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Lotus blooms in West Bengal Khela hobe …For 5 years, this was the slogan Mamata Banerjee used to taunt her rivals. But this time, ‘khela hoye geche’ and not in the way the Trinamool Congress (TMC) imagined. The unthinkable has happened, and “Lotus has bloomed in West Bengal.”The result has redrawn Bengal’s political map, ending…
NEW DELHI: The BJP appears set to form the next government in West Bengal after leading on 207 of the state’s 294 assembly seats, leaving the Trinamool Congress trailing at 80. With this decisive mandate, attention has quickly shifted to a key question: who will be chosen as the party’s chief minister in a state…
In West Bengal’s Kumargram constituency, BJP’s Manoj Kumar Oraon won against TMC’s Rajeev Tirkey by 52,877 votes. Oraon got 1,43,044 votes while Tikey got 90,167 votes.Kumargram (ST) is a Scheduled Tribe-reserved constituency in Alipurduar district of West Bengal, situated in the northernmost part of the state. In 2026, the candidates include Rajeev Tirkey of the…
West Bengal elections 2026 In West Bengal’s Siliguri constituency, BJP candidate Shankar Ghosh defeated TMC candidate Goutam Deb by 73,192 votes. Ghosh got 1,20,760 votes while Deb got 47,568 votes.Siliguri is a major urban constituency in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, encompassing Siliguri city and surrounding suburban areas. As a commercial and transportation hub of…
Suvendu Adhikari defeats Mamata Banerjee NEW DELHI: The back and forth at high-stakes Bhabanipur assembly constituency ended up with historic mandate in favour of BJP‘s heavyweight Suvendu Adhikari, who defeated chief minister Mamata Banerjee by 15,105 votes.Mamata’s defeat in Bhabanipur, considered to be her bastion with deep hold of TMC’s cadre, resonnates with the larger…
In the 2026 West Bengal Assembly election for Budge Budge (156), Ashok Kumar Deb of the All India Trinamool Congress secured a decisive victory with 1,27,091 votes, defeating Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Dr Tarun Kumar Adak, who polled 80,241 votes. TMC won by a margin of 46,850 votes in the constituency. Congress and other smaller…
In West Bengal’s Dhupguri (SC) seat, BJP candiate Naresh Chandra Roy defeated TMC candidate Dr. Nirmal Chandra Roy by 38,550 votes. Naresh Chandra won by securing 1,34,798 votes while Nirmal Roy got 96,248 votes. Dhupguri (SC) is a Scheduled Caste-reserved constituency in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, situated in the Dooars region of north Bengal…
Counting trends across West Bengal on Monday triggered celebrations among BJP workers as the party moved ahead in key contests, with supporters marking the occasion through food-based celebrations at counting centres and party offices.As trends (at the time of writing this article) from the Election Commission of India showed the BJP having won/leading on over…
NEW DELHI: After dominating almost all the Hindi-speaking states in the north, the Bharatiya Janata Party wanted to test southern waters — a region where the party has historically struggled to gain ground.It planned expansion in Tamil Nadu, which has been under the control of two Dravidian giants for decades — the DMK and the…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose symbolism as much as celebration when he arrived at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi on Monday, hours after the party’s sweeping victory in West Bengal.Known for using attire to signal political messages, the Prime Minister appeared in a traditional Bengali ensemble, aligning his appearance with the state…
