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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

Sun TV sets, Raj TV rises on surprise TN poll outcome

Liquor shares end mixed despite DMK's defeat

BJP's lotus finally blooms in Assam

The four-party coalition that it leads garners almost two-thirds majority in the 126-member assembly; BJP alone wins 60 seats

Rajagopal scripts history, BJP makes a debut in Kerala

He wrested Nemom from sitting MLA and vibrant CPI(M)-LDF leader V Sivankutty defeating him by 8,671 votes

Assam Assembly polls: We accept defeat with all humbleness, says Gogoi

Tarun Gogoi, the three-time chief minister, said it was not easy to win for the fourth consecutive term

Congress-Left tie-up a blunder: Mamata Banerjee

The West Bengal CM said that there was an attempt to create fear among people but they overcame and voted fearlessly

People have rejected opportunistic, obstructionist politics: BJP

The party leadership also thanked the people of Assam and credited the victory there and increased vote share in other states to party workers, state leaders and PM Narendra Modi

Modi congratulates Sonowal, people of Assam

Sonowal said the Prime Minister told him to convey to the people his best wishes and assured his support for development of the northeastern state

Election results a vote for Modi: Amit Shah

He described the election results in Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry as the "new beginning of politics of performance"

Assam Assembly polls: NDA headed for landslide victory in state

The alliance has won 18 of the 22 seats declared so far and is leading in 68 of the remaining 126 assembly seats