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Congress added to Left's drubbing by snatching power in Kerala by a slender margin while it scored a spectacular show in Assam bagging a near two-third majority to retain power.
However, the party tasted defeat in Puducherry at the hands of a rebel who had left the party only a few months ago and tied up with AIADMK to secure two-thirds majority in the 30-member Assembly.
Riding a wave of change in a state where Left ideology ruled the roost for over three decades, Banerjee along with allies Congress and SUCI gave a severe drubbing to the Left Front.
The Banerjee-led alliance captured three-fourth majority by winning 227 seats in the 294 seat assembly. Banerjee, Railway Minister at the Centre, did not contest the elections.
Trinamool Congress won 184 seats, while Congress bagged 42. The other ally SUCI got one.
On the rival side, the CPI(M), which headed the Left Front, has won 40 seats.
The CPI(M) suffered humiliation when a number of its bigwigs, including Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, bit the dust. Shortly after defeat, Bhattacharjee resigned.
With defeats in West Bengal and Kerala, the Left will have power only in Tripura.
Tamil Nadu lived up to its 'winner takes all' reputation as Jayalalithaa swept back to power with a landslide victory with her alliance set to cross the 200 mark in the 234-member Assembly.
Riding the plank of DMK's alleged corruption in the form of 2G spectrum scam and perceived resentment over the 'family rule' of Chief Minister Karunanidhi, AIADMK on its own is set to get 151 seats.
The party has won 141 seats and was leading in another 10 seats. The DMK has won 18 seats and was ahead in four, while ally Congress which contested 63 seats could manage only five wins.
State Congress President K V Thangkabalu, who made a dramatic entry into the contest after the alleged bungling over his wife's candidature, lost the Mylapore seat by nearly 30,000 votes.
The 2006 elections was a rare one for Tamil Nadu when for the first time it had a minority government. The DMK had then won 96 seats and the government survived on outside support from Congress and others. The AIADMK had won 61 seats in the 2006 elections.
While Jayalalithaa and Chief Minister Karunanidhi won in Srirangam and Tiruvarur respectively by huge margins, Deputy Chief Minister and DMK heavyweight M K Stalin was trailing in
Kolathur. Karunanidhi tendered his resignation.
Assam provided a surprisingly huge victory when the party returned to power for the third time. Congress vastly improved on its performance of 2006 when it had got 53 seats in the 126-member assembly by bagging 78 seats.
The main opposition party AGP was reduced to a rubble when it won only 10 seats. It had 24 seats in the earlier Assembly.
The defeat of the Left in Kerala was not as resounding as in West Bengal when the Left Democratic Front was neck and neck in the race for power and ultimately yielded by a slender margin to the Congress-led UDF.
The UDF won 72 seats, two more than the half way mark in the 140 member assembly. The LDF won 68 seats.
Ageing Marxist veteran V S Achuthanandan's singlehanded campaign against corruption appears to have played a leading role in curbing the UDF's tally.
The 87-year-old Chief Minister helped CPI(M) emerge as the single largest party with 45 seats against Congress' 38.
Puducherry broke the Congress' hold on power when it voted an alliance of N Rangasamy Congress and AIADMK which got two-thirds majority in the 30-member assembly of the Union Territory.
The NR Congress, headed by former Chief Minister N Rangasamy who left Congress a few months ago, bagged 15 seats while ally AIADMK won five seats.
The ruling Congress was reduced to seven seats, while ally DMK won two. A lone Independent was successful.
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i can't understand wat these are.... i have been given to write an article on the topic "the fort of cpm in west bengal has been devastated. justify the activity of CPM and TMC (MAMTA BANERJEE)..." BY MY TEACHER.But i don't know about it any more, so i want help...... help me....
Its a win-win situation for congress, results all over in the country in the favor of congress irrespective of the corruption issue congress really on a driving seat, cheers for Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, their ideology seems working. The results will definitely boost up the morals of congress for the upcoming elections in punjab, himachal
Election results and lesson: For PM and Congress:Do not support the evil doers.Good is incomplete if evil is nor resisted. Raja should have been thrown out the moment he indulged in curruption. If DMK supported Raja, they should have been thrown out too. Stand for what is right regardless of consequences. In the case of nuclear treaty with US this was done and it yeilded results. For all right thinking polititions and leaders : The only way for the country to progress is to support honest and capable people regardless of their political affiliations. People with integrity and dedication coupled with capablity to lead and solve problems are required . So make an invisible alliance among leaders with quality across political barriers Stop making false allegations for political gains and stop defending the currupt. Resurrect our value system or lese we will not exist as a nation
Voters has shown maturity in their judgement and threw out sitting governments mainly due to non-performance, corruption and over confidence of incumbant governments. The newly won parties should remembers, voters wanted a change and provide chance to oppositions. Unless they performance, their fate will be same in next election.
West Bengal need to Join Bangladesh to their brothers in the east and they will not prosper with the screwed maroary, gujrati jews and the ruling elites of hindi belt. I suggest Bengal people don't look far for the progress, but look bottom near your house. Get wise. Hinduism is death, but nationalism will work for the Bangalis
People voted against corruption , nepotism and compulsary land acquition.
at last left front has been out form west Bengal,this win prove that west Bengal people now want to change ,they are very much happy dts dreams has come true , corruption,sick industry, level of education was day by day was increasing,one type of class was dr who don't hav d quality but they get d all facility for d left government becoz they very much know that how to use it. so,today i m very much happy to dreams come true ..
Whatever outcome we are getting is purely due to fantastic works of Election Commission. Kudos to E.C.of India !! Long Live E.C.! Only you can bring the actual Democracy ---
I am favourer of DMK. This result of sweeping out DMK is the best and should be a lesson for this party. Government is for public and not for a single family. Gone are those days where people vote for money and freebies. People are well aware of the present situation. We should thank Mr. Karunanithi for his free television scheme which really helped the rural people to know what is happening and preple shown their rights in a right way. Hope Miss. Jayalalitha will do something useful for the people of TN.
Glad the hardworking people of Tamilnadu wokeup and sent home the criminals,who are hampering the country's progress by looting our money.Hopefully Jaya begins a new chapter...For a day the people of Tamilnadu can breathe a sigh of relief...
Agree. People are emotional fool. They are like pendulam shifting their vote from left to right. They do not vote the right candidate...They vote in anger or in affiliation, but it is rarely logical attempt to pick the good one (ofcourse, the option to all of us is also limited. Very difficult to conclude for anyone)
The mandate of the masses have given an majority to Mamata Baneerji in weat Bengal sidelining the Thirty Four Years old rule of C.P.I.(M) . As in democratic set up it is the masses who through there mandate give there verdict ,A historic verdict in west Bengal and Tamil Naidu has paved way for a silent change if the Party in power do not protect the rights of the State and due to literacy Drive the masses are now more aware of there mandate .
we learnt in childhood , from pandit vidyasagarthat no body beleives the liers.
Today's election results clearly indicates that, the voters are expressing their unhappiness through existing options. Had there been any option for Rejecting a contestant I guess almost all contestants would loss their deposits. Also in present system & prevailing day's cost of living, expecting a honest leader is not wise. Present trend in election canvassing is to attract voters by approaching along with group of supporters.(whether they are real or hired) if a honest contestant comes alone for canvassing his votes may not cross more than 2,3 digits and if he has to get group of people for canvassing he has to feed all his group members with min of Rs.300/-each per day(considering that a city / agricultural labour is paid Rs300/. That is indirectly seed for his commitment to corruption. So in India we can not expect loyal & honest leaders. I strongly insist for ELECTORAL REFORMATION IN THIS DIRECTION and change in public attitude against the contestants.
The landsliding victory of TMC will give a new hope to the real grass root people.It's a mandate against anarchy,poverty and so called comrades.
TMC MEANS- T- THIRTEEN, M- MAY, C- CHANGE, MAMATADI JINDABAD,BANDAMATARAM, DON'T FEAR. MAMATA DI AA GAYA MA MATI MANUSHER JONYO.
Jan Lokpal is the hope But lets not losefaith in our democracy.All European nations have gone through this stage and it was only through civil participation that corruption was rooted there.Our country is on the right track for a glorious future.
After a great decade, finally Dr.Karunanidhi's Family rule ends. Excellent days ahead for Poor and Middle Class families of Tamil Nadu who suffered huge tortures from many of the DMK functionaries, especially the last 4 years are literally "Araajagam".
once our amma won!its a fullstop for family administration.wow its great!soon tamilnadu will glitter
In India the democracy is alive, people exercise their mandate and elect their representative, now there is a unique transformation is happening, there is a general awareness about corruption and criminalization in politics, and people have started voicing their opinion, we have seen the lok adalat movement, 2G scam probe, cwg scam probe, now an agitation against land acquisition, and adhrash scam probe, jaitapur agitation. We should not let these loose momentum, they all should be brought to a logical end and people should assert themselves and the law should prevail.Guilty should be punished just like Harshat Metha's assets are taken back, the money in these scams must be recovered, even the money in foreign banks must be brought back. Let the good days dawn on India and its people.
finally bangal government changes. the comunist party and comunist ideology actually does not suit to india, and so jyoti basu was adored for being elected. mamata, if sticks to the policey of kalyan-raj, may get success. lets see what happens !!!
Empirical knowledge of the election trends for about a decade reveals that whomsoever supported the congress has only been decimated subsequently. it was with the support of the left that upa1 could come to power. just to keep bjp at bay, communists supported the congress. what has happened then? congress has unseated them in both the states where they were in power. it is good lesson for the other parties to learn. support the congress for your own destruction.Why it happened in the case of sp and rjd also. both were rout in their respective states. but will such a proposition become true for the electorates also who support the congress?
Can we hear again "Kolpannathappa" script after Amma's victory? LDF lost due to his own people, how many seats Congress gained their own? Communal party got 100% performance in their territory. So we can 30 ministers in Kerala state! Mamathaji be careful and do something for WB.
The Bengal election is not a vote in favour of highly corrupt congress party or in favour of an arrogant Mamatha, it is a vote against directionless inactive communist rule. What they gave for the intelluctualy rich state in India for the last 34 years is poverty in all walks of life. A state where intellutuals were born and ruled, were ruled by buddus with no brain and aim, for what they have been elected. Communism is a dead asset has to be realised by its brainless leaders and has to follow the foot step of its leader Fiedel Castro. Mamta, if stopped her arrogance and behaves well for the developments of her state, it will do better for her state and for her image. They will worrishp her as Godess Kali. The people in that state is still sleeping in the pavements waiting for the Godess to put permanent shelters over their head
well todo in west bengal .