New Delhi, April 29 -- To form a government in West Bengal, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Union Territory, a party or alliance needs to cross the majority mark aka magic number in their assemblies. Majority mark is more than 50 per cent of the total seats in the respective Legislative Assembly.

Since voting in all states and one Union Territory have now concluded and exit polls are out, let's see how many seats do a party or alliance needs to win the elections.

West Bengal has a 294-member Legislative Assembly and the magic number for each party to win the election is 148.

In their projections via exit polls, most pollsters on Wednesday, April 29, predicted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) winning the state in the 2026 Assem...