Lok Sabha elections 2019 results HIGHLIGHTS: BJP notches impressive show in Bengal assembly by-polls
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New Delhi: The stage is set for the much-awaited results of the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal, as the counting of votes for the same began at 8am on Thursday. The counting is taking place amid very high security, after several incidents of violence were reported across Chief Minister Mamata’s state.
West Bengal, which has 42 Lok Sabha seats, voted in seven phases on April 11, 18, 23, 29, May 6, 12 and 19. The main parties in the state are Trinamool Congress, Bharatiya Janta Party and Left.
The voting percentage in the state was recorded one of the highest in the country, as majority of West Bengal stepped out of their houses to exercise their right.
In the previous Lok Sabha polls, the highest number of seats, were bagged by Mamata’s Trinamool Congress (34 seats), whereas the Communist Party of India (Marxist) won only two seats.
Some of the most important leaders who have contested the polls this year are SS Ahluwalia, Babul Supriyo, Locket Chatterjee who is an actress and President of State Mahila Morcha, MC leaders Dinesh Trivedi, Moon Moon Sen, BJP leaders Joy Banerjee who is a veteran actor, former President Pranab Mukherjee’s sister-in-law and Congress leader Suvra Ghosh and Deepa Das Munshi.
The counting of votes for 543 seats will be electing the 17th Lok Sabha of our country, where the fate of over 2,000 parties and their 8,000 candidates has been decided, and will be out today.
The party which bags highest number of seats is set to appoint a Prime Minister. The biggest contest can be seen between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress President Rahul Gandhi.
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