West Bengal Election Results 2021 Live: After Mega Win, Mamata Banerjee To Stake Claim To Form Govt At 7 PM On Monday
West Bengal Election Results 2021 Live Updates: Intense political tussle between Mamata Banerjee's TMC and Bhartiya Janata Party to come to an end as the D-Day is here.
Top political leaders in Maharashtra hailed the impending victory of the ruling Trinamool Congress in the West Bengal Assembly elections, as the final results continue to trickle in on Sunday.
Taking a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Thackeray said that the Bharatiya Janata Party used all its might to vanquish Banerjee, but she blew them away.
Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar, Maharashtra Congress President Nana Patole, Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi, Sena leader and Bollywood actress Urmila Matondkar and others also extended their wishes to TMC supremo.
Three-member Trinamool Congress delegation is meeting Chief Electoral Officer at EC Office in Kolkata seeking a recount of votes in Nandigram and other issues.
"My sincere thanks to great people of Nandigram for their love, trust, blessings and support and for choosing me as their representative and MLA from Nandigram. It's my never-ending commitment to be of service to them and working for their welfare. I'm truly grateful," BJP's Suvendu Adhikari
BJP's West Bengal unit chief Dilip Ghosh on Sunday said it seems that people didn't accept those who switched to the BJP from the TMC as many such candidates lost the election.
On the question of many TMC turncoats losing elections, Ghosh said, It seems people didn't accept those who switched to the BJP from the TMC.
Mamata Banerjee loses to Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram by 1957 votes. This after EC retracts earlier announcement of her win. Mamata says "Forget Nandigram, in our struggle we have to give up some things, I accept the Nandigram result".
Earlier, it was reported by news agency ANI that Mamata Banerjee has defeated Suvendu Adhikari by slim margin of 1,200 votes.
BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya on Sunday credited Mamata Banerjee for the TMC's astounding performance in Bengal elections, and said his party would introspect the poll results.
Earlier in the day, he had claimed that initial trends were not the real indicators of the final outcome, and exuded confidence that his party will win the elections.
Vijayvargiya, who is also the BJP's Bengal minder, also said that he has received a call from Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who enquired about the party's poor show.
"We are grateful to the people for this landslide victory. I have to start working for COVID19 immediately. The swearing-in will be a low-key event because of the prevailing COVID19 situation," Mamata Banerjee said while addressing media for first time after sweeping Bengal Polls.
She also informed that keeping in mind the Covid surge, her oath taking ceremony will be conducted on a low-scale.
I would like to thank everyone. I request all to not take out victory processions. I urge everyone to go back to their homes now. I will address the media after 6pm: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee
Meanwhile, BJP's Mukul Roy has won the Krishna Nagar Uttar seat with a margin of over 30,000 votes.
Once again, Mamata Banerjee is leading in Nandigram by 820 votes. As per latest update, Mamata Banerjee secured 1,03,571 votes while BJP's Suvendu Adhikari managed to get 1,02,700 votes.
Physical distancing went for a toss as TMC supporters, thumbing their noses at the raging COVID-19 pandemic, hit the streets, beating drums, bursting firecrackers and smearing 'gulal' on one another, prompting the Election Commission to call for action.
Several TMC activists had no mask on their faces as they lustily cheered and danced to their party's 'khela hobe' (game to happen) theme song, which played on huge sound systems in the city's nooks and corners.
The nail-bitting competition in Nandigram has once again intensified as Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has once again been trailed by Suvendu Adhikari by 6 votes. According to updates, last round of counting is on and TMC supremo will hold a presser at her residence shortly.
Former cricketer Manoj Tiwari who joined TMC has won in Shibpur Consitiuency
First Win for TMC, candidate Bidesh Basu has won from Uluberia east. NCP Chief Sharad Pawar and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal congratulate Mamata Banerjee.
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Suvendu Adhikari of BJP has got back his lead in Nandigram and is now ahead of Mamata Banerjee by 3800 votes after the 16th round of counting. Mamata had taken lead few hours ago but the trends have changed again. TMC is ahead in over 200 seats while BJP still lingers around 85-90 seats.
After more than 5 hours of counting, Mamata Banerjee has taken a lead in Nandigram by over 1500 votes. The initial trends reflected that Suvendu was leading from the gigh profile seat for over 7000 votes but the trends have taken a u-turn now.
Babul Supriyo from Tollygunge is trailing by 25,000 votes
Mamata Banerjee left her home seat Bhawanipore and decided to contest from Nandigram. She fielded her most trusted ally Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay from her constituency. The TMC leader is ahead in the latest trends
Mamata Banerjee's TMC has crossed the 200 mark and is leading in 206 seats while BJP has lead in 83 assembly seats. The latest trends indicate a sweeping majority for TMC in Bengal, however it also shows that Banerjee is trailing in her own seat Nandigram after the 6th round of counting in Bengal.
Suvendu Adhikari has again taken a good lead in Nandigram against Mamata Banerjee with 7000 votes after the 6th round of voting. The gap between the votes was reducing and came close to 3110 but now the saffron party leader has regained his lead.
After the 5th round of counting, Mamata Banerjee has almost closed the gap in votes for the Nandigram seats. TMC's Didi now trails by just 3110 votes from the high-profile seat which can be alarming for BJP's Suvendu Adhikari who was leading by more than 7000 votes in the early trends.
Too early to say anything because there are so many rounds. The situation will be clear only by evening. We had started from 3 & were challenged that we won't get even 100, we have crossed that mark. We will cross the magic number too: Kailash Vijayvargiya To ABP News
4th Round of counting is ongoing in Bengal and Mamata Banerjee seems to reduce the gap of trailing votes in Nandigram. Suvendu Adhikari now leads by 4000 votes in the Nandigram constituency which was earlier 7000 votes. TMC has maintained the lead in latest trends and is ahead in 194 seats. BJP is ahead in 94 seats
TMC soars high after the first round of counting in Bengal with a lead in 189 seats. BJP is ahead in 98 seats. The gap of votes between Mamata Banerjee and Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram is widening with BJP taking the lead.
After first round of counting, TMC leads in Bengal
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TMC has crossed the magic number in the initial trends in leading in 165 seats while BJP is ahead in 115 seats. The trends have changed as BJP candidates Babul Supriyo and Locket Chatterjee are trailing from their constituencies. However, Mamata Banerjee is trailing in Nandigram by more than 7000 votes
Babul Supriyo contesting who was leading from Tollygunge and Locket Chatterjee from Chunchura are now trailing from their seats. TMC is about to cross the magic number of 147 seats while BJP is ahead in 110 seats. Congress alliance is at 6 seats
Suvendu Adhikari is leading with 1500 votes from Mamata Banerjee after the end of postal ballot counting and the first round of EVM votes counting,
TMC takes lead in 100 seats in the initial trends while BJP is ahead in 94 seats. Mamata Banerjee still trends in Nandigram.
Cricketer Manoj Tiwari of TMC from Shibpur trails. Trinamool brought Tiwari considering the heavy influence and fan following he has on the people of Kolkata but the intial trends show otherwise.
Swapan Das Gupta from Tarkeshwar is leading. Sayani Ghosh is ahead from Asansol. TMC is turning the tables and taking lead in VIP seats. However Mamata Banerjee still trails in Nandigram
BJP is leading in the high-profile seats of Tollygunge and Nandigram but TMC is ahead in the early trends with 77 seats. BJP is giving a tough competition to incumbent Trinamool Congress with a lead in 66 seats
TMC has taken lead now and is ahead in 61 seats while the most important seat Nandigram's intial trends indicate that Suvend Adhikari Of BJP is leading while Mamata Banejree who left her home seat Bhawanipore and decided to contest from Nandigram.
BJP candidates Babul Supriyo and Locket Chatterjee have taken a lead in the early trends of postal balllot counting. In the early trends for 100 seats, BJP is leading in 50 seats while TMC is at 48. Congress is ahead in 2 seats.
BJP takes lead in Singur, the place which gave Mamata Banerjee's political career a huge turn. Babul Supriyo has also taken a lead from Tollygunge. The trends Show TMC 44-BJP 42
BJP is ahead in Raniganj. Early trends indicate neck to neck battle in the postal ballet counting. BJP takes a lead with 33-29 in initial tredns
BJP has taken a lead in Jhargram in 2 seats. The saffron party has also made a lead at Kalimpur. All eyes are on Nandigram where it's Mamata Banerjee vs Suvendu Adhikari. BJP and TMC are both at 15-15
TMC takes lead in the early trends with 11 seats while BJP trails with 6 seats. TMC is leading in Murshidabad, Uttar Dinajpur, and 2 seats in Haldia. BJP is giving aa tought fight to Mamata's Trinamool.
BJP is ahead in Bankura while TMC has taken a lead in Murshidabad. Neck To Neck contest in postal ballet counting.
Counting for the 292 seats has begun. The early trends are expected to be revealed after an hour. Counting is being done for the postal ballets first following all the Covid protocols. Sanitisation and social distancing can delay the trends.
The Congress party on Saturday announced its decision to not participate in election debates happening on Sunday when the results for assembly polls for five states are out.
Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said in view of the serious coronavirus situation in the country, the party's spokespersons will not participate in the TV debates after poll results are out.
At a time when Nation is facing an unprecedented crisis, when Govt under PM Modi has collapsed, we find it unacceptable to not hold them accountable and instead discuss election wins and losses. We @INCIndia have decided to withdraw our spokespersons from election debates," he wrote on Twitter.
Counting to being in 15 mins but even hours before the counting begins, reports of sporadic violence have been received. Supporters of Trinamool Congress and BJP clashed at Katwa in Bardhaman. At Narendrapur in State’s South 24 Parganas, two personnel of the bomb disposal squad sustained serious injuries while diffusing crude bombs. The bombs were being carried in an ambulance and intercepted by locals.
As per PTI, there will be 2,364 counting halls as compared to 1,002 halls in 2016 in 822 assembly constituencies, a more than 200 percent increase, in view of the COVID guidelines, according to the Election Commission which had drawn flak from the courts over the conduct of polls during the pandemic.
At least 15 rounds of sanitisation will be carried out at each polling centre, besides social distancing and other precautions, including a ban on gatherings, will be strictly followed, officials said.
They said counting of votes will begin at 8 AM and continue late into the night. As many as 1,100 counting observers will watch the process and candidates and agents will have to produce a negative COVID test report or double dose of vaccination certificate to get an entry.
A three-tier security arrangement is in place in West Bengal's 108 counting centres and at least 292 observers have been appointed and 256 companies of central forces deployed across 23 districts of the state that voted in a gruelling election marred by violence and vicious personal attacks, as per PTI.
The D-Day is here and the counting of votes for 292 assembly seats will begin shortly. All eyes are on the high profile seat Nandigram where Mamata Banerjee is contesting against BJP's Suvendu Adhikari.
Background
West Bengal witnessed the most intense political tussle ever between the state's ruling government, Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress and the Bhartiya Janata Party.
The most furious battle began when Mamata Banerjee left her home seat Bhawanipore and contesting from Nandigram against former ally now BJP Leader Suvendu Adhikari. The state has recorded an average of around 80 per cent polling.
While a straight fight is expected between the BJP and the TMC on most of the seats, the CPI (M)-Congress-ISF alliance has made the battle triangular on several seats. Bengal experienced the most critical assembly elections in 2021 with factors like NRC, CAA, and religious polarisation, the most important one which is expected to be the decider of the results will be the handling of Covid 19.
While BJP is experiencing criticism at a national level for Covid mismanagement, Mamata's TMC is facing strong anti-incumbency sentiment after ruling the state for 10 years. The results for the 294 seats will be declared today
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