The final results will take a few more hours to come, but it is now clear from the leads and trend that Trinamool Congress will cross the 200 mark in West Bengal. The Bharatiya Janata Party is leading in about 80 seats.
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Voting was held in Bengal in gruelling eight phases amid a worrying rise in COVID cases. Elections started in Bengal on March 27 and ended on April 29. In Bengal, the total number of seats is 294, and the majority mark is 148. Elections were held in 292 seats due to the death of two candidates from COVID-19.
