May 03, 2021, 07:51 AM IST
New Delhi: The official results for the high-stakes assembly elections held in four states and one Union Territory are almost out now for the majority of the constituencies and barring West Bengal, the predictions of exit polls remained more or less close to the actual results and trends in Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry.
As per the available trends and results on the Election Commission of India s website on Monday (May 3, 2021) morning, the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) has retained power in West Bengal for the third consecutive time, whereas, the Left Democratic Front (LDF) headed by Pinarayi Vijayan has made the first re-election in 44 years. In Tamil Nadu, MK Stalin s Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) has dethroned incumbent Edappadi K Palaniswami s All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), while the Bharatiya Janata Party-led alliances (BJP) have won in Assam and Puducherry.
Raj Chakraborty, Trinamool s Celebrity Face Who Wants To Be People s Person Raj Chakraborty, Trinamool s Celebrity Face Who Wants To Be People s Person Born in West Bengal s Halisahar, Mr Chakraborty is said to be one of the most commercially successful filmmakers in Tollywood.
Raj Chakraborty is contesting the Barrackpore constituency (File)
Kolkata:
The tradition of celebrities, including actors and cricketers, joining politics and contesting polls has a fair bit of history in Indian politics. And the case was no different just ahead of the elections to the West Bengal Assembly when director-actor-producer Raj Chakraborty joined the Trinamool Congress. Accompanying him on the stage were Kanchan Mullick, Sayoni Ghosh and cricketer Manoj Tewari - all of whom began their political journeys with the Mamata Banerjee-led party the same day.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing an election rally in West Bengal. File photo.
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Sunday beat the BJP in the assembly elections with a massive margin. However, despite the decisive defeat, the BJP has some reasons to cheer about.
Union home minister and BJP’s ‘Chanakya’ Amit Shah kept claiming throughout the election campaign that his party would cross the 200-mark in the 294-member assembly when he said “abki baar, 200 paar”. However, the BJP was way behind the 100-mark leave alone touching the halfway number of 147 seats.
In an embarrassment for the BJP, its stalwarts such as Union minister Babul Supriyo, former Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta and Lok Sabha MP Locket Chatterjee fell like ninepins.
May 03, 2021, 23:37 PM IST
New Delhi: West Bengal was in the throes of widespread violence on Monday (May 3) that allegedly left several BJP workers and supporters dead and injured in clashes. Zee News Editor-in-Chief Sudhir Chaudhary on Monday (May 3) explained how Trinamool Congress is sponsoring violence carried out by its supporters and goons against those who cast their votes in favour of BJP in the assembly election.
Several shops were allegedly looted and almost thousands of houses were ransacked in Bengal, a day after the Trinamool Congress romped home, pocketing 213 of the 292 assembly seats that went to polls and secured a third straight term in office.
May 03, 2021
Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) pulled off a spectacular victory in a high-stakes electoral battle, trouncing BJP to form the government for a third consecutive term in West Bengal. courtesy Twitter
NEW DELHI The Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) pulled off a spectacular victory in a high-stakes electoral battle, trouncing BJP to form the government for a third consecutive term in West Bengal.
As per the latest data from the Election Commission, TMC is on its course to win over 210 seats in a 294-member Assembly, while BJP is likely to win 77 seats.
In the hotly contested Nandigram seat, BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari defeated his former party chief Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram. However, Mamata has moved the Election Commission requesting recounting of votes in the constituency.