Kolkata: Trinamool Congress’s traditional grip on Kolkata was shattered on Monday as a wave of anti-incumbency tore through its urban fortress, leaving a trail of high-profile electoral casualties that included party chief Mamata Banerjee and several ministers.In a staggering reversal of its 2021 performance — where the party swept all 16 seats in the city…
Kolkata/Nandigram: For Suvendu Adhikari, the architect of the 2021 giant-slaying of Mamata Banerjee, Nandigram has once again proven that “Dada’s backyard” remains impregnable.Hours after the election results confirmed his second consecutive victory from this high-stakes battlefield, BJP insiders said it was a foregone conclusion and that it had been “game, set and match” in favour…
Kolkata: Non-industrialisation, joblessness and often unchecked corruption triumphed over cultural-culinary fears on Monday.Trinamool Congress went to polls with party chief Mamata Banerjee framing the contest as a battle for Bengali identity against a hostile central govt. Tactics included how Bengali migrant workers were being targeted in other states, the BJP‘s alleged dictates on non-veg food…
Kolkata: Throughout the campaign, Mamata Banerjee leaned on her 2021 playbook, famously asserting that she was the ‘sole candidate’ in all 294 seats. This time, however, the strategy backfired. The gap between the leadership’s high-octane rhetoric and the grim ground reality became an unbridgeable chasm.In a political earthquake that has shattered nearly 15 years of…
UDF leads in Kerala with 59 seats, majority mark at 71 In Kerala, where 140 assembly seats are at stake and the majority mark stands at 71, the UDF is currently leading in 59 constituencies, placing it 12 seats short of a majority if these leads hold. The LDF is trailing with a tally of…
In Kharagpur, West Bengal, counting is still under way with BJP’s Tapan Bhuya currently leading the contest with 6,673 votes. Sitting TMC legislator Dinen Roy, who holds the incumbent’s seat, is trailing at 4,114 votes, putting the margin between the two at 2,559. Roy, 70, carries 17 criminal cases on record while Bhuya, 50, has…
Kharagpur Sadar Election Result: Dilip Ghosh leads BJP with 14,110-vote margin In Kharagpur Sadar, West Bengal, BJP’s Dilip Ghosh is currently leading the count with 50,000 votes to his name. The 61-year-old, who carries 28 criminal cases on his declaration, is holding a margin of 14,110 votes over TMC’s Pradip Sarkar, who has so far…
18:19 (IST) May 04 NDA leads in enough seats to cross majority mark in Assam Counting is underway across Assam’s 126 assembly seats, where the majority mark stands at 64. The NDA is leading in enough seats to cross that threshold if the current trends hold, with a tally of 97 seats, comprising 28 seats…
Coochbehar Dakshin Election Result 2026: TMC’s Avijit De Bhowmik leads by 1,288 votes In Coochbehar Dakshin, TMC candidate Avijit De Bhowmik is currently leading with 73,188 votes, holding a margin of 1,288 over BJP’s Rathindra Bose, who has accumulated 71,900 votes so far. The seat is currently held by BJP’s Nikhil Ranjan Dey, who is…
Tamluk Election Results 2026: BJP’s Hare Krishna Bera leads by 26,917 votes In Tamluk, West Bengal, BJP candidate Hare Krishna Bera is currently leading with 1,05,428 votes, holding a margin of 26,917 over TMC’s Dipendra Narayan Roy, who has accumulated 78,511 votes so far. The seat is currently held by TMC’s Saumen Kumar Mahapatra, who…
