Write a report on five states assembly election 2021.
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Three states were set to beat anti-incumbency on Sunday, with Mamata Banerjee emerging star of the day to lead her TMC to triumph in West Bengal for a third consecutive term. At the same time, the BJP was poised for a return in Assam, as was the LDF in Kerala, Election Commission trends indicated.
Till evening, only a handful of results had been declared for the four states and one union territory. But, as votes were counted with strict Covid protocols in place, the trends pointed to a win for Tamil Nadu’s opposition DMK-led alliance over the ruling AIADMK. In Puducherry, the AINRC-led NDA was headed towards power.
The cynosure of the elections, held over March and April as the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic picked up pace to finally ravage large parts of the country, was the high-stakes, acrimonious Trinamool Congress-BJP contest in West Bengal that had dominated headlines, drawing room conversations and political discourse.
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1. Tamil Nadu: The DMK won the election, along with its ally INC. They defeated the incumbent AIADMK party, and have come to power in the state for the first time in a decade. Son of former DMK stalwart Karunanidhi is expected to become the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. BJP and its ally, AIADMK, lost the election and now from the opposition.
2. Kerala: The LDF won the election, with the major party being CPI. Kerala voters broke the tradition of voting alternatively for Congress-led UDF and CPI-led LDF each term, and Pinarayi Vijayan is set to become the CM of Kerala for a second term.
3. Assam: The BJP has retained the state, and will once again form the Government along with its allies in the state. The Congress and its allies have not been successful at winning back their old stronghold.
4. West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee's TMC has won their third consecutive term in the state, with a thumping majority. BJP's heavy efforts to win the state lay in vain as Banerjee's popularity surges following several incidents during the campaign, including her anti-CAA rhetoric and secularism in a state with a large number of Muslim voters.
5. Pondicherry: In the Union Territory, the situation is confusing as no party has achieved a majority of seats. Therefore, both the BJP and INC are striving to attract independent candidates for their support in order to form the government.