Assembly Election Results 2021: Mamata Banerjee on Sunday won a spectacular victory in Bengal.
New Delhi:
Mamata Banerjee on Sunday won a spectacular victory in Bengal, defeating the BJP in elections in the middle of a raging pandemic. The Chief Minister, however, lost to BJP s Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram. I accept the verdict in Nandigram - it is not a big deal. Don t worry, she said.
The Election Commission has rejected the Trinamool Congress s appeal for a recount of votes at Nandigram, where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had faced her aide-turned-arch rival Suvendu Adhikari. The Returning Officer has said that the result will be officially declared after the VVPAT slips are tallied with the votes on the Electronic Voting Machines. After a day of yo-yo competition. the results on Sunday evening indicated that the Chief Minister had lost to Mr Adhikari by 1,736 votes in the contest that was the centrepiece of the assembly election in the state.
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And again, it’s time for the Congress party to introspect on the reasons for its defeat in yet another set of Assembly elections. With the exception of a consolation victory in Tamil Nadu, aided in great measure by the popularity of a formidable senior alliance partner – the DMK – the Grand Old Party failed to wrest power in Assam and Kerala while it was completely decimated in Bengal and even the union territory of Pondicherry that it
Assembly Election 2021: Step-by-step guide to check results on ECI website and app
The Election Commission will start releasing result trends from 8 am onwards on its official website and app. (Image Source: Twitter/@ECISVEEP)
Updated: May 2, 2021, 06:42 AM IST
The counting day for Assembly Election Results 2021 in four states and one union territory has finally come. All eyes are on the outcome of the results. The counting of votes will take place for West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam, and Puducherry assembly elections 2021 today.
The Election Commission will start releasing result trends from 8 am onwards on its website and app. Those who are keenly interested in checking the progress on the go may track it easily using the ECI site and app.
Election Results 2021: Mamata Banerjee is trying to retain power for third time in Bengal
New Delhi:
Mamata Banerjee s Trinamool Congress is ahead in West Bengal, where the BJP seems to have made gains since the 2019 national elections. In Tamil Nadu, the opposition DMK is way ahead with party chief MK Stalin and son leading in their respective seats. In neighbouring Kerala, the ruling Left-led LDF front - which is hoping to end a four-decade trend by retaining power - is past the halfway mark, early trends from the state show
In Assam, the BJP is ahead of its nearest rival Congress, which campaigned hard to reclaim its one-time bastion.
Covid protocol in Assam counting
This time, due to Covid-19 protocol, the number of counting tables in each counting hall in Assam has been restricted to 7 Tables. This is to maintain social distance inside the Counting Hall. There is an increase of 34.71% in the number of polling stations over the number of polling stations in the 2016 Assembly Elections.
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TMC and BJP locked in close contest
TMC and BJP are neck and neck in West Bengal ( 31-29) as per very early trends on Network 18
In Tamil Nadu it is a slight lead for DMK ( 5-1)
In Kerala, LDF ahead (39-27)