal, the Chief Secretary has issued a directive to all department secretaries and heads of offices, instructing them to ensure that no important papers or files are removed, damaged, or taken out of government offices.
BJP National President Nitin Nabin says, "...This is an historic moment for us...The party has recieved a historic mandate in four states and one UT. I thank the public for bestowing their trust on the BJP". INDI alliance will crumble like a House of Cards after BJP's thumping victory, Nabin said in BJP headquarters in Delhi.
In Perambur, Thalapathy Vijay is leading with a margin of 38,927 votes and has secured a total of 88,744 votes so far. In Perambur as well, Vijay is leading with a margin of 20,808 votes and has bagged a total of 65,321 votes.
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has lost from Kolathur, which was a stronghold of the DMK since 2011. TVK's VS Babu has won big from the seat.
"We dedicate this historic victory to the families of the 41 people we lost in Karur. This victory of our leader Vijay, and of our candidates, is because women saw him as their son, their brother, their family—an emotional, trustworthy leader. They saw all our candidates as part of their own families. That is why today Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam has achieved a massive victory," TVK's Aadhava Arjuna said.
Edappadi K Palanisami won from the Edappadi assembly constituency by a huge margin.
The Congress has sent a report to party president Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi urging an alliance with the Vijay-led TVK, India Today reported, citing sources.
