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EXit canvass results unrecorded updates: get out canvass projections for the gathering elections to four states — Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal — and the Union territory of Puducherry were released today, with a narrow win projected for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Trinamool Congress bastion Bengal and a Congress-UDF return in Kerala.While voting for Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry concluded earlier, the second and last phase voting for West Bengal took place today, only after the conclusion of which were the exit poll results released, according to Election Commission of India (ECI) rules.Along with assembly elections, assembly bypolls to eight seats across six states have also taken place. Voting for five seats - Goa (Ponda), Karnataka (Bagalkote, Devanagere), Nagaland (Koridang), and Tripura (Dharmanagar) - was held on April 9, while three seats in Gujarat (Umreth) and Maharashtra (Rahuri, Baramati) voted on April 23.Exit poll results 2026 | Key points-Assembly election voting: Voting for Assam, Kerala, Puducherry assembly elections happened in a single phase on April 9. Tamil Nadu also voted in one phase on April 23 along with the first phase polling for West Bengal, where the second and final leg is taking place today.-When will results be out: Results for the assembly elections and the bypolls to eight assembly constituencies across six states will be known on May 4, the day the Election Commission counts the votes.-Election voting time: Voting ideally takes place from 7 am and goes on till 6 pm, however, it does not end till all people in the last queues cast their franchise.-Assembly seats: Assam has a total of 126 assembly seats, Kerala 140, Tamil Nadu 234, Bengal 294 and Puducherry 30. This makes the majority mark a party or an alliance needs to be able to form government in Assam 64, in Kerala 71, in Bengal 148 and 16 in Puducherry.-Exit poll results time: Exit poll predictions for the ongoing election cycle are released only after the official restriction period ends, as per EC guidelines. The Election Commission has clearly defined a “silence period” during which no voter survey results can be published or broadcast. According to the rules, media organisations are barred from conducting or releasing exit polls from 7 am on April 9 to 6:30 pm on April 29.

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