8.29 am: In Tamil Nadu, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam alliance was ahead in four seats, while the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam coalition was leading in nine early trends by NDTV showed. The Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam is yet to gain hold anywhere.

8.24 am: Early trends on NDTV showed that the Bharatiya Janata Party was ahead in eight seats in Assam, while the Congress was leading in four.

8.22 am: In West Bengal, the Bharatiya Janata Party was leading in 19 seats, closely followed by the Trinamool Congress in 17, according to early trends by NDTV.

8.18 am: Early trends published by NDTV shows the Congress was leading in 12 seats, while the Left Democratic Front was ahead on 10.

8.02 am: Counting of votes begins.

7.58 am: Elections in Assam this year was the first after the fierce protests against the new citizenship law across the country, which first began in the state. But the reason for the demonstrations in the state were entirely different from the rest of the country.

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7.30 am: Visuals from Kolkata and Siliguri.

7.19 am: For the Bharatiya Janata Party, a victory in West Bengal will bring it closer to its ‘one-party’ ambition. For Mamata Banerjee, this could be a chance to emerge as a national leader.

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7.18 am: Visuals from Guwahati.

7.15 am: With the demise of J Jayalalithaa and MK Karunanidhi, who dominated the political space in Tamil Nadu for decades, it is now up to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami or DMK Chief MK Stalin to take control and prove their worth.

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7.14 am: Since 1983, voters in Kerala have alternated their mandate between the Left Democratic Front alliance and the Congress-led United Democratic Front every five years.

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7.13 am: Puducherry was the last Congress bastion in the South until earlier this year, when a spate of resignations led to the fall of the V Narayanasamy-led government. The Congress hopes to regain its foothold, while the All India NR Congress aims to ride the anti-incumbency wave and come back to power.

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7.11 am: Bharatiya Janata Party Assam unit chief Ranjeet Kumar Dass has claimed that the party and its allies will 83 seats, reports NDTV. The majority mark in the state is 64.

6.45 am: Visuals from outside a counting centre in Chennai.

Overview of poll-bound states and Puducherry