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WB trends indicate landslide win for TC

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Press Trust of India Kolkata

The Trinamool Congress-Congress combine is heading for a landslide win in West Bengal, establishing leads in 146 seats, while the ruling Left is leading in only 64 seats, according to the trends available from 217 of the 294 constituencies.

While the Trinamool Congress is ahead in 118 seats, its ally Congress is leading in 25, according to trends available till 10 AM.

Left Front major CPI(M) is leading in 48 constituencies, while the Forward Bloc is ahead in eight, CPI in two and RSP in six.

The BJP is leading in one seat, other political parties in five, while one Indpendent is also ahead.

 

Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee is trailing by 2,076 votes behind Trinamool Congress rival Manish Gupta in the Jadavpur constituency.

Industry Minister and CPI(M) Politburo member Nirupam Sen is also behind his Trinamool Congress rival Rabi Ranjan Chatterjee by 2,986 votes in Burdwan South.

Of the other ministers in the outgoing government, Goutam Deb is trailing behind Bratya Basu of TC by 1443 votes in Dum Dum and Finance Minister Asim Dasgupta behind Amit Mitra of TC by 6,047 votes in Khardah.

IT Minister Debesh Das is trailing behind Swarnakamal Saha of TC by 7,797 votes in Entally, while Sunderbans Development Minister Kanti Ganguly is trailing behind TC's Debasree Roy by 1,026 votes in Raidighi.

Agriculture Minister Naren Dey of Forward Bloc is trailing behind Asit Majumder of TC by 10,365 votes in Chinsurah.

Trinamool Congress leader Partha Chatterjee, the Leader of the Opposition in the outgoing Assembly is leading against Anupam Debsarkar of CPI(M) by 4,832 votes.

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First Published: May 13 2011 | 10:55 AM IST

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