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May 05, 2021 20:32 IST
TMC upped its vote share substantially in phases 7 and 8 that were held in late April. Polls during these phases were held in the Greater Kolkata region
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Trinamool Congress activists celebrate their party s winning trend during counting day of West Bengal Assembly Election at Bolpur in Birbhum district of West Bengal, on May 2, 2021.
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TMC upped its vote share substantially in phases 7 and 8 that were held in late April. Polls during these phases were held in the Greater Kolkata region
Contrary to what opinion and exit polls claimed, the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) not only won nearly 3/4ths of all the Assembly seats, it did so by improving upon its vote share in both the 2019 Lok Sabha and the 2016 Assembly elections. The BJP s vote share compared to 2019 fell by around 3% points while the Left-Congress combine s vote share and seat tallies crumbled even more compared to 2016 and 2019. The TMC was p
Mamata Banerjee takes oath as West Bengal CM
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05 May 2021, 16:18 GMT+10
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 5 (ANI) Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday took oath as the Chief Minister of West Bengal for the third consecutive term. She was administered the oath by Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar.
TMC secured 213 seats in the eight-phased West Bengal Assembly elections while Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 77 seats. I thank all the people who were looking at the Bengal elections. Our first priority is tackling COVID-19. Secondly, I urge all political parties to look around so that violence to be controlled. From today onwards, I am taking law and order into my hands. I will post the police accordingly to tackle the situation, she said after taking the oath.
May 5, 2021
By Mahua Moitra
Ms. Moitra is a member of the Indian Parliament from the All India Trinamool Congress, which last week defeated Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party in state elections in West Bengal.
KOLKATA, India I am a member of the Indian Parliament, and on Sunday, the political party I belong to, the All India Trinamool Congress, defeated the party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in elections for the West Bengal State legislature. Our party and my leader, Mamata Banerjee, the only female chief minister of a state in India today, showed what it takes to defeat Mr. Modi’s divisive, misogynist politics.
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