West Bengal contributes 42 Lok Sabha seats in the 543-member Parliament. The BJPs' main focus was to dislodge Mamata Banerjee from West Bengal and even targeted the TMC government over Sandeshkhali, but the BJP won in 12 seats, down from its earlier tally of 18 seats in the 2019 polls.
"I am happy with my victory but considering the communal politics going on in India and Modi ji had said that he is contesting all 543 seats, I am happy that these elections have been held against him. The performance in Bengal has also been good," Moitra said.
After ECI trends showed that BJP would not be able to form government on its own at the centre, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee demanded resignation from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said that he has lost his credibility since he had said that he would cross 400 seats but c
Bharatiya Janata Party's Campaign strategy for Lok Saabha Polls in West Bengal failed to bring fruitful results as Trinamool Congress is leading on 30 seats in West Bengal as the counting of votes in the Lok Sabha polls is progressing, as per the Election Commission.
TMC's Mahua Moitra, who is seeking re-election from West Bengal's Krishnanagar seat, is leading with a vote margin of 60527 against BJP candidate Amrita Roy, as per ECI.
West Bengal BJP Chief Sukanta Majumdar contesting from the Balurghat Lok Sabha seat is trailing by a margin of 2680 votes against TMC candidate Biplab Mitra, as per the ECI.
Trinamool Congress is leading on 24 seats in West Bengal as the counting of votes in the Lok Sabha polls is progressing, as per the Election Commission.
As the counting of votes for the Lok Sabha election is underway on Tuesday, BJP's Basirhat Lok Sabha candidate, Rekha Patra, expressed confidence in BJP's victory in West Bengal's Basirhat Lok Sabha constituency, saying the BJP is going to win, and PM Modi will come to Basirhat.
As West Bengal police went to arrest an alleged accused in Saturday's violence in Basirhat's Sandeshkhali, the local women resisted and a scuffle broke out on Sunday.
West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Sunday rejected the exit poll predictions about the 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal and urged the party workers to stay strong and not be swayed by these deceptive tactics.
In a setback for the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) party in West Bengal, the exit polls on Saturday predicted that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will move ahead of Mamata Banerjee's TMC in the Lok Sabha elections in the state.