West Bengal Election 2021 Result: Battle for Nandigram ends, BJP s Suvendu wins by 1956 votes
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23:39 IST Anuja Jha
Mamata Banerjee set for a third term as TMC heads for a landslide victory
According to the Election Commission, as of 11:30 pm, out of 292 seats in the West Bengal Assembly election, Mamata Banerjee’s TMC has won on 197 seats and is leading on 17. BJP, on the other hand, is leading on 9 seats, and has won on 67 seats.
23:11 IST Anuja Jha
Battle for Nandigram ends, BJP s Suvendu wins by 1956 votes
After a fight that went down to the last round of counting, battle for Nandigram ends with BJP s Suvendu Adhikari winning by 1,956 votes.
EVM CCTV malfunctioning in Bengal
In a significant development in the ongoing Bengal elections, a Congress candidate contesting from Baghmundi Assembly constituency of Bengal on Saturday filed a complaint alleging that the CCTV cameras carrying the video feed of stored EVMs were switched off for over one hour.
The candidate said that despite his complaint, the same incident was repeated on Sunday as well. In response to this complaint, the Election Commission said on Monday that there was some technical glitch that led to this. Bengal’s Chief Electoral office tweeted that the screen being used to display the CCTV footage malfunctioned on the said days but the cameras were working even when the screens malfunctioned. The tweet further read that the candidates were informed about this whole matter.
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