What State Election Results Mean For PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi What State Election Results Mean For PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi In West Bengal, incumbent Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee s Trinamool Congress won around 72% of 292 seats up for grabs, while PM Modi s BJP took 77, according to results posted on the ECI on Monday.
PM Modi s opponents won in the southern states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala (File)
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Last month, PM Modi predicted BJP would win over 200 seats in Bengal
PM Modi visited Bengal frequently before the recent virus surge
Prime Minister Narendra Modi s party lost an election in a key state he visited frequently before the recent virus surge forced him off the campaign trail, adding to growing signs of a backlash over his government s handling of the world s worst Covid-19 outbreak.
Indian PM loses key state in sign of voter backlash
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party lost an election in a key state he visited frequently before the recent virus surge forced him off the campaign trail, adding to growing signs of a backlash over his government’s handling of the world’s worst COVID-19 outbreak.
In West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s All India Trinamool Congress won about 72 percent of 292 seats up for grabs, while Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took 77, according to results posted by the Election Commission of India yesterday.
Last month, Modi predicted that his party would win more than 200 seats in the state, which held voting over eight phases starting on March 27.
Muslim candidates improve tally in Assam, Kerala; number goes down in WB
Only Assam and Kerala registered a slight rise in the number of Muslims elected to the assembly, while it went down in West Bengal. Tamil Nadu and Puducherry showed no improvement in the trend.
By Sakina FatimaandSruthi Vibhavari| Published: 3rd May 2021 5:54 pm IST Lok Sabha MP Badruddin Ajmal-led All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) during a rally in Assam, Feb 8, 2021 (PTI Photo)
Hyderabad: The results of five state assembly elections that were announced by the Election Commission on Sunday revealed that Muslim candidates in the contest barely showed any significant rise in tally.
Modi Loses Key State in Sign of Voter Backlash After Virus Surge Bloomberg 5/3/2021 Bibhudatta Pradhan
(Bloomberg) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party lost an election in a key state he visited frequently before the recent virus surge forced him off the campaign trail, adding to growing signs of a backlash over his government’s handling of the world’s worst Covid-19 outbreak.
In West Bengal, incumbent Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s All India Trinamool Congress won around 72% of 292 seats up for grabs, while Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party took 77, according to results posted on the Election Commission of India on Monday. Last month, the prime minister predicted his party would win more than 200 seats in the state, which held voting over eight phases starting on March 27.
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BJP juggernaut may have been halted but it is still a force, with no viable alternative in sight, yet
Mamata Banerjee’s All India Trinamool Congress may have successfully warded off the Bharatiya Janata Party in the recent Assembly elections but that should not eclipse the tremendous inroads made into Bengal by the national ruling party in recent years. The BJP’s rise in Bengal peaked in 2019 with 18 Lok Sabha seats and 40.7 per cent of the vote share which dropped to 38.1 per cent in the Assembly polls. But it would be a mistake to discount what the BJP has managed to achieve in Bengal in less than five years since the last Assembly polls when it debuted with 10.16 per cent of vote share and just three seats. From being a bit player to occupying the principal opposition position displacing the Left and the Congress shows the BJP’s extraordinary capacity to expand its footprint in hitherto uncharted territories. This space is still available in Odisha, Te