Exit polls for four states - West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Assam - and the union territory of Puducherry will be out today. Voters in West Bengal voted in the eighth and final phase of state assembly elections on Thursday. All eyes are on the state as a neck-to-neck fight between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and incumbent Trinamool Congress is likely to unfold. After a spirited electoral campaign by both parties, the latter is eyeing a third term in the state, whereas the former is trying everything in its power to dethrone the Mamata Banerjee-led party.
In Tamil Nadu, MK Stalin's DMK is pitched in a heated electoral battle against AIADMK led by E Palaniswami and O Panneerselvam. In the red bastion of Kerala, incumbent Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's Left-led LDF is fighting against Congress-led UDF. Coming to the North East, BJP and Congress are locked in a direct fight in Assam. A similarly close fight is expected in Puducherry between the two parties.
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8:09 PM: Today's Chankaya Kerala exit poll
LDF - 93-111
UDF - 26-44
BJP- 0-6
Others - 0-3
8:05 PM: Jan Ki Baat Assam exit poll
BJP+ - 68-78
Congress+ - 48-58
8:02 PM: ABP News-C Voter Puducherry exit poll
BJP+ - 19-23
Congress+ - 6-10
Others - 1-2
8:02 PM: ABP News-C Voter Kerala exit poll
LDF - 71-77
UDF - 62-68
BJP+ - 0-2
7:59 PM: Jan Ki Baat exit poll for West Bengal
TMC - 104-121
BJP - 162-185
Left+ - 3-9
7:57 PM: ABP News - C Voter exit poll for Tamil Nadu
AIADMK+ - 58-70
DMK+ - 160-172
Others - 0-7
7:55 PM: ABP News-C Voter exit poll for Assam
BJP+ - 58-71
Congress+ - 53-66
Others - 0-5
7:52 PM: India Today-My Axis India exit poll for Kerala
LDF - 104-120
UDF - 20-36
BJP+ - 0-2
Others - 0-2
7:50 PM: Today's Chanakya exit poll for Tamil Nadu
AIADMK+ - 46-68
DMK+ - 164-186
AMMK+ - 0
Others - 0-8
7:46 PM: Republic-CNX exit poll for Kerala
LDF - 72-80
UDF - 58-64
NDA - 1-5
7:44 PM: Republic-CNX exit poll for Puducherry
BJP+ - 16-20
Congress+ - 11-13
7:42 PM: Republic-CNX exit poll for Tamil Nadu
AIADMK+ - 58-68
DMK+ - 160-170
AMMK+ - 4-6
MNM+ - 0-2
7:41 PM: Republic-CNX exit poll for Assam
BJP+ - 74-84
Congress+ - 40-50
Others - 1-3
7:38 PM: Republic-CNX exit poll for West Bengal
TMC - 128-128
BJP - 138-148
Left - 11-21
7:36 PM: Today's Chanakya exit poll for Assam
BJP+ - 61-79
Congress+ - 47- 65
Others - 0-3
7:29 PM: India Today-Axis My India exit poll for Assam
BJP+ - 75-85
Congress+ - 40-50
Others - 1-4
7:24 PM: ABP News-C Voter exit poll for West Bengal
TMC - 152-164
BJP - 109-121
Left - 14-25
7:06 PM: Incidents of violence reported in West Bengal during last phase of polling
BJP and TMC workers clashed in Birbhum district of West Bengal during the last phase of polling for the state assembly elections. Anirba Ganguly, BJP's candidate from Bolpur, came under attack during the incident and blamed TMC of disrupting the election process. Chandranath Sinha, TMC candidate for the seat, refuted the allegations against his party.