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West Bengal election result 2021 LIVE updates: Mamata Banerjee-led TMC has won 213 seats. Stay tuned for final West Bengal election result

Mamata Banerjee. Photo: ANI

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Mamata Banerjee's wheelchair stops the BJP juggernaut in West Bengal

May 2, 2021, the hundredth birth anniversary of filmmaker Satyajit Ray, will forever belong to Mamata Banerjee. Defeating all odds, the Trinamool Congress (TMC), headed by her, coasted to a comfortable and credible majority in West Bengal, winning 216 seats, bettering its performance of 211 in the outgoing Assembly. While she lost her own seat, Nandigram, her party’s performance elicited opposition congratulations from across the country. Read on...

5:40 AM

TMC wins 209 seats, leads in 4; BJP wins 76, ahead in 1

The Mamata Banerjee-led TMC looks set to improve its 2016 tally of 209 in the 294-member West Bengal Assembly. The party has already one 209 seats and is leading on one. The BJP, which had only 3 members in the outgoing Assembly, has improved its tally to 76 but has fallen way short of stated target. It is leading in 1 constituency at present.

10:38 PM

Mamata Banerjee wins West Bengal again, to take vaccine fight to Centre now

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee landed a landslide victory for her Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the West Bengal Assembly election, the result of which was announced on Sunday, decimating the challenges by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). But there remains a confusion over the outcome in Nandigram, the seat of her prestige fight with former party colleague and now a BJP member, Suvendu Adhikari. Read on...

10:04 PM

TMC writes to Chief Electoral office, West Bengal for, "immediate re-counting of votes in Nandigram votes"

9:57 PM

Election results 2021 LIVE: Sonia Gandhi congratulates Mamata Banerjee, M K Stalin

Congress Interim President Sonia Gandhi has spoken to Mamata Banerjee and MK Stalin over phone and congratulated them for their victory in assembly polls

9:09 PM

West Bengal election results 2021: Counting on smoothly, but website slow due to server overload, says EC

8:26 PM

West Bengal election results 2021 LIVE: 'Sincere thanks to people of Nandigram', says Suvendu Adhikari

"My sincere thanks to great people of Nandigram for their love, trust, blessings, support and for choosing me as their representative and MLA from Nandigram. It' is my never-ending commitment to be of service to them and working for their welfare. I'm truly grateful," BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari said, after he was declared the winner against Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram.

7:48 PM

As TMC surmounts Bengal challenge, some see Mamata pivot of politics against BJP going forward

With Mamata Banerjee powering the Trinamool Congress to a "landslide" victory in West Bengal overcoming 10 years of anti-incumbency, a full-throttle BJP campaign and a rebellious former lieutenant, she has become the "natural leader" to guide the Opposition's politics against the BJP in the coming days, some leaders said Sunday.

The TMC's victory in the keenly, and at times acrimoniously, fought elections in the state comes barely a month after Banerjee wrote to Opposition leaders urging them to unite against the BJP.

The TMC's success in many ways is being seen as a victory of the non-saffron parties whose leaders were quick to congratulate her, even though she trailed her former lieutenant, but now BJP leader, Suvendu Adhikari, in Nandigram.

7:44 PM

Bengal election results: Death of migrant labourers last year forced me to join politics, says Manoj Tiwary

7:41 PM

Citing outcome in West Bengal polls, NCP seeks Amit Shah's resignation

Stating that the public mandate is a referendum in democracy, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Sunday demanded the resignation of Union Home Minister Amit Shah reminding him of his reported remarks during the campaigning for the West Bengal elections.

"During West Bengal violence, Mamata Didi asked for Amit Shah's resignation. He said I will resign only if people ask me to. In a democracy, election is a referendum and today it is against him. So when are you resigning Mr.Amit Shah?" NCP spokesperson and Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik tweeted.

7:34 PM

West Bengal election results LIVE: Counting process for Nandigram has not been completed, says TMC

7:27 PM

West Bengal election results LIVE: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut hails Mamata Banerjee as the 'tigress of Bengal'

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday hailed Mamata Banerjee as the "Tigress of Bengal", as her party TMC looks set to retain power in West Bengal after the bitterly fought Assembly election against the main rival BJP.

It is "not easy to defeat Banerjee", even though the BJP worked hard and put in a lot of investment during the polls in West Bengal, Raut said.

"Congratulations Tigress of Bengal," the Rajya Sabha member tweeted after Chief Minister Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) surged way ahead the BJP in the counting of votes currently underway.

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