Counting began at 8 am this morning, starting with the postal ballots all over the country, and the reports so far indicate the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal is leading from 22 seats. The big news however, is that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is doing extremely well in Bengal \u2013 considering the party had won two seats in 2014 Lok Sabha polls \u2013 as they were leading in as many as 19 seats. In terms of the percentage of votes, the BJP has gained enormously in the state.<\/p>\n
Early trends have indicated losses for the Trinamool Congress from some of the party\u2019s important seats, especially Barrackpore where it is a prestige fight for Bengal\u2019s ruling party. TMC’s Dinesh Trivedi was trailing while BJP’s Arjun Singh was ahead of him. Singh had joined the BJP on being denied a Trinamool Congress ticket.<\/p>\n
Other Trinamool Congress candidates suffering setback were Moon Moon Sen from Asansol who was trailing far behind BJP\u2019s Babul Supriyo. Trinamool Congress\u2019 Dipak Adhikary (Dev) was initially trailing behind BJP\u2019s candidate Bharati Ghosh, but succeeded in going ahead.<\/p>\n
In Midnapore, Trinamool Congress\u2019 Manas Bhuniya was trailing behind BJP\u2019s Dilip Ghosh.<\/p>\n
The CPI(M)\u2019s Bikash Bhattacharya, was trailing from the Jadavpur seat \u2013 behind Trinamool Congress\u2019 Mimi Chakraborty.\u00a0The Congress is leading from only one seats, where Adhir Chowdhury is ahead of his nearest contestant, though by a thin margin. The Left parties weren\u2019t leading from any seat till now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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