Exit Poll 2026 LIVE: Bengal CEO clarifies after EVM tampering allegations by TMC ahead of vote counting

he Election Commission is likely to reduce the number of counting centres for the West Bengal Assembly polls to 77 from 87 earlier, even as questions were raised by the ruling Trinamool Congress over the move just days ahead of counting, an official said on Thursday, PTI reported.

BJP workers block the movement of a TMC vehicle in Bhabanipur assembly constituency.

One of them says, "There is something in the vehicle. Mamata Banerjee has brought something in her vehicle. The vehicle will not be allowed to move."

West Bengal CEO is holding a press conference at 10.30 pm regarding TMC leaders Shashi Panja and Kunal Ghosh's held dharna in front of the strong room, alleging that an “outsider” opened the ballot.

BJP leader Tapas Roy said, "They cannot do this. They cannot assemble in front of the strong room. No sit-in demonstration or slogan shouting should happen in front of a strong room. This is wrong. Why did the Kolkata Police allow it?...What manipulation are they (TMC) accusing us of? Two of us had come here when we heard about it. We came when we were told to visit here..."

Mamata Banerjee dismissed exit polls predicting a BJP victory, asserting the TMC will win 226 seats in the West Bengal Assembly elections. She accused BJP of manipulating media narratives to demoralize her party and urged workers to remain vigilant to prevent EVM tampering ahead of vote counting.

Today's Chanakya predicted 192 ± 11 seats for the BJP, 100 ± 11 seats for the TMC and 2 ± 2 Seats for others.

West Bengal 2026

Seat Projection

BJP 192 ± 11 Seats

TMC+ 100 ± 11 Seats

Others 2 ± 2 Seats

West Bengal 2026

Vote Projection

BJP 48% ± 3%

TMC+ 38% ± 3%

Others 14% ± 3%

Tamil Nadu 2026

Seat Projection

AIADMK+ 45 ± 11 Seats

DMK+ 125 ± 11 Seats

TVK 63 ± 11 Seats

Others 1 ± 1 Seats

Exit Poll Results 2026 LIVE: Today's Chanakya predicts DMK's victory, 63 seats for TVK in Tamil Nadu:

AIADMK+ 45 ± 11 Seats

DMK+ 125 ± 11 Seats

TVK 63 ± 11 Seats

Others 1 ± 1 Seats

Keralam 2026

Vote Projection

UDF 40% ± 3%

BJP+ 20% ± 3%

LDF 38% ± 3%

Others 2% ± 1%

Unlike other exit polls like Axis My India, P-Marq and Matrize, Today's Chanakya predicted a hung assembly in Kerala. Others have predicted a clean sweep for the Congress-led LDF over rulling UDF.

Today's Chanakya predicts UDF vs LDF close fight in Kerala: A political party needs to win 71 seats to form a government in the state. But Today's Chanakya is predicting a hung assembly here

Seat Projection

UDF 69 ± 9 Seats

BJP+ 7 ± 4 Seats

LDF 64 ± 9 Seats

Others 0 ± 1 Seats

Today's Chanakya, like other exit polls, predicted BJP's victory in Assam. It said the BJP and its allies are likley to win around 102 seats in the Assam elections 2026.

Axis My India projected that the BJP-led NDA would secure 88-100 seats and the Congress-led alliance 24 to 36 seats in Assam, which has 126 assembly seats.

JVC predicted 88-101 seats for the NDA and 23-33 seats for the Congress-led alliance. It gave 0-2 seats in AIUDF and three to others.

P-Marq projected 82-94 seats for the BJP-led alliance, 30-40 for the Congress-led alliance and 1-5 for others. The Congress stitched a six-party alliance to take on the ruling BJP-led NDA in Assam.

For Assam Elections, Today's Chanakya predicted 50% ± 3% voter for the NDA, and 38% ± 3% vote share for the Congress.

Today's Chanakya predictions for Assam Election 2026:

Seat Projection

BJP+ 102 ± 9 Seats

Cong+ 23 ± 9 Seats

Others 1 ± 1 Seats

5:30 pm – Assam

5:45 pm – Kerala

6:00 pm – Tamil Nadu

6:30 pm – West Bengal

Today's Chanakya will release the Assam exit polls first, at 5:30 pm.

Axis My India will not release Bengal exit poll numbers. The organisation shared a detailed statement on the same:

Renowned pollster Axis My India will not release its exit poll results for West Bengal this year, the data intelligence agency's chief Pradeep Gupta said on 30 April.