‘Wheelchair’ takes Mamata to power in Bengal for 3rd term
The initial trends of 292 seats show that the Trinamool Congress is leading in 189 seats while the BJP is leading in 98 seats
Sunday May 2, 2021 11:13 AM, ummid.com with inputs from IANS
Kolkata: The incumbent Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee is all set to conquer the state for the 3rd consecutive term, according to the latest trends released by the Election Commission Sunday morning.
The initial trends of 292 seats show that the Trinamool Congress is leading in 192 seats while the BJP is leading in 95 seats and the United Front (Sanjukta Morcha) is leading in rest of the 5 seats.
Mamata Banerjee wins Nandigram by 1200 votes
Overall the Trinamool Congress (TMC) is leading in 212 of the total 292 seats in West Bengal, as per the latest trend
Sunday May 2, 2021 5:03 PM, ummid.com with inputs from IANS
Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee has won the Nandigram assembly seat from where she was trailing since the counting of votes that began Sunday morning.
According to the latest update, Mamata defeated her former aide and ex-minister Suvendu Adhikari by 1200 votes.
Nandigram was won by Suvendu Adhikari in earlier election as TMC candidate. He however switched to BJP in December last - few months before the state polls.