Mamata Banerjee returns as CM, biggest setback for BJP in West Bengal

The TMC won nearly 48 per cent of the vote share, and the BJP about 38 per cent; the saffron party’s seat share rose massively — from single digit in last 2016 polls to over 70

Mamata Banerjee returns as CM, biggest setback for BJP in West Bengal

Mamata Banerjee, West Bengal chief minister

West Bengal
Thanking the people for the Trinamool Congress’s landslide victory in the assembly elections, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Sunday that West Bengal has “saved” India with its mandate. “It is the victory of the people of Bengal, the victory of democracy. Bengal has saved India today. This landslide victory came after fighting against several odds — the Centre, its machinery, its agencies. This victory has saved humanity,” she said. Banerjee said even though her party received a landslide mandate, no grand oath-taking ceremony will be organised. Banerjee, however, lost her Nandigram to his former aide Suvendu Adhikari who is now in the BJP. Reiterating her pre-poll promise, Banerjee said her government will provide free vaccines to the people of the state.

2016 Results
Total seats: 294
Trinamool: 211
Left Front + Cong 76
BJP: 03
GJM: 03
Other: 01

TMC: 215
Total no. of seats 292
BJP: 75
Other: 01
RSMP: 01

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