Judgement Day: West Bengal, Tamil Nadu Slipping Away From BJP Shows Latest Trends; Leading In Assam, Puducherry
BJP supporters at a rally.
Assembly election counting today (2 May) began in crucial states of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala, and Union Territory of Puducherry.
The latest trends show that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is trailing in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala while the BJP-led NDA is leading in Assam and Puducherry.
The Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress has amassed a big lead in the West Bengal assembly polls even as the BJP emerges as the second-largest party, as per trends published by the Election Commission.
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In a surprising statement made on Sunday on news channel NDTV, political strategist Prashant Kishor, iPac chief, said he would quit the domain of political campaigning for good and let others in the organisation take over. In fact, he had thrown a challenge in Dec 2020 that BJP cannot win over 100 seats in West Bengal and he would quit if it does.
On Sunday, when the results were streaming live the victorious tirade of Trinamool Congress under Mamata Banerjee, proving his point, the strategist took a U-turn and said he would, anyway, quit this space . He told NDTV anchor Srinivasan Jain, I want to call it quits, leave this space for good, sending viewers across the country into an instant shock.
Assembly polls: TMC surges ahead in West Bengal, clear edge for DMK in Tamil Nadu
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Last Updated: May 02, 2021, 01:25 PM IST
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In Kerala, the ruling LDF is leading in 88 of the 140 assembly constituencies while the opposition Congress-headed UDF was ahead in 50 segments. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was leading by 3,351 votes in his home turf against his nearest rival C Raghunathan of the Congress, according to Election Commission figures.
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Counting will also be held in four Lok Sabha seats and 13 assembly seats across 13 states where bypolls were held.
The ruling Trinamool Congress was set to retain power in the keenly watched state of West Bengal while the saffron party-led NDA was leading in Assam and the opposition DMK in Tamil Nadu, according to latest trends available on Sunday for assembly polls.
West Bengal election results: Expert view Mamata Banerjee, however, must focus on her governance from here on. There was a lot of discontent among the people of Bengal. In fact, in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the electorate of the Left completely gravitated to the BJP as they preferred even the BJP to that of Mamata Banerjee,
The Hindu s N Ram told NDTV.
May 02, 2021 12:43 (IST)
Bengal election results: Expert view The momentum is in favour of the Trinamool. It has been observed in almost all elections that towards the latter rounds of counting, the bump is in favour of the party which has the leads or momentum. And so, Mamata Banerjee could very well go past the 211-mark of 2016, NDTV editorial advisor Dorab Sopariwala said.
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TMC Supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was engaged in a squeaker fight in Bengal s Nandigram, against BJP s Suvendu Adhikari. Shaking off a strong challenge from BJP, Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress was all set to retain power in West Bengal. But a sudden twist turned the tables.
Mamata Banerjee lost the election against her former-aide-turned BJP rival Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram. Trinamool Congress writes to Chief Electoral office, West Bengal for immediate re-counting of votes in Nandigram AC 210 and postal ballots.
Mamata vs Adhikari: A fierce battle
After joining BJP, Suvendu Adhikari had vowed to defeat Mamata Banerjee from Nandigram by more than 50,000 votes, placing his career in politics on the bet.