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Five people were killed in separate incidents of post-assembly poll violence and arson in various parts of West Bengal, including in Kolkata, since the results of the elections were declared on Sunday night.
Trinamool Congress won a landslide victory in the elections for the third time in a row while Bharatiya Janata Party finished a distant second.
Four persons were killed in Purbo Bardhaman and one in the state capital, reports our New Delhi correspondent.
Purba Bardhaman district witnessed the killing of four people allegedly in clashes between ruling Trinamool Congress and BJP, official sources said.
At a time turncoats lost in most parts of Bengal, north Bengal saw a sharp contrast with many candidates who defected to the BJP proving to be giant-slayers.
Veteran CPM leader Asok Bhattacharya, a six-time MLA and a former state minister from Siliguri, faced defeat from Shankar Ghosh, his former protégé who joined the BJP a few weeks before the polls.
Trinamul leaders who were ministers in Mamata Banerjee’s outgoing cabinet, Gautam Deb and Rabindranath Ghosh, also lost from Dabgram-Fulbari and Natabari, respectively. Deb lost to Shikha Chatterjee, a BJP leader who deserted Trinamul in 2018. Ghosh conceded defeat to his former party colleague Mihir Goswami who joined the BJP last year. Krishna Kalyani, the BJP candidate of Raiganj who left Trinamul a few weeks back, defeated Mohit Sengupta, the most prominent Congress leader of North Dinajpur.
The Trinamool Congress was currently leading in 168 seats, while the BJP was leading in 101 seats at 11. 25 AM. However, for the most part of early trends, both parties were neck and neck as the latest leads continue to come in.
‘Wheelchair’ takes Mamata to power in Bengal for 3rd term
The initial trends of 292 seats show that the Trinamool Congress is leading in 189 seats while the BJP is leading in 98 seats
Sunday May 2, 2021 11:13 AM, ummid.com with inputs from IANS
Kolkata: The incumbent Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee is all set to conquer the state for the 3rd consecutive term, according to the latest trends released by the Election Commission Sunday morning.
The initial trends of 292 seats show that the Trinamool Congress is leading in 192 seats while the BJP is leading in 95 seats and the United Front (Sanjukta Morcha) is leading in rest of the 5 seats.
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