In a dramatic finale to the Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Kerala, Assam and Pondicherry, the firebrand women chief ministers Amma J Jayalalithaa and Mamata Didi retained power in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal respectively, while BJP scripted history by routing Congress in Assam with a huge margin and the LDF emerged victorious trouncing UDF in Kerala. In Pondicherry, the Congress-DMK alliance will form the government.Braving several exit polls that predicted its defeat, Amma Jayalalithaa’s AIADMK won 75 constituencies so far and is leading in 54 constituencies over its opposition Karunanidhi-led DMK and is all set to form the government. With this grand victory, Jayalalithaa achieved a rare feat of retaining power, 30 years after her mentor MGR set the record.
Meanwhile in West Bengal, Trinamool Congress’ Mamata Banerjee who went all alone in the contest increased her party’s majority as compared to its 2011 performance and regained power by trouncing the CPM+Congress alliance which secured only 72 seats. By clinching 208 seats and leading in 4 more constituencies, Didi has won two-third majority and is all set to form the government.It is BJP which had the last laugh in Assam, where the party routed the ruling Congress party by winning 77 seats so far and leading in 11 more seats. Congress’ Tarun Gogoi, who has been reigning over Assam for the last 15 years, was made to feel content securing just 21 seats in the tea basket of India.
In Kerala, the voters gave a clear mandate by denouncing the tainted chief minister Oommen Chandy’s UDF and crowing the glory to the Left Democratic Front, which has gained 88 seats as against United Democratic Front’s 50. In Pondicherry, the Congress-DMK alliance is all set to form the government by emerging victorious in 17 seats, while the AINRC secured 8 bastions.
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