Grand Repudiator bites the dust
Among all the Assembly elections held in 2026, it was the results from Bengal that generated the greatest national curiosity.
Among all the Assembly elections held in 2026, it was the results from Bengal that generated the greatest national curiosity.
As per the 1 pm polling data, West Medinipur recorded the highest voter turnout at 65.77 per cent, followed by Jhargram at 65.31 per cent, Bankura at 64.85 per cent and Birbhum at 63.93 per cent.
As Bengal votes in Phase 1, Dilip Ghosh projects a strong BJP showing, questions TMC’s candidate choices and flags concerns over election conditions across key constituencies.
Polling begins across Tamil Nadu and West Bengal with multi-phase voting schedule, over 1,400 candidates in fray, and counting set for May 4 amid tight security arrangements.
West Bengal election 2026 LIVE updates: Phase 1 voting underway across 152 seats, with 18.76% turnout recorded till 9 am amid long queues at polling booths.
In a press note issued on Saturday, the ECI asserted that all activities relating to the Special Intensive Revision are progressing well as per schedule.
In a sign of rising political temperatures ahead of the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, a new cultural-religious game of one-upmanship has started between the ruling Trinamul Congress and the opposition, Bharatiya Janata Party — over the sacred prasad of Lord Jagannath.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee, on a two-day tour to the state's Murshidabad district, which was hit by communal violence last month, on Monday advised her party legislators from the district in becoming more active in public interaction keeping in mind the crucial state Assembly elections next year.
A day after the Grand Alliance appointed RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav head of the coordination committee, the supreme body formed to take decisions on various issues concerning the Bihar assembly elections, RJD national spokesperson Manoj Jha on Friday asserted that Tejashwi’s candidature as the chief ministerial face of the alliance is indisputable.
Having failed to win a single seat in the recently-held Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, former chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, in a surprise move on Monday, dissolved all units of his Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP).
