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Assembly elections 2016 results: 10 interesting facts

Here are 10 snippets of news and trivia from the day of counting of votes of the polls in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Assam and Puducherry.

May 19, 2016

J Jayalalithaa TN CM Assembly polls 2016 Chief Minister

Tamil Nadu Assembly polls 2016: Jayalalithaa breaks 32-year-old jinx by winning second straight term

AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa retained power, defying exit poll predictions and the state's anti-incumbency record.

May 19, 2016

VS Achuthanandan speaks to mass in Kerala

Kerala Assembly Elections 2016 result: LDF wave in state; BJP makes a debut

LDF won 91 out of the total 140 seats, while BJP won its first seat in Kerala when Rajagopal won in Nemom by 8,741 votes.

May 19, 2016

Mamata Banerjee claims victory as TMC poised to win more than 200 seats in West Bengal Assembly elections in 2016

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called for peace in West Bengal after she claimed victory.

May 19, 2016

US Election: Bernie Sanders admits he faces an uphill fight to win nomination

The Vermont senator is facing Hilary Clinton in the race for democratic nomination

May 19, 2016

Justin Trudeau: Canadian PM apologises for manhandling

Canadian PM apologises for manhandling

May 19, 2016

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Pondicherry (Puducherry) Assembly elections 2016 result: Congress emerges single largest party

In the 2011 assembly elections, the AINRC had won 15 of the 30 Puducherry seats, defeating the AIADMK,DMK and the Congress.

May 19, 2016

Tamil Nadu Assembly elections 2016 final results and party-wise vote share

The AIADMK won 134 seats while the DMK won 89 seats. The DMDK-led PWF failed to win any seat.

May 19, 2016

West Bengal Assembly election results 2016: TMC sweeps with 211 seats

The final results has not been confirmed by the Election Commission.

May 19, 2016

Assam Assembly elections 2016 result: BJP is leading by huge margin

Exit polls have predicted that the BJP will make its debut in Assam this year, resulting in a major setback for Tarun Gogoi-led Congress government.

May 19, 2016

Kerala Assembly elections 2016 result live updates: LDF set to come back to power in the state

The election for 140 assembly seats in Kerala was held on May 16.

May 18, 2016

Dennis Skinner Queens Speech joke: Firebrand Labour MP tells government hands off the BBC

MP for Bolsover wants BBC protected after Newsbeat, BBC Food, and News Magazine axed in White Paper.

May 18, 2016

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Elections see high participation, courtesy poll panel's outreach

The five states that went to Assembly polls over two months recorded high voting percentages, indicating enthusiastic participation by Indians.

May 18, 2016

US Senate passes bill to allow 9/11 victims' families to sue Saudi Arabia; Obama to veto it

The Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act or JASTA will now be tabled in the United States House of Representatives.

May 18, 2016

Hilary Clinton wins Kentucky by thin margin; Sanders clinches Oregon

Clinton has 280 more delegates as well as more superdelegate endorsements than Sanders.

May 18, 2016

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Politics

Assembly elections 2016 results: 10 interesting facts

Tamil Nadu Assembly polls 2016: Jayalalithaa breaks 32-year-old jinx by winning second straight term

Kerala Assembly Elections 2016 result: LDF wave in state; BJP makes a debut

Mamata Banerjee claims victory as TMC poised to win more than 200 seats in West Bengal Assembly elections in 2016

US Election: Bernie Sanders admits he faces an uphill fight to win nomination

Justin Trudeau: Canadian PM apologises for manhandling

Pondicherry (Puducherry) Assembly elections 2016 result: Congress emerges single largest party

Tamil Nadu Assembly elections 2016 final results and party-wise vote share

West Bengal Assembly election results 2016: TMC sweeps with 211 seats

Assam Assembly elections 2016 result: BJP is leading by huge margin

Kerala Assembly elections 2016 result live updates: LDF set to come back to power in the state

Dennis Skinner Queens Speech joke: Firebrand Labour MP tells government hands off the BBC

Elections see high participation, courtesy poll panel's outreach

US Senate passes bill to allow 9/11 victims' families to sue Saudi Arabia; Obama to veto it

Hilary Clinton wins Kentucky by thin margin; Sanders clinches Oregon

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