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Senior Assam BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma said one of the biggest factors that helped the BJP win in the state was that the women voters were on its side.
Election Results 2021: Mamata Banerjee is trying to retain power for third time in Bengal
New Delhi:
Mamata Banerjee s Trinamool Congress is ahead in West Bengal, where the BJP seems to have made gains since the 2019 national elections. In Tamil Nadu, the opposition DMK is way ahead with party chief MK Stalin and son leading in their respective seats. In neighbouring Kerala, the ruling Left-led LDF front - which is hoping to end a four-decade trend by retaining power - is past the halfway mark, early trends from the state show
In Assam, the BJP is ahead of its nearest rival Congress, which campaigned hard to reclaim its one-time bastion.
The Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and the union territory of Puducherry voted in a single phase on 6 April. Assam voted in three phases between 27 March and 6.
BJP fielded Chandana Bauri, 30, from the Saltora constituency in Bengal.
Congratulatory tweets are pouring in for BJP s Chandana Bauri, the wife of a daily wage earner, who has won from the Saltora constituency in West Bengal. Chandana Bauri, 30, defeated Sontosh Kumar Mondal of Trinamool Congress by a margin of more than 4,000 votes. The win as many pointed out on Twitter - was made more inspiring by her humble beginnings.
According to her election affidavit, Ms Bauri, a mother of three, owns assets worth just Rs 31,985, while her husband s assets amount to Rs 30,311. Ms Bauri s husband is a daily wager who works as a mason. The couple owns three goats and three cows.