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Between Continuity and Caution: Reading India’s 2026 Exit Poll Signals

For national parties, particularly the BJP, the challenge is one of translation. Strength at the national level does not automatically translate into state-level dominance. Each state demands its own strategy, leadership, and narrative. Where that translation is effective, as in Assam, the results follow. Where it is partial, as in Bengal, the ceiling becomes visible