Exit polls today for five states show the Congress reduced to a tiny bleep. Assam and Kerala have both voted for change. And Bengal has opted decisively once again for Mamata Banerjee.
It's a big win for the BJP in Assam, according to early exit polls, which show the party winning its first North Eastern state.
The poll of polls - which aggregates different exit polls - shows the BJP and its allies get 73 of a possible 126 seats - an easy win.
The Congress chose not to ally with any party in Assam - a big mistake, according to analysts. "We should have followed a Bihar-like policy and collected an anti-BJP front here too," said the party's Mani Shankar Aiyar.
The poll of exit polls for Bengal shows Mamata Banerjee getting 184 of a possible 294 seats, giving her another big win. Her Trinamool Congress already had 184 seats till this election, so there's hardly any anti-incumbency for her. The Left and Congress, which were allied, get 103 seats, and the BJP gets five.
Aggregated exit polls for Kerala show the Left taking back the state from the Congress, with 79 of a possible 140 seats. The Congress-led UDF coalition, battered by corruption scandals, is down to 57 seats. The BJP gets three.
However, 15 crucial seats in Tamil Nadu are held by others - including the coalition headed by "Captain" Vijayakanth, which could make him the deciding factor in who forms the next government.
For the Congress, the lone bright spot appears to be Puducherry, where the party is set to win the state in alliance with the DMK.
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