Election Result 2021 Live Updates With Pallavi Ghosh and Aman Sharma

West Bengal Election Result 2021 Live Updates: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) was racing ahead in West Bengal’s electoral contest against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), setting the stage for a big win there, according to trends on Sunday afternoon. The counting of votes began at 8am, and initial leads indicated a neck-and-neck fight. Postal ballots were counted first.

But as the day progressed, the TMC surged past the BJP in the race, leaving its challenger far behind. As of 12:50pm, the TMC was leading in 202 seats and the BJP in 83 — trends that showed the ruling party had crossed the halfway mark in the state with 294 assembly seats. In the high-profile Nandigram seat, the BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari was holding on to his lead against chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who was slowly catching up. BJP MP Locket Chatterjee was trailing in Chunchura, which falls under her Lok Sabha constituency. The BJP, however, was hoping she would catch up in the later rounds and win. To be sure, these were initial trends and there could be several twists and turns throughout the day.
The Election Commission’s official trends suggested the TMC was ahead in 202 constituencies and the BJP in 77. While the ruling party had a vote share of 48.5%, the corresponding number for the BJP was 37.5%, according to the poll watchdog’s website.