Mamata Banerjee lost her seat in the high-stakes Nandigram assembly, but the charismatic Trinamool Congress supremo brought her party to power in West Bengal for the third time in a row.
Mamata showed the grit and political acumen needed to single-handedly defeat the Narendra Modi wave that has swept over India, despite his Bharatiya Janata Party launching an all-out campaign of the Saffron star cast.
Analysts say her victory is a triumph of secularism against the divisive politics of religion and nationalism.
However, the BJP has many reasons to cheer as it is now the second-most popular party in West Bengal, surpassing National Congress and Communist Party of India (Marxist). These two parties ruled the WB for over 64 years combined.
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Three men have emerged as favourites to replace her at the helm.
BBC News NI looks at the careers to date of Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, Edwin Poots and Gavin Robinson.
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson is the DUP s Westminster leader and is currently the longest-serving MP from Northern Ireland.
Born in Kilkeel, the 58-year-old has said his decision to enter politics was influenced by the IRA murder of his cousin and RUC officer Samuel Donaldson in 1970.
He began work for MP Enoch Powell between 1982 and 1984 after joining the Ulster Unionist Party, later leading election campaigns for him in 1983 and 1986.
Apr 27, 2021, 13:31 IST
Senior Congress leader and former minister of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh, M Sathyanarayana Rao passed away in the early hours of Monday while undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at the Nizam Institute Of Medical Sciences in the city of Hyderabad.
Personal information:
Meneni Sathyanarayana Rao was third among six children of Cheeti Hanumantha Rao and Cheeti Yashodha. He was named as Cheeti Seetharama Rao. He was born on 14th January 1934 in Vedhira village, Ramadugu mandal in Karimnagar district. He has one elder brother, one elder sister, two younger brothers and two younger sisters.
His elder brother Cheeti Babu Rao worked as ASP Karimnagar. His younger brother Cheeti Ayodhyarama Rao is the founder of an educational society named Vaninikethan and the other younger brother was late Cheeti Kishan Rao.His elder sister is late Ramanamma and his younger sisters are Savithri and Pushpalatha.
WB polls: People will vote for Mamata, says TMC candidate from Bhowanipore ANI | Updated: Apr 26, 2021 09:06 IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 26 (ANI): Trinamool Congress candidate from Bhowanipore constituency, Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay on Monday said that people will vote for Mamata Banerjee as her projects and her development has reached all homes in the state. People will vote for Mamata Banerjee. Her projects, her development has reached all homes. This election is being held on those issues. I have been in politics since 1962. This is the first time I am voting for myself, he said after casting his vote in the seventh phase of polling of the ongoing assembly elections.