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West Bengal Result: Mamata Holds Fort In Bengal As TMC Set To Win 200+ Seats
West Bengal Election Result 2021 LIVE: This year, Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress and PM Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are locked in a bitter contest. The TMC headed by two-time Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is striving hard to score a hat-trick. Follow our updates for the latest trends and round-wise updates.
Kolkata: Reactions have started pouring in after the West Bengal Assembly Election Result showed a massive lead for the Trinamool Congress against the BJP. The Mamata Banerjee-led TMC was ahead in 200 plus seats at the time of writing of this report as the BJP, which saw a mass exodus from TMC to its camp in the run-up to the elections, being limited to less than 100. Though these are trends but has triggered state-wise celebrations in party followers in Bengal. Outside of Bengal, the Shiv Sena called Mamata Banerjee the “The Bengal Tigress” as Opposition leaders like Sharad Pawar and Arvind Kejriwal congratulating the leader. There are 294 seats in the Bengal assembly. After the TMC win in Bengal, its chief strategist Prashant Kishor said, “The role of Election Commission needs to be seen. It made everyone to suffer for 45 days just because you wanted to give the BJP an extra edge.” He also claimed that the BJP would not have gained so many seats had it not been for the prolonged elections. “The way Election Commission is running the elections is completely partial. They gave them [BJP] a free a hand,” Kishor told NDTV.
West Bengal Assembly Elections 2021 Results: BIG Takeaway So Far
- Dilip Ghosh, the BJP West Bengal says the fight is still on as the counting is very slow and there are lots of seats where the difference is very small. “In many seats it is possible we will still win as the difference is very small,” Ghosh told NDTV.
- Mamata Banerjee is likely to return as the Chief Minister for the third consecutive term with the TMC leading in over 200 plus seats, while the BJP’s lead has slipped to 88 seats, as per early trends.
- People of Bengal have given a befitting reply to repeated attacks on CM Mamata Banerjee: TMC leader Partha Chatterjee
- Congratulations Tigress of Bengal, Sanjay Raut on Twitter.
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Congratulations to Mamata Didi for @AITCofficial's win in West Bengal. The Centre will continue to extend all possible support to the West Bengal Government to fulfil people’s aspirations and also to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic. @MamataOfficial
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 2, 2021
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The counting process for Nandigram has not been completed. Please do not speculate.
— All India Trinamool Congress (@AITCofficial) May 2, 2021
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As West Bengal poll results are being declared, TMC goons
are attacking BJP offices & workers. BJP office in Arambagh was set on fire
by TMC goons. TMC workers attacked BJP workers in Belaghat, similar incidents
happened in Shivpur, Durgapur, Uttar Bardhaman: BJP’s Sambit Patra -
Malay Ghatak, Trinamool Congress candidate from Asansol North Assembly constituency, won by 21,110 votes.
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Alipurduar assembly constituency, BJP candidate Sumon Kanjilal defeated his nearest rival Trinamool Congress candidate Sourav Chakraborty by 14,540 votes.
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Tollygunj : TMC ‘s Arup Biswas wins by 50,014 votes beats BJP’s Babul Supriyo
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Mamata Banerjee to hold press conference at 6 pm, appeals to
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Congratulations @MamataOfficial didi on @AITCofficial being elected again in the Assembly election. Good wishes for your next tenure.
— Nirmala Sitharaman (@nsitharaman) May 2, 2021
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Mamata Banerjee wins Nandigram by 1200 votes
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