Exit Poll has projected the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)-led alliance comprising Congress and others to emerge victorious over the AIADMK and its allies allowing MK Stalin to likely become the CM for the first time ever.
The ABP News C-voter exit poll predicts 152 to 164 seats for the Trinamool Congress, 14 to 25 seats for the Left and 109 to 121 seats for the BJP.
India Today-Axis My India, Times Now, C Voter, India News, Jan ki Baat, India TV, News 24, Today's Chanakya are announcing the exit poll results of Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry and West Bengal starting from 7pm on Thursday.
"Two crude bombs have been hurled, as you can see. I don't need to mention who is behind this. It is being done to scare and intimidate voters," said Vivek Gupta, TMC candidate from Jorasanko.
The decision comes a day after the Madras High Court took the Election Commission to task while hearing a suo motu case concerning the management of the Covid situation in Tamil Nadu.
On a wheelchair, she briefly paused before photojournalists while coming out amid chants of "Didi, Didi", before boarding her car.
The seventh phase of polling, which will be held at 12,068 polling stations, will decide the fate of 284 candidates across 34 assembly constituencies.
The BJP started making an entry into Habibpur in the 1990s. The Scheduled Castes were the first to embrace the party.
Taking to Twitter, Prime Minister Modi said: "Tomorrow, will be chairing high-level meetings to review the prevailing COVID-19 situation. Due to that, I would not be going to West Bengal."
In this phase, elections are being held in 17 seats in the North 24 Parganas district and nine seats in Nadia -- most of which has a significant presence of the Matuas, who are crucial to the electoral success of any party in the state.
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