Kolkata: Live Result Update: 11:15 AM: Mamata Bannerji is set to return to power in West Bengal. As counting of votes began in the state this morning, early available trends at 11:15 am showed that the Trinamool Congress Party (TMC) has won 05 seats and is ahead in as amany as 208 seats - a gain of 33 seats as compared to last elections.
The Congress-Left alliance is ahead in 67 seats. Individually, the Congress has won 35 seats - a loss of 07 seats, and the Left has won 32 seats - a loss of 29 seats as compared to 2011 state elections.
The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies are also leading in 10 assembly constituencies.
The Trinamool wave appeared to be crushing all the opposition in the southern parts of the state while the Left-Congress challenge was most visible in northern Bengal.
Among the prominent Trinamool leaders on the road to victory was Finance Minister Amit Mitra from Khardaha.
Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) state secretary Surjya Kanta Mishra led from his constituency Narayangarh while Congress’ Manas Bhunia was ahead in Sabang.
Among celebrity candidates, Trinamool’s Laxmi Ratan Shukla (Howrah North) and Baishali Dalmiya (Bally) were in the lead.
Live Result Update: 10:15 AM: Mamata Bannerji is set to return to power in West Bengal. As counting of votes began in the state this morning, early available trends showed that the Trinamool Congress Party (TMC) will win as amany as 207 seats.
The Congress-Left alliance is ahead in 74 seats. The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies are also leading in 10 assembly constituencies.
Live Result Update: 09:30 AM: Mamata Bannerji is set to return to power in West Bengal. As counting of votes began in the state this morning, early available trends showed that the Trinamool Congress Party (TMC) will win as amany as 191 seats.
The Congress-Left alliance is ahead in 67 seats. The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies are also leading in 10 assembly constituencies.
The TMC led by Mamata Bannerji - a former Congress party leader, dislodged more than thirty years of Left rule in West Bengal in the 2011 assembly polls.
The Left parties and Congress formed alliance to defeat Mamata. But, if the trends continue to take the same shape, and there is no reason they will not, Mamata will become Chief Minister in Assam for the second term.
Live Result Update: 09:15 AM: Mamata Bannerji is set to a historic come back in West Bengal. As counting of votes began in the state early trends showed that Trinamool Congress Party (TMC) is leading in as amany as 143 seats.
The Congress-Left alliance is ahead in 62 seats. The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies are also leading in six assembly constituencies.
Live Result Update: 09:00 AM: Mamata Bannerji is set to a historic come back in West Bengal. As counting of votes began in the state early trends showed that Trinamool Congress Party (TMC) is leading in as amany as 131 seats.
The Congress-Left alliance is ahead in 56 seats. The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies are also leading in six assembly constituencies.
Live Result Update: 08:30 AM: Mamata Bannerji is set to a historic come back in West Bengal. As counting of votes began in the state early trends showed that Trinamool Congress Party (TMC) is leading in as amany as 45 seats.
The Congress-Left alliance is ahead in 12 seats. The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) is also leading in one assembly constituency.
Earlier, the counting of votes for the crucial Assembly Elections in four states including West Bengal and a Union Territory began at 8 am. It is expected that the counting will be over by 3 pm, according to the Election Commission.
The fate of 1,961 candidates, including 198 women, now lies stored in 77,413 electronic voting machines, that would be opened one by one after counting commences across 90 centres at 8 a.m.
Around 82.80 percent of the total 6.55 crore electorate had exercised their franchise across 77,247 polling stations in the elections held over six phases on seven dates from April 4 to May 5.
One of the most keenly observed political battles in the country, the polls in West Bengal have acquired an extra dimension this time, with arch-rivals the Congress and the CPI-M-spearheaded Left Front stitching an alliance to throw a strong challenge to the ruling Trinamool Congress, led by Mamata Banerjee.
Exit polls have predicted that the Trinamool will retain power, with different agencies putting the majority figure ranging from a slender 155 to a huge 253 in the 294-member house.
However, the opposition has chosen to differ, arguing that the fear factor that prevails in the state -- known for its history of political violence -- makes it unlikely for voters to have spoken candidly about their preference to surveyors.
A total of 294 counting observers have been deployed and 78 companies of central forces are on vigil to prevent any breach of peace.
A three-tier security has been put in place at the counting centres.
Besides the Left front Congress tie-up, that brought together Marxist veteran and former chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on the same stage, the polls also saw corruption emerge as a central issue.
While the Trinamool tom-tommed its infrastructural projects and welfare schemes, the opposition hit back with missiles like the Narada sting and Saradha scams and the flyover collapse in the city that claimed 26 lives.
Also of keen interest would be the performance of the Bharatiya Janata Party, which had polled a surprising 17 percent in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
The pollsters this time have predicted that the BJP's vote percentage would dip, with some saying it could even slump below five percent.
The extent of the erosion - if at all it happens - in the BJP vote bank might play a big role in determining the final outcome, with both the Trinamool and the Left-Congress claiming that they would benefit from the saffron party's loss.
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