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    UDF landslide in Kerala: The multiple factors that toppled Left

    Rajeev Ramachandran
    4 May 2026 3:17 PM IST

    Anti-incumbency, leadership perception issues, minority shift and BJP’s gradual expansion together weaken Left’s electoral base

    Pinarayi Vijayan and V D Satheesan
    Elections 2026
    Pinarayai Vijayan fall
    Elections 2026

    Fall of the 'Captain': Pinarayi Vijayan's eventful decade-long run ends

    4 May 2026 3:07 PM IST
    Pinarayi Vijayan
    Elections 2026

    With Pinarayi's LDF loss in Kerala, India left with no Left-ruled state

    4 May 2026 2:56 PM IST
    2026 Assam elections delimitation confusion
    Elections 2026

    How Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma became the strategist who rewired the state’s politics

    4 May 2026 2:34 PM IST
    Suvendu Adhikari

    Bengal giant killer’s gambit: Suvendu Adhikari and the BJP’s breakthrough

    4 May 2026 1:11 PM IST
    PM Modi in Assam

    PM Modi to visit BJP HQ, likely to address party workers after poll results

    4 May 2026 1:01 PM IST
    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

    Bengal's Didi shield cracks: How Mamata Banerjee lost the state she dominated

    4 May 2026 12:54 PM IST
    kerala UDF win 2026 assembly elections

    Kerala polls: UDF surges ahead, jubilant scenes at Indira Bhavan

    4 May 2026 12:53 PM IST
    BJP supporters celebrate the party

    West Bengal election 2026: The many firsts emerging from early trends

    4 May 2026 12:23 PM IST
    West Bengal assembly elections

    No victory rallies today after poll results are declared: Bengal CEO

    4 May 2026 12:17 PM IST
    West Bengal assembly elections

    TMC cries foul as BJP surges in Bengal vote count

    4 May 2026 11:58 AM IST
    BJP workers celebrate in Bengal

    BJP confident of Bengal victory, claims people voted for change

    4 May 2026 11:26 AM IST
    An election official demonstrates an electronic voting machine (EVM) during vote counting at a counting centre, in Madurai

    Silence at DMK HQ as early Tamil Nadu trends push ruling party to third

    4 May 2026 11:20 AM IST
    TVK workers celebrate

    TVK: Will form govt in Tamil Nadu with absolute majority

    4 May 2026 11:12 AM IST
    Sunny Joseph

    UDF to get 100 seats in Kerala, says state Congress chief Sunny Joseph

    Agencies
    4 May 2026 11:12 AM IST

    Initial counting trends show the Congress-led alliance crossing the 90-seat mark, as Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and several ministers trail in...

    Manipur violence

    Three years on, renewed violence in Manipur casts a long shadow over calls for peace

    4 May 2026 10:55 AM IST
    BJP in Bihar Assembly elections 2025

    Defeated BJP candidate secures Karnataka's Sringeri seat 3 years after election

    4 May 2026 9:20 AM IST
    Tirupati: Five killed as speeding car rams into logistic vehicle

    8 killed after speeding car runs over crowd helping accident victims in UP

    4 May 2026 8:51 AM IST
    Uttarakhand weather

    Rain, hail batter Uttarakhand; 30 tourists rescued from Dobra-Chanti Lake

    3 May 2026 8:55 PM IST
    37 ‘bellwether seats’ may decide Bengal poll outcome: Report

    37 ‘bellwether seats’ may decide Bengal poll outcome: Report

    3 May 2026 8:50 PM IST
    Boy dies, 2 in hospital after water tank stairs collapse; IAF rescues 2

    Boy dies, 2 in hospital after water tank stairs collapse; IAF rescues 2

    3 May 2026 8:18 PM IST
    From fan frenzy to political reality, acid test for Vijays TVK

    Vijay’s TVK readies for ‘resort politics’ ahead of Tamil Nadu counting day

    3 May 2026 8:06 PM IST
    Election panel debate Bengal

    EC orders full repoll in Falta; what are its implications? | Capital Beat

    3 May 2026 7:09 PM IST
    SIT formed to probe Pune girls rape-murder; CM Fadnavis vows death penalty

    SIT formed to probe Pune girl's rape-murder; CM Fadnavis vows death penalty

    3 May 2026 6:59 PM IST
    The Rs 25,000 crore illegal election betting market in India - how does it flourish

    Election betting in India: Behind the ₹25,000 crore illegal market

    3 May 2026 6:04 PM IST
    Delhi judge suicide

    'It's become difficult to live': Delhi judge made distress call to father before suicide

    3 May 2026 2:54 PM IST
    Delhi fire: How iron window grills, a locked terrace trapped residents, including a toddler

    Delhi fire: How iron window grills, a locked terrace trapped residents, including a toddler

    3 May 2026 2:21 PM IST
    Passenger jumps off taxiing plane at Chennai airport

    Passenger jumps off taxiing plane at Chennai airport

    3 May 2026 1:20 PM IST
    LDF will return to power for third term in Kerala, says CPI(M) leader MV Govindan

    LDF will return to power for third term in Kerala, says CPI(M) leader MV Govindan

    3 May 2026 12:32 PM IST
    Little girl protects herself with an open palm

    Pune rape-murder: Hundreds protest on Mumbai-Bengaluru highway; traffic hit

    3 May 2026 10:07 AM IST
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