Fernandez enters office with her right-wing party holding an absolute majority in the legislature.
These state elections could reshape national politics for 200 million Muslims.
Unrest grips the key eastern state after Modi’s Hindu nationalist BJP wins the state election for the first time.
Polanski has been likened to New York’s Zohran Mamdani for his popular blend of environmental and socialist policies.
Demonstrators rallied in Louisiana and Tennessee against against redistricting.
West Bengal’s Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has firmly rejected stepping down after her party’s defeat.
Modi’s BJP won the key state of West Bengal for the first time. But the vote has thrown up questions that won’t go away.
Thursday’s polls could deliver a sharp setback for Labour, with Reform UK and the Greens expected to gain, analysts say.
Several races being closely watched as both parties prepare for the crucial midterm elections in November.
Alabama lawmakers adjourned their session after protesters entered the State House during protests over redistricting.
Kerala in India, which gave the world its first democratically elected communist government, has voted the left out.
