Suvendu Adhikari has defeated West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram. 'Respect the verdict of people of Nandigram, but have got landslide victory in Bengal,' Mamata Banerjee said after the poll results.
Nadda said the party heartily respects the mandate of the people of Bengal and expresses its gratitude to them.
Tharoor, who campaigned extensively for UDF in the Kerala polls, also expressed disappointment with the results in the state where the ruling CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front was all set to retain power with a thumping mandate.
Counting of votes is currently underway in the high-stake West Bengal, overshadowed by the raging Covid-19 pandemic, as the BJP seeks to consolidate its hold over the eastern state.
TMC Senior party leader Firhad Hakim on Sunday said that if elected to power, the party's key objective would be to bring the state's "derailed health system back on track"
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday congratulated Mamata Banerjee as TMC took the decisive lead over BJP in West Bengal assembly polls.
TMC leader Derek O'Brien on Sunday took a jibe at BJP as his party maintains decisive lead in the West Bengal assembly elections.
Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee tails by over 8,000 votes against her BJP rival Suvendu Adhikari. Mamata decided to contest from Nandigram after Adhikari joined the BJP in December last year.
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BJP leader Babul Supriyo trails by more than 20,000 in Tollygunge. BJP leader Swapan Dasgupta is aloso trailing. BJP fielded him from Tarakeswar against the TMC’s Ramendu Sinha Roy and CPI(M)’s Sujit Ghosh.
Trends indicate that the Trinamool Congress is to retain power in West Bengal with the party leading in over 182 seats. The Bharatiya Janata Party has gained big so far, leading in nearly 108 seats. The BJP had won just three seats in 2016 elections.
Currently TMC is leading with 168 seats against BJP with 121 seats. The trends show that TMC is all set to form a govt in West Bengal
BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari is leading by over 3000 votes in Nandigram. TMC supremo and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee is contesting against Adhikari.
BJP leader Babul Supriyo trails by over 9,000 votes. He is pitted against TMC heavyweight and PWD Minister Aroop Biswas.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her former aide Suvendu Adhikari are contesting against each other in Nandigram. Adhikari is BJP's candidate from Nandigram.
The TMC and challenger BJP were locked in a neck-and-neck contest in West Bengal as counting of postal ballots was underway.
Bengal Polls Results: Counting of votes began in the high-stake West Bengal, overshadowed by the raging Covid-19 pandemic, as the BJP seeks to consolidate its hold over the eastern state.
The eighth and final phase of voting is being held in Bengal today amid the growing menace of Covid that is spreading fast in the state. The election is being held on 35 seats lying across Malda, Murshidabad, Birbhum and Kolkata.
Bengal Polls Final phase: At least 76.09 per cent voter turnout was registered till 5 pm in 35 assembly constituencies where voting was held for the eighth and final phase on Thursday and the polling was peaceful, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Aariz Aftab said.
Over 86 lakh voters in West Bengal will decide the political fate of 284 candidates on Monday, when 34 assembly constituencies, including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's home turf Bhabanipur, go to polls in the seventh phase, amid a raging second wave of COVID-19.
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