2026 Assembly elections: Decoding BJP’s victory across SC-ST reserved seats in Assam, Bengal
The 2026 Assembly elections were held in Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Kerala.
The 2026 Assembly elections were held in Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Kerala.
Beldanga in Murshidabad is heading into the 2026 Assembly elections amid a sharply altered political and social landscape, where development narratives are increasingly being overshadowed by religious polarisation.
Kerala is witnessing a significant voter turnout in the 2026 Assembly elections, with polling percentages across the state showing strong civic engagement.
West Bengal recorded the highest seizures worth Rs. 319 crores, followed by Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and Puducherry.
The Election Commission of India on Friday directed that all eligible voters be granted a paid holiday on polling days during the upcoming 2026 Assembly elections and by-elections, in a bid to enhance voter turnout and make participation more accessible.
In a significant political development ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections, Kurseong’s ‘rebel’ BJP MLA Bishnu Prasad Sharma joined the Trinamul Congress on Thursday, marking a fresh shift in the political landscape of the Darjeeling hills.
The Assam BJP unit shared a screenshot of the now-deleted Congress post, warning that deleting the post would not “nullify” what the opposition was “trying to imply”. “Deleting the post doesn’t nullify what you are trying to imply, @INCAssam. You’re exposed,” the BJP said in a post on social media.
In a significant political development ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections, senior Trinamul Congress leader Rabindranath Ghosh on Saturday stepped down as Chairman of Cooch Behar Municipality, complying with instructions from the party’s national general secretary and second-in-command Abhishek Banerjee.
With the 2026 Assembly elections come closer, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday announced its new state committee, effecting a major organisational reshuffle aimed at energising the party ahead of the polls.
Taking exception to projecting the DMK government as anti-Hindu by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Chief Minister MK Stalin on Wednesday asked if the BJP veteran is ‘Amit Shah or Slander Shah’? He said the “baseless” charges and the canards the BJP leader levelled against his party are unbecoming of the office he holds.
