Highlights of Assembly elections in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam, Puducherry

West Bengal
The ruling TMC is leading in 202 seats while Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leading in 72 seats as per trends at 2 pm as shown by the Election Commission.
West Bengal chief minister Mamta Didi after trailing from Nandigram seat during early trends, is now ahead of BJP's Suvendu Adhikari.
The polls
West Bengal has a total of 294 assembly seats out of which two did not go to the polls due to the death of two candidates ahead of the seventh phase. Polling in these …