The Trinamool Congress (TMC) was ahead in 202 of the 292 seats that went to polls in West Bengal, way over the halfway mark of 147, leaving the BJP trailing far behind in 77 seats. In Tamil Nadu, the DMK, led by its President M.K. Stalin, is leading in 121 of the state's 234 Assembly constituencies and if the trend continues, then it can form the government on its own. The party-led front is leading in 143 Assembly constituencies (Congress 15, CPI and CPI-M two each, VCK three) for which the polls were held on April 6.
02 May,2021 07:58 PM IST | New Delhi
Voting will be held at 12,068 polling stations spread over nine assembly constituencies each in Murshidabad and Paschim Bardhaman districts, six each in Dakshin Dinajpur and Malda and four in Kolkata.
26 April,2021 06:45 PM IST | Kolkata
In the sixth phase, polling is being held in 17 constituencies in North 24 Parganas, 9 constituencies each in Nadia and North Dinajpur and 8 constituencies in East Burdwan district.
22 April,2021 07:25 PM IST | Kolkata
Over one crore voters in West Bengal will decide the political fate of 342 candidates as 45 assembly constituencies go to polls in the fifth phase, amid a raging second wave of COVID-19.
17 April,2021 03:23 PM IST | Kolkata
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From heavyweight leaders to celebrities, stakes are high in the fourth phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections. The number of NRI voters are 34 and 2,63,016 first-time voters. The size of the total electorate is 1,15,81,022 and 15,940 polling stations will be used, including 12,361 main and 3,579 auxiliary.
10 April,2021 07:51 PM IST | New Delhi
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Polling began in the third phase of the assembly elections in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala and Assam at 7 am on Tuesday. While voters in Assam will cast their vote in three phases, polling in West Bengal will happen across eight phases. Counting of votes in all states will happen on May 2.
06 April,2021 08:13 PM IST | New Delhi
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Polling began for 30 seats in West Bengal and 39 seats in Assam in the second phase of the assembly elections at 7 am on Thursday. All eyes are on high profile Nandigram constituency where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is fighting against Suvendu Adhikari, her former aide and confidant who strode over to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
01 April,2021 05:57 PM IST | New Delhi
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Polling began for 30 seats in West Bengal and 47 seats in Assam at 7 am on Saturday in the first phase of the assembly elections amid tight security. West Bengal will witness a triangular contest between Trinamool Congress (TMC), Congress-Left alliance and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In Assam, candidates from BJP and Congress-led 'mahajot' (grand alliance) are in fray.
27 March,2021 06:45 PM IST | New DelhiADVERTISEMENT
