Partial results from the Election Commission of India show that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party is on track for a third straight term in Assam state and is sweeping West Bengal state, defeating longtime opposition leader Mamata Banerjee, while the BJP's national coalition, the National Democratic Alliance, is leading in the union territory of Puducherry, Bloomberg reported on May 4. In the southern state of Tamil Nadu, actor-turned-politician Joseph Vijay appears poised to unseat the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party, while in Kerala state, an Indian National Congress-led alliance is set to defeat the ruling Communist Party of India (Marxist).

Voting in India's state assembly elections occurred in multiple phases across different states between April 9 and April 29.

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