Pics: Cheers and tears after Assembly Polls 2011

Two mighty upsets, a photo finish and a third consecutive win. As the electoral jigsaw fell into place, the political picture too changed with the Left exiting from West Bengal and Kerala, the DMK from Tamil Nadu, the Congress staying on in Assam and Mamata Banerjee entering as India's newest woman chief minister. In this photo, AIADMK Supremo J Jayalalithaa flashing Victory sign to her supporters and media from her residence in Chennai on Friday.

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is escorted by security guards as speaks to the media at Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati on Friday, before the declaration of the results of Assam Assembly elections.

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi at Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati on Friday, before the declaration of the results of Assam Assembly elections.

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi offers prayers for his victory along with his son Gaurav Gogoi (R) and Chhaygaon Congress candidate Rekkibuddin Ahmed at Burah Masjid in Guwahati on Friday.

AIADMK Supremo J Jayalalithaa flashing Victory sign to her supporters and media from her residence in Chennai on Friday. Jaya is poised for the next Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu as her party is heading for a thumping win in the assembly elections.

AIADMK Supremo J Jayalalithaa responds to the greetings of her supporters and media at her residence in Chennai on Friday. Jaya is poised for the next Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu as her party is heading for a thumping win in the assembly elections.

AIADMK Supremo J Jayalalithaa responds to the greetings of her supporters and media at her residence in Chennai on Friday. Jaya is poised for the next Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu as her party is heading for a thumping win in the assembly elections.

Congress party workers celebrate a party candidates victory in the assembly elections, in Guwahati on Friday.

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress supporters dance as they celebrate the partys thumping win in the West Bengal assembly elections, outside Mamata Banerjees Kalighat residence in Kolkata on Friday.

Activists of Trinamool Congress celebrate their pyrrhic victory in the West Bengal assembly elections, at a counting centre in Siliguri on Friday.

Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee gestures while addressing her party workers and supporters at her Kalighat residence in Kolkata on Friday. Trinamool Congress is heading for a thumping win West Bengal assembly elections.

A Trinamool Congress supporter jubilates after the partys win in the West Bengal state assembly elections outside Mamata Banerjees residence in Kolkata on Friday.

Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee poses for a picture at her Kalighat residence in Kolkata on Friday.

A view of CPI(M) office in New Delhi on Friday. Trinamool Congress is heading for a thumping win West Bengal assembly elections.

Counting of votes for assembly elections in progress at a centre at Bolpur in Birbhum district of West Bengal on Friday.

Left Front Chairman and CPI(M) State Secretary Biman Bose shows year 2001 exhit poll reports during a press conference in Kolkata on Thursday on the eve of the counting of votes for assembly elections.

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi along with his wife Dolly Gogoi and other family members celebrating the Congress partys victory in the Assam Assembly elections, at his residence in Guwahati on Friday.