Kolkata, May 5 (IANS) Here is the list of all candidates who contested the West Bengal Assembly polls– 1. MEKLIGANJ – DADHIRAM RAY (BJP)2. MATHABHANGA – NISHITH PRAMANIK (BJP)3. COOCHBEHAR UTTAR – SUKUMAR RAY (BJP)4. COOCHBEHAR DAKSHIN – RATHINDRA BOSE (BJP)5. SITALKUCHI – SABITRI BARMAN (BJP)6. SITAI – SANGITA ROY (Trinamool Congress)7. DINHATA – AJAY RAY (BJP)8. NATABARI – GIRIJA SHANKAR RAY (BJP)9. TUFANGANJ – MALATI RAVA ROY (BJP)10. KUMARGRAM – MANOJ KUMAR ORAON (BJP)11…
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Bengaluru, May 5 (IANS) Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Central Parliamentary Committee Member B.S. Yediyurappa has said that the Congress has “no future”, asserting that just as the Trinamool Congress was defeated in West Bengal, the Congress will also face a similar fate in the state in the next Assembly elections. Speaking to the media on Monday in the city on the results of the five-state Assembly elections, he added that the Congress, which could not win eve…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Congress leader and Lok Sabha Leader of the Opposition (LoP), Rahul Gandhi has launched a sharp attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), accusing it of stealing elections in Assam and West Bengal with the support of the Election Commission. In a post on Monday on his official X account, LoP Gandhi claimed that more than 100 seats were stolen in Bengal, echoing the concerns raised by Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee.He wrote that Assam and Bengal were clear case…
Agartala, May 4 (IANS) Free and fair elections in West Bengal have ensured the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) victory in West Bengal, marking what Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha described as an urgent need for political change amid rising concerns over infiltration and national security. CM Saha, along with state BJP President Rajib Bhattacharjee and other senior leaders, led a victory rally in Agartala after the Trinamool Congress-led government, headed by outgoing Chief Minister Mamata Ba…
Kolkata, May 4 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to form the new government in West Bengal with a two-thirds majority, bringing to an end the 15-year Trinamool Congress regime in the state.In the 294-member West Bengal Assembly, the two-thirds majority mark is 196. On Monday, counting was completed and results were declared for 293 Assembly constituencies, as the Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced repolling for the entire Falta Assembly constituency in South 24 Par…
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday lauded the people of Bhabanipur for their electoral verdict, declaring that the outcome reflects the fate awaiting what he described as an anarchic style of governance.In a post on his X handle, HM Shah wrote, “Hats off to the people of Bhabanipur. Their mandate has made it clear what fate awaits an anarchic ruler.”The remark comes against the backdrop of heightened political contestation in West Bengal, where Bhabanipur has oft…
Kolkata, May 4 (IANS) Outgoing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was defeated on Monday by the Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, by a margin of 15,114 votes.This is the second time that Mamata Banerjee has been defeated by Suvendu Adhikari after she was trounced by him from Nandigram assembly constituency in the 2021 West Bengal assembly elections by a margin of a little less than 2,000 votes.Incidentally, Adhikari also contested from the Nandigram constituency…
Shimla, May 4 (IANS) Celebrations erupted on Monday at the Himachal Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in Shimla with the party’s historic victories in West Bengal, Assam and Puducherry, marking the occasion as a decisive endorsement of development, nationalism, and good governance under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Congratulating Prime Minister Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, State BJP Vice-President Vipin Parmar said the results reflected the unwaverin…
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to form the government in West Bengal, veteran Air Commodore Ranjan Mukherjee (retired) on Monday described the electoral outcome as a “historic shift”, crediting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, the party’s organisational strength, and a strong voter-driven sentiment for change.Speaking to IANS, Mukherjee underlined the strategic importance of West Bengal, calling it the “nerve centre” of the Northeast and a critical r…
Kolkata, May 4 (IANS) With just four rounds of counting still left, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is trailing in the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency in south Kolkata by 563 votes against Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari.At Bhabanipur, there will be a total of 20 rounds of counting, and at the time of filing this report, counting had been completed for 16 rounds.As per the official figures available from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, at the e…