Mamata vs BJP: Who had the edge in Bengal s close-contest seats?
Mamata vs BJP: Who had the edge in Bengal s close-contest seats?
The Trinamool Congress managed to secure 48 per cent of the vote share in the recently-concluded West Bengal Assembly election. Here s an analysis of the difference in votes cast for the TMC and BJP in Bengal s 294 seats.
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Mamata Banerjee addressing a press conference in Kolkata on Monday (Photo Credits: PTI)
HIGHLIGHTS
Among the 292 seats, victory margin was above 10,000 votes in 223 seats
Dinhata in Cooch Behar and Balarampur in Purulia had a victory margin of less than 500 votes
Trinamool had a comfortable victory in 200 seats and a close fight in only 13, or 6 per cent seats