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Pinarayi Vijayan to be sworn in as Kerala CM on May 25

Discussions have also begun on finalising ministers in the party, said Vijayan

Pinarayi Vijayan to be Kerala chief minister

Sonowal to take oath in Assam on Sunday, Mamata in West Bengal on May 27

Jayalalithaa elected as legislature party leader

The party won election with 134 seats out of 232 seats

Assembly polls 2016: Regional satraps surge ahead, BJP's gains proportional to Congress' losses

To read the results as a saffron surge or decimation of the Congress is to miss the big picture

DMDK expected to lose its recognition

A party must secure a minimum of six percent of all votes polled, which DMDK did not

New Assam govt to be sworn in on May 24, PM to be present

The oath-taking ceremony will be held at Khanapara field in Guwahati, Sonowal said

Left, BJP workers clash in Kannur; prohibitory orders clamped

30 injured people have been hospitalised

Oomen Chandy steps down as Kerala CM

Chandy handed over his resignation to Kerala Governor P Sathasivam

Assembly elections 2016 results: BJP spreads wings, Congress shrinks

BJP wins in Assam, opens account in Kerala; Congress loses two states; Left sweeps Kerala; Mamata decimates Opposition in West Bengal

Assam: How BJP learnt from past mistakes and Rahul Gandhi let it slip

If BJP strategists are to be believed, the party didn't rake up the Hindu-Muslim issue and its own estimate is that at least 20% of Assam's Muslim population voted for the party

Kerala polls: Left is still right in this old bastion

The BJP has clocked in second in seven seats, making it clear Kerala could now witness three-cornered contests

Jayalalithaa deprives Karunanidhi of last hurrah

The J Jayalalithaa-led AIADMK has retained power by winning 134 seats in the 234 Assembly seats

Tamil Nadu: Blow for Karunanidhi family's business interests?

Some with direct connections to political dispensations could face heat; others considered close to the winning party could expect good times

Who got Assembly elections exit polls right this time?

Results' trends suggest that the pollsters have again failed to predict the outcome of Assembly polls in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Kerala, and Assam

Left slide continues despite better show in Kerala

Even in Kerala, where the Left Democratic Front (LDF) is heading for a majority, what is shocking is the erosion in vote share of the CPI (M)

Congress emerges biggest loser in state assembly polls

The dire predictions of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, of the "Congress-mukt Bharat" seem to be eerily materializing

BJP now a pan-India party: from Kashmir to Kerala, Gujarat to Assam

Victory in Assam could help passage of GST, hope of seats in 2019 from all across India

Congress-DMK alliance wins Puducherry

Ruling AINRC wins eight seats, became second largest party in the Assembly

Assembly Elections 2016: 5 stars who made a difference

A look at key faces who helped their parties cross the finish line

Amit Mitra's win breaks GST jinx

Election victory likely to expedite process in empowered panel of state finance ministers