India, May 4 -- The stage is set for the counting of votes across five key regions-Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and the Union Territory of Puducherry-on Monday, following Assembly elections held over the past month.

West Bengal has emerged as the focal point of political attention, with repolling ordered in Falta, Diamond Harbour and Magrahat Paschim amid heightened electoral tension.

The state has witnessed a closely fought contest between the ruling Trinamool Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Assembly elections in the five regions were conducted in phases between April 9 and April 29, 2026. Kerala, Assam and Puducherry voted in a single phase on April 9, while Tamil Nadu and the first phase of West Bengal polling too...