Exit polls 2026 LIVE: Focus on West Bengal final phase; record turnouts in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Assam

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A polling authoritative marks a voter's digit with indelible ink during the 2nd and last signifier of the West Bengal Assembly elections, astatine a polling presumption successful Kolkata, Wednesday, April 29, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI

The exit polls for the Assembly elections held successful Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal are each acceptable to beryllium released connected Wednesday (April 29, 2026), aft the 2nd and last signifier of voting concludes successful West Bengal aboriginal successful the day.

Tamil Nadu recorded a historic 85.1% elector turnout successful the Assembly polls, portion Puducherry led with 91.23%. Assam saw a turnout of 85.91%, and Kerala registered 78.27%.

The archetypal signifier of the West Bengal Assembly Elections connected Thursday (April 23, 2026) witnessed the highest-ever elector turnout successful immoderate of the State’s Assembly elections since independence, with 92.88% crossed 152 constituencies successful 16 districts, sealing the destiny of 1478 candidates successful the fray.

While Assam, Kerala, and Puducherry went to the polls successful a azygous signifier connected April 9, 2026, Tamil Nadu voted connected April 23, 2026. West Bengal voted successful 2 phases: connected April 23, 2026 and the 2nd signifier today.

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April 29, 2026 17:20
Absolute elector increases seen crossed State followed spatial patterns
The all-time precocious turnout successful Tamil Nadu – 85.1%, according to provisional figures from the Election Commission of India – was shown to beryllium a effect of the Special Intensive Revision workout successful the State that had led to the nett deletion of 68 lakh electors.
While the State besides registered an summation successful the implicit fig of voters who turned out, the provisional summation of astir 24.8 lakh voters appears little than the gains registered successful caller cycles — 31.1 lakh betwixt 2016 and 2021, and 64.8 lakh betwixt 2011 and 2016. At the aforesaid time, erstwhile we interruption down the State-wide aggregate summation this election, chiseled constituency-level variations that chopped crossed urban/rural segments and regions are observed.
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Published - April 29, 2026 05:20 p.m. IST

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