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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

Greenpeace shut down British Museum in protest at BP-sponsored Sunken Cities exhibition

Campaigners climb columns and hang banners at world-famous museum in protest against oil company.

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

Pathankot attack: DNA tests do not confirm claims of 2 more terrorists

Union home minister Rajnath Singh in March had told Parliament that the burnt material found in the Airmen's Billet building were of two terrorists.

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

Onlookers save driver after lifting burning car off him in Alaska

The dramatic scene was caught on police dashcam footage

May 19, 2016

Justin Trudeau: Canadian PM apologises for manhandling

Canadian PM apologises for manhandling

May 19, 2016

'Missing EgyptAir flight 804 has crashed,' says French President

At least 30 Egyptians, 15 French, one Briton and one Belgian were among the passengers on board the missing flight.

May 19, 2016

Bomb kills 9 Iraqi soldiers during raid in south of Baghdad

A house rigged with explosives blew up south of Baghdad during raid of Islamic State group militants.

May 19, 2016

Tamil Nadu Assembly polls elections 2016

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

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Assembly elections 2016 results: 10 interesting facts

Greenpeace shut down British Museum in protest at BP-sponsored Sunken Cities exhibition

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

Pathankot attack: DNA tests do not confirm claims of 2 more terrorists

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

Onlookers save driver after lifting burning car off him in Alaska

Justin Trudeau: Canadian PM apologises for manhandling

'Missing EgyptAir flight 804 has crashed,' says French President

Bomb kills 9 Iraqi soldiers during raid in south of Baghdad

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

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