Kolkata: The BJP candidate from Panihati assembly constituency, mother of the RG Kar rape-and-murder victim, emerged a clear winner on Monday, polling 87,977 votes. She led from the very first round of counting and her margin grew as counting progressed, signalling a change of guard at Panihati, a Trinamool bastion for years.In a post on…
Kolkata: Minority voting in Bengal’s Muslim-dominated districts moved away from the long-assumed pattern of near- total consolidation behind Trinamool, reshaping electoral calculations in a state where Muslim voters influence 143 of 294 assembly seats. In Murshidabad, Malda and parts of South 24 Parganas, minority votes were split among Congress, CPM, ISF, AJUP, and, in some…
KOLKATA: BJP has gained in seats that have seen sizeable SIR deletions, irrespective of whether the quantum was higher than 25,000 people or lower.There were 169 assembly constituencies that went to the polls after the deletion of more than 25,000 names. In the 2021 assembly elections, Trinamool had bagged 128 of the 169 seats and…
KOLKATA: Bengal’s voters have decided to hand over the reins of governance to BJP, effecting a seismic change in state politics whose aftershocks will be felt way beyond the state’s borders.The Trinamool Congress fortress in Bengal crumbled under the twin onslaught of a strong anti-incumbency sentiment and a voter roll reduced by nearly 12% by…
Sources added that Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya and Suvendu Adhikari could be asked to remain in New Delhi over the next few days. KOLKATA: After terming the Bengal poll results a “historic victory”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to hold meetings in New Delhi on Tuesday and Wednesday with Union home minister Amit…
Kolkata: Despite discontent within the Matua community over large-scale deletions from the electoral roll under SIR, and the subsequent issue of citizenship certificates under CAA, BJP retained its foothold in Bongaon and Nadia. The party also captured the Matua-dominated Bagdah seat with a landslide victory after losing it in the last Assembly by-election.The Matua community,…
Kolkata: Suvendu Adhikari on Monday helped decimate a party, which his father Sisir Adhikari—the family patriarch—had helped form.Once Mamata Banerjee‘s trusted lieutenant, who worked with her to end the Left’s 34-year term in office, Suvendu worked against her for five years and five months, ever since he defected to the BJP, to end her 15-year…
A seismic political shift in Bengal brought the Mamata Banerjee era in the state to an end on Monday, robbing the three-time chief minister of a historic fourth term – had Trinamool won, she would have become India’s longest-serving woman CM – and taking down a pillar of INDIA bloc.The stunning defeat, not just for…
Kolkata: A Trinamool stronghold for the last 15 years, the anti-incumbency wave swept out the Trinamool from Bidhannagar and Rajarhat Gopalpur this time, creating a massive upset across the townships of Salt Lake and areas off VIP Road.Sharadwat Mukherjee of BJP, a clinical oncologist, emerged as the giant killer in Bidhannagar constituency, defeating four-time Trinamool…
Kolkata: After a gap of five years, CPM and Congress will re-enter the assembly, with BJP taking the treasury benches and Trinamool in opposition.CPM, with a vote share of 4.45%, won Murshidabad’s Domkal. Congress, with a 3% vote share, won two seats — Farakka and Raninagar, both in Murshidabad. In 2026, CPM and Congress contested…
