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Five states go to Assembly polls today, may tilt balance of power

With this round of elections, the poll to the legislative Assembly of Assam will have concluded

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Polling parties travel on a buffalo cart for election duty in Assam’s Kamrup district on Monday | Photo: PTI

Aditi Phadnis New Delhi
Elections to the Tamil Nadu (TN), Kerala, and Puducherry legislative Assemblies, the last 40 Assembly constituencies in Assam, and 31 seats in West Bengal on Tuesday hold the key to a possibly decisive change in the balance of power between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and non-BJP Opposition parties.

Kerala represents the biggest challenge for the BJP. Although the party has now entered the political conversation in the state and has a formidable organisational presence, it has only one Member of the Legislative Assembly in the outgoing Assembly. 

Charges of being in league with the ruling Communist Party of India Marxist, or