West Bengal Election Result 2021 Live Updates: Counting of votes for assembly elections to begin shortly
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West Bengal Election Result 2021 Live Updates: Counting of votes for assembly elections to begin shortly
The eight-phased state assembly elections in West Bengal ended on Thursday and now all eyes are on the counting of votes that will take place on Sunday. The game of thrones in West Bengal has been the most dynamic state assembly elections in recent years. Bengal has the highest 294 seats and saw a fierce contest between the ruling Trinamool Congress and BJP. Stay updated with Times of India to get all the live updates on West Bengal Election Results and Constituency wise results.
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Sunday registered a third consecutive victory in the state assembly election.
Mamata, the TMC supremo, successfully took on the BJP juggernaut led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah besides a battery of national and state leaders.
Though the BJP had set a target of winning more than 200 of the 292 seats which went to polls, it was the TMC instead which crossed the double century mark. In the process, the BJP got restricted to double digit figures.
These are seven reasons why Mamata-led TMC won the 2021 West Bengal assembly election: