Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has lost his traditional Kolathur constituency to TVK candidate VS Babu, marking a setback for the DMK. Early trends indicated Thalapathy Vijay's TVK is emerging as the single largest party, leading in 108 seats, while the DMK trails with 72 seats and the AIADMK with 55. Vijay is maintaining comfortable leads in both the Perambur and Trichy constituencies. Several prominent DMK ministers are also trailing or have lost their seats, including Geeta Jeevan, who lost to TVK's Sriram in Thoothukudi. With the majority mark in the Tamil Nadu assembly set at 118, TVK remains slightly short of a clear majority.
In a significant political development, the father of the TVK chief has extended an open invitation to the Congress party for an alliance. He stated that the TVK is willing to share power with the Congress.
Central forces, including the CRPF and CAPF, have been deployed at the West Bengal state secretariat Nabanna in Howrah, with visuals showing personnel stationed across the premises.
The Congress party has faced a significant setback in Assam as its state chief and deputy leader in the Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi lost from Jorhat constituency.
Celebrations are underway at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in Kolkata as the party claims a historic and clear majority mandate in the West Bengal assembly elections.
