Results of about 60 assembly constituencies spread over vast areas of the country reveal that no national party can claim uniform performance in the states. Their fortunes changed from state to state.
State-level parties, wherever they had a dominant say, have once again asserted their pre-eminent position over the national parties. The impressive performance of Asom Gana Parishad in Assam, the two Telugu Desams in Andhra Pradesh, Chief Minister Bansi Lals HVP in Haryana and the convincing sweep by the DMK-TMC alliance in Tamil Nadu
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