New Delhi, May 4 -- The big state elections of 2026 have thrown up a change in many a political script. According to data from the Election Commission of India, as of 12.45 pm, when about one-third of voting rounds had been completed, West Bengal was going to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the first time. The binary of Tamil Nadu centred around Dravidian politics, alternating between the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), has been disrupted by the resolute emergence of actor Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) as a third axis. In Kerala, the anti-incumbency cycle, disrupted in 2021, has been restored. Amid this, Assam and Puducherry voted for the status quo.

In 2021, AITC's 47....