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West Bengal Assembly election results: Trend gives Mamata Banerjee a big win
West Bengal Assembly election results: Trend gives Mamata Banerjee a big win
West Bengal Assembly election results: In the inital trend (at 12.15 pm), Mamata Banerjee s TMC crossed 200-mark in West Bengal while the BJP was trailing with fewer than 100 seats.
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UPDATED: May 2, 2021 14:28 IST
The West Bengal Assembly election 2021 result will be declared on Sunday (May 2). (Image: Rahul Gupta/India Today)
What looked like an extremely tight contest turned out to be a stamping of Mamata Banerjee s political authority in West Bengal Assembly election. In the latest trend (at 12.15 pm), Mamata Banerjee s Trinamool Congress crossed 200-mark in West Bengal while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was trailing with fewer than 100 seats.
Nandigram Election Result 2021 LIVE: Mamata Banerjee leads by 800 votes over BJP s Suvendu Adhikari
As of now, the ruling TMC is leading in 206 of the 294 Assembly seats in the state and is set to return to power for a third term. Photo: ANI
Updated: May 2, 2021, 04:08 PM IST
As the day has progressed, the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal has an advantage in the race. Party supremo and state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is now leading in the high-profile Nandigarm constituency against BJP s Suvendu Adhikari by 800 votes.
A cliffhanger battle was expected in the seat. When the counting of votes began at 8 am, Adhikari had taken a lead and after trailing for nearly six rounds, with the TMC chief Mamata Banerjee finally grabbing significant lead till the end of the 15th round. Tables turned in the 16th round and Mamta started trailing behind.
West Bengal Election Result 2021 LIVE: Mamata Banerjee loses Nandigram seat to BJP's Suvendu Adhikari by 1622 votes - Nandigram witnessed a high voltage "Khela" (game of power) on April 1 in the second phase of West Bengal assembly polls.
Assembly Election Results 2021: Mamata Banerjee is set to retain power with a spectacular 200-plus seats.
New Delhi:
Mamata Banerjee s Trinamool Congress today won a landslide victory in Bengal. The Chief Minister, however, lost to BJP s Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram. I accept the verdict in Nandigram - it is not a big deal. Don t worry, she said.
Khela hobe did happen, and we did win. The BJP kept going on and on about double-engine
sarkar, while I assured you all that I will score a double century. This is Bangla s win. this is Bengal s win. this is your win. This win has saved Bengal, it has saved the culture and tradition of Bengal, said Ms Banerjee who ran a bitter, no holds barred campaign against the BJP over two months as Covid cases surged in India.