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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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People have voted with expectation of Poori Bartan (full bowl) not Poribartan. It has been long years for the mass living with half bowl......Going to be tall order for new government to meet the expectations.....A welcome change......
Let inflection and corruption prevail. Corruption will remain and prevail in India. Let it remain so. We survive because of corruption. The whole system of economic and financial policies is such that without corruption works cannot be got done. This view has been sealed through the EVC by the voters of 5 states. True it is that the DMK has lost power in T.N. but this does not men that it is a mandate or good bye to corruption. This is because the 4 states have been voted back to congress and its allies. One thing more that the BJP has also lost its position in Assam and could retain only one seat in W.B. it may be true that BJP had not developed a base in these states but question is why it did not do so in 64 years of the independence. Mamata Banarjee will also find it difficult to give god governance in WB because of one man show and has no party base foundation. It is anti incumbency which brought her in power. The main question there would be industrial development there. The reason is politicization of Land Acquisition Act. One cannot differentiate between the behavior of Uma Bharati and Mamata. Jailalitha is also not exception. It is not her popularity which brought her to power but it is anti incumbency only. In Kerala communists had no time except t fight for against Acchutanandan. Thus the total out come out of inflection and corruption is that it is the nature of the Indians and they like it. Let corruption and inflection prevail. Coming events of 2012 and 2014, when states and Parliamentary elections wouldc be held, can be anticipated well.
They say the learned voters of India ousted corrupts in Tamil Nadu and non performers in West Bengal. As if Jayalalita is honest and Mamata had some remarkable performance in Railways. All that has changed is the who's-who list.
all thik skined animals ruling india should an everage indian knows how to protest by bellet all who go and bag at the end of term. it is not late. try to be honest.
The intelligent electorate have proved that they are the masters and that they can not be fooled by false gimmicks.Mamata has destroyed the fortress of the Left while Jaya has stormed the citadel the most corrupt DMK. Let the leaders who have won and who have lost, learn a lesson, at least now. If brought to power they have to serve and not loot.
Indian electorate is highly aware of the performance of the sitting governments. They expect the governments to deliver with little to moderate corruption. If not, they look at the opposition and their potential to do better on the same yardstick. Mamata and Jayalalitha seem to be benefitting from anti-incumbency and good campaigning highlighting the negatives of current government. 2G investigation was the last nail in the coffin of DMK, while lack of credible action in Singur, Nandigram and Lalgarh meant it was all over for Buddha babu. Good thing is that people are not going to tolerate corruption, inaction and worst still indifference. Politicians need to keep awake.
The prominent states of West Bengal and Tamil Nadu have simply proved the chanceless ambitions of die-hard politicial parties refusing to accept the writing on the wall at the start of the assembly elections campaign. Mamata Banerjee fought a tireless convincing campaign strong on the sentiments of public rejection of the 35-year communist rule that saw West Bengal go down in history as the worst industrialised state with zero progress in all spheres of public life. Thanks to the stubborn Communist mindset of the old comrades clinging on to diminishing power bases, the people handed them a thrashing verdict they saw coming, but refused to accept. In Tamil Nadu, Karunanidhi's DMK freebies of mixies was strongly overpowered by Jayalalitha's AIADMK laptops and it's their continued support from the Congress despite the 2G scam scandal that ensured the DMK too got a resounding thrashing from the people. Shame for both losers as they are forced into oblivion for a good five years ahead.
Oppressive corruptive Left front had been regaining power so many years just by massive election rigging wearing a gentle mask woven by Joty basu & his hypocrite team -- they were even worse than Hosni Mubarak of Egypt. Dear all, come ahead hand to hand & swear to regain the rich culture,heritage & potential of our Sonar Bangla under our beloved leader Mamata Banerjee.
i also agree with mamata banarjee. i like his comments of paribartan. i would like to she take charge of chief minister in our west bengal.
History of Bengal after independence is divided into two periods; period of famine (1947 - 1977) and the period of delayed success (1977 - till date). There was famine in 1959, 1966, and 1974. Famines were mainly due to non-cultivation of land under jotedar ownership. Agriculture is not much profitable for them. After 1977, due to land reform, food production is up and famine problem is solved. There was one potential famine in 1978 (due to big flood), but panchayat and co-ordination committee avoided a famine like situation. So the new period of delayed success started. Haldia is delayed by 12 yrs, Bakreswar by 8 yrs. Singur will also come one day after some delay like Haldia. DELAYED SUCCESS IS BETTER THAN FAMINE.