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) Highlights 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.