TMC retained all seats in city on the back of populist schemes, worsening COVID-19 situation Kolkata
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TMC retained all seats in city on the back of populist schemes, worsening COVID-19 situation KolkataPTI
Last Updated: May 09, 2021, 02:07 PM IST
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The overwhleming support for TMC was seen in Jorasanko, Bhabanipur and Kolkata Port constituencies of the city despite their sizeable mixed populations.
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The poll in the 292 seats of the state was held over a protracted eight phases. Election to two seats were cancelled following the death of their candidates.
Trinamool Congress has retained all 14 assembly seats in the city defeating rival BJP by convincing margins in the recent West Bengal assembly poll on the back of populist schemes and the worsening COVID-19 situation, despite the shrill polarisation bid by the saffron party.