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Rahul Gandhi’s decisions led to divisions within the Opposition: CPI

Decisions taken by Rahul Gandhi led to divisions within the opposition, CPI national secretary Atul Kumar Anjaan said Thursday and asserted that the policies of the Congress scion opened the doors for Narendra Modi’s victory. Riding on a massive Modi wave sweeping through most parts of India, the BJP was set to return to power Thursday as it led in 292 seats while the Congress trailed far behind with 50, according to trends released by the Election Commission for all 542 seats that went to polls. “The BJP fought these elections on the basis of social and religious divisive policies and the agenda was set by them on this basis. “But more significant is the fact that the unity of the opposition has been damaged by the Congress. The policies and decisions of Rahul Gandhi has weakened opposition unity, led to divisions and opened the doors for Modi’s victory,” the Communist Party of India national secretary said. (PTI)03:34 PM

BJP candidate Pawan Singh won the Bhatpara assembly bypoll by a margin of 35,760 votes

03:14 PM

Trinamool defends bastion in and around Kolkata

TMC candidates on track for victory in Kolkata (N), Kolkata (S), Dum Dum, Jadavpur, Howrah, Sreerampur.02:47 PM

BJP, allies hail Modi ‘tsunami’; all losers are not losers, says Mamata

NEW DELHI: With the BJP heading for a historic win in the Lok Sabha polls, senior ministers and alliance partners credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah for the victory described by many as a “tsunami”. While there was euphoria in the BJP-led NDA camp, both the Congress and the Left parties were muted in their reactions after the trends clearly showed that they were heading towards another poll debacle after 2014. However, TMC and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s reaction to the poll outcome was pragmatic.”Congratulations to the winners. But all losers are not losers. We have to do a complete review and then we will share our views with you all. Let the counting process be completed fully and the VVPATs matched,” she tweeted. Riding on a massive Modi wave sweeping through most parts of India, the BJP was set to return to power Thursday as it led in 298 seats while the Congress trailed far behind with 52, according to trends released by the Election Commission for all 542 seats that went to polls. (PTI)

02:40 PM

BJP comfortably placed in Bishnupur, Coochbehar, Darjeeling

02:28 PM

ET View: The lesson for Rahul and Mamata from Lok Sabha 2019

02:23 PM

All India Trends (542/542)

• NDA: 352
• UPA: 94
• Others: 96

02:12 PM

BJP makes deep inroads in Mamata bastion | VIDEO

02:02 PM

Jyotirmoy Mahato of BJP looks on course for victory in Purulia, leads by over 77,000 vote.

01:56 PM

All India Trends (542/542)

• NDA: 350
• UPA: 92
• Others: 100

01:38 PM

BJP leads from Mamata’s anti-land acquisition launch pad

BJP candidate Locket Chatterjee is leading from Hooghly constituency, where TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee launched her anti-land acquisition agitation in Singur, which catapulted her into the national spotlight. Chatterjee was leading by over 64,000 votes over Trinamool Congress candidate Ratna De, according to the latest Election Commission trends. In 2014, De had won the seat by 1,89,084 votes. (PTI)01:32 PM

TMC’s Saugata Roy is leading by 23468 votes in Dum Dum

01:26 PM

‘All losers are not losers’, Mamata tweets after huge NDA win

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Congratulations to the winners. But all losers are not losers. We have to do a complete review and then we will share our views with you all. Let the counting process be completed fully and the VVPATs matched11.6K1:21 PM – May 23, 2019Twitter Ads info and privacy5,923 people are talking about this01:01 PM

All India Trends (542/542)

• NDA: 345
• UPA: 95
• Others: 102

12:52 PM

Mimi Chakraborty leads by 1.2 lakh votes in Jadavpur

12:37 PM

Bengal’s veteran politician Subrata Mukherjee – a former Union Minister, former Kolkata mayor & a part of Mamata’s cabinet – trailing by over 25k votes in Bankura. BJP leads in this former red and then green bastion.

12:26 PM

TMC leading in 24 seats, BJP in 17 and Congress in one seat

12:19 PM

West Bengal Trends: (42/42)

• TMC 23
• BJP 17
• Congress 1
• Others 1

12:11 PM

All India Trends (542/542)

• NDA: 342
• UPA: 94
• Others: 106

12:08 PM

Bengal analysis: The fight in Bengal seems to be a bipolar one

As trends are coming from all 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal, the electoral fight in Bengal seems to be a bipolar one as predicted by ET, pushing Congress and CPM as mere fringe players. As of now , TMC is leading in 24 seats and BJP is leading in 17 seats restricting Congress to 1 seat . This is tbe first ever election in Bengal that is left with no Left. The rout for CPM looks complete in this election as the vote share for the party has come down to mere 6% from around 29% in 2014 . Even though West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s prediction about BJP ‘s numbers went haywire , her political mind perhaps identified the BJP- CPM understanding in terms of vote transfer correctly . While BJP leader Mukul Roy expected around 12 to 15 % of vote transfer from CPM, it appears that more than 20% votes from the Left went to BJP leading to this landslide numbers for BJP in Bengal . There regions gave maximum dividend to BJP — north Bengal, western part of the state, that is the tribal belt and the border constituencies . With BJP leading in Indo-Bangladesh border constituencies—- Ranaghat, Krishnanagar, Bongaon — it seems citizenship amendment bill and NRC campaigns by PM Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah have been a hit .

11:57 AM

Shantanu Thakur (BJP) leads in Bangaon by over 25,000 votes

11:24 AM

All India Trends (542/543)

• NDA 343
• UPA 88
• Others 111

11:11 AM

Abhishek Banerjee (TMC) leads by 32,548 votes from Diamond Harbour after Round 7

11:08 AM

BJP would have won over 30 seats if TMC had not resorted to violence, says Roopa Ganguly

11:06 AM

Trends at 11 am

The NDA is currently ahead in 325 Lok Sabha seats. The UPA is leading in 88 seats, while Others are ahead in 103 constituencies.10:57 AM

All India Trends (542/542)

• NDA 327
• UPA 102
• Others 113

10:54 AM

Locket Chatterjee (BJP) ahead in Hooghly by nearly 20,000 votes, inumbent Ratna De Nag of TMC in second place.

10:43 AM

Babool Supriyo leading over 50,000 votes in Asansol

10:38 AM

Subhas Sarkar of BJP is leading by 9,000 votes in Bankura over TMC’s Subrata Mukherjee.

10:25 AM

Shocker for Mamata Banerjee

Another shocker for Mamata Banerjee, BJP’s candidate Chandra Bose is leading in Kolkata South constituency . Kolkata South is the home constituency of Mamata Banerjee , her party has been winning this seat for eight consecutive terms now.10:23 AM

Official EC trends: BJP leading on 279 seats, Congress leading on 51 seats

10:15 AM

All India Trends (536/542)

• NDA 303
• UPA 118
• Others 115

10:08 AM

All India Trends (527/542)

• NDA 306
• UPA 112
• Others 109

09:58 AM

West Bengal Trends

TMC is leading in 22 seats, BJP is leading in 18, INC is 2. And it looks like an absolute rout for Left Front in Bengal . Red party is still at 0 .09:55 AM

Subrata Mukherjee of TMC is trailing in Bankura

09:53 AM

Trend reverses in Howrah, Rantidev Sengupta (BJP) leading by 1150 votes over Prasun Banerjee of TMC

09:50 AM

Sudip Bandopadhyay leading by 8010 votes from Kolkata Uttar over Rahul Sinha of BJP

09:49 AM

Pratima Mondal of TMC leading from Joynagar by 9562 votes, Ashok Kandary of BJP trails

09:47 AM

Abhishek Banerjee of TMC now leading from Diamond Harbour by 3808 votes

09:46 AM

All India Trends

• NDA 317
• UPA 94
• Others 89

09:35 AM

Abhishek Banerjee trailing in Diamond Harbour by 2500 votes

09:35 AM

Mamata Banerjee’s nephew is trailing

Most significant of all trends in Bengal as of now : Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee is trailing in Diamond harbour in first round while BJP’s candidate Nilanjan Roy, a defector from Congress is leading there. ( ET Bureau)09:33 AM

Mala Roy (TMC) leads in Kolkata (S)

09:33 AM

West Bengal: Babul Supriyo leading from Asansol, Locket Chatterjee from Hooghly

Union minister Babul Supriyo of the BJP is leading by 3448 votes against Moon Moon Sen of All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) from Asansol Lok Sabha seat, as per initial Election Commission trends. In Coochbehar Lok Sabha seat, Nishith Pramanik of the BJP is leading by 1225 votes against AITC candidate Paresh Chandra Adhikary. BJP candidate Locket Chatterjee is leading by 2175 votes over AITC candidate Ratna De Nag in Hoogly parliamentary constituency, the trends suggest. In Uluberia seat, Sajda Ahmed of the AITC is leading by 920 votes against Joy Banerjee of the BJP. (PTI)

09:30 AM

Left Front languishing in WB

The most unhappening party in the list is Left Front , it seems. It is yet to open its account . Its only hope Mohammed Salim , candidate in Raiganj is also trailing as BJP is leading there . ( ET Bureau)09:28 AM

All India Trends (360/542)

• NDA 160
• UPA 99
• Others 101

09:24 AM

According to the EC, the vote share is 43.5 % for Bharatiya Janta Party and 44.7 % is for Trinamool Congress.

According to the EC, the vote share is 43.5 % for Bharatiya Janta Party and 44.7 % is for Trinamool Congress. Left Front is at 7% as of now. This statistic appears to very significant in the first round of counting as it indicates towards a transfer of votes from Left to BJP, and this can be the primary reason for BJP’s rise in Bengal.09:21 AM

Official EC trends: BJP leading on 162 seats

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Official EC trends: BJP leading on 162 seats, Congress leading on 51 seats #ElectionResults2019ANI✔@ANIOfficial EC trends: BJP leading on 133 seats, Congress leading on 41 seats #ElectionResults20195949:16 AM – May 23, 2019Twitter Ads info and privacy193 people are talking about this09:17 AM

Babul Supriyo is leading by almost 8500 votes, which as of now looks promising for BJP. The party is leading in seven seats in Bengal — Darjeeling, Alipurduar, Bankura, Asansol, Krishnanagar, Arambag, Raiganj . Trinamool Congress leading in 18, and Congress in 2.

09:13 AM

Adhir Choudhury of Congress takes lead in Baharampur

09:12 AM

Babul Supriyo leads by 8500 votes in Asansol

09:10 AM

All India Trends (141/542)

• NDA 89
• UPA 32
• Others 20

09:01 AM

TMC extends lead to 5 seats, BJP ahead in 4 in north Bengal. Babul Supriyo (BJP) takes lead in Asansol.

08:53 AM

All India Trends

• NDA 40
• UPA 18
• Others 8

08:52 AM

West Bengal: (9/42)

• TMC 6
• BJP 2
• Congress 1
• Left

08:40 AM

Early days in West Bengal, says Trinamool

Right now it’s the trends coming from the counting of postal ballots , Trinamool Congress claims , this will change as EVM opens. Mamata Banerjee’s government is still not able to implement the suggestions of pay commission and the discontent among government employees are more than natural.08:32 AM

All India Trends

• NDA 22 
  
• UPA 15
• Others 6

08:31 AM

Counting underway for 42 LS seats in West Bengal

Counting of votes for the 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal began on Thursday in 58 counting centres across the state. Around 25,000 counting personnel have been deployed by the Election Commission for deciphering the mandate that lies locked in the EVMs from 78,799 polling stations spread over 294 Assembly segments. 
The counting started with the postal ballots, following which the EVMs would be opened. Once the counting of votes polled in the EVMs is over, five random VVPATs of each Assembly segment will be tallied with the voting machines in the presence of the counting observers. According to an official, the counting of voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT), the counting of postal ballots, votes in the EVMs and the scanning of Electronically Transmitted Postal Ballots System (ETPBS), will make the process lengthy.
08:28 AM

All India seats: 542 seats | Magic Figure: 272

• NDA 17
• UPA 11
• Others 4

08:27 AM

Poll violence common in West Bengal, irrespective of ruling party: SC

08:27 AM

Poll violence common in West Bengal, irrespective of ruling party: SC

08:24 AM

All India Trends: 542 seats | Magic Figure: 272

• NDA 11
• UPA 2
• Others 0

08:21 AM

West Bengal: (1/42) initial trend

• TMC
• BJP 1
• Congress
• Left

08:17 AM

Early leads across country: NDA ahead

• 24/542
• NDA 23
• UPA 2
• Others 0

08:07 AM

Counting of votes for Lok Sabha Elections 2019 begins.

07:58 AM

NDA will face defeat, Left’s strength to increase: CPI-M

A day before the 2019 poll results, CPI-M’s West Bengal Secretary Surjya Kanta Misra on Wednesday said the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will be defeated and the strength of leftist forces will increase across the country, proving the exit polls predictions incorrect. 

The exit polls predicted a thumping victory for the NDA and projected that the Left parties will witness a sharp decline in their seat share across the country, including in Bengal, in the 2019 polls. 

“No matter what is shown in the exit polls, we believe that the BJP-led NDA will be defeated, an alternative secular government will be formed and the strength of leftist forces will increase,” Misra told reporters here. 

“The number and the public mandate is a big thing in any election, keeping that in mind we are saying the leftist forces will increase both its strength as well as the number of seats,” he said. 

Referring to the exit polls after 2004 elections which predicted a victory for the NDA, only to be proven wrong after the results, Misra said that “whenever the exit polls predicted a BJP victory, it has actually lost the elections”. 

However, when asked how many seats the Left parties may win in Bengal, the CPI-M leader refused to quote any specific number. (IANS)
07:31 AM

Violence has become common in West Bengal, says SC

Violence has become common in West Bengal with some people fighting without any issue and these people who indulge in arson and rioting do not belong to any political party, the Supreme Court said on Thursday. A vacation bench of Justice Arun Mishra and Justice M.R. Shah made the observation while granting protection from arrest, till May 28, to BJP candidate Arjun Singh, who is contesting from the state’s Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency. “We grant the insulation to the petitioner that no coercive action shall be taken against the petitioner in the cases which have been registered against him so far and in which his arrest is required. No arrest shall be made in the cases filed against him for the period commencing from today i.e. from May 22 till May 28,” the court said.07:30 AM

Over 25,000 personnel deployed for LS vote count in Bengal

Bringing the climax to the high-voltage Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal – which has virtually become the ground zero of the current elections following the BJP’s mega push to become a big player in the state – the authorities will on Thursday count the votes for the state’s 42 seats, that could make a big impact in deciding the national outcome. The interest is centred around the extent up to which the BJP can make inroads in the state where it has been a fringe player all these years and whether the Mamata Banerjee- led ruling Trinamool Congress manages to hold its fort in the face of the sustained assault by the saffron brigade through the election campaign. With the various exit polls predicting anything between five and 23 seats for the BJP, the saffron camp is all keyed up, while the Trinamool has been utterly dismissive of the projections, with Banerjee dubbing them “gossip” and a “game plan to manipulate and replace thousands of EVMs”.07:28 AM

West Bengal: Counting of votes to begin at 8 AM

07:26 AM

West Bengal will have bearing on BJP national strategy

The poll research unit of BJP and the RSS have a conservative estimate of around 15 to 20 seats in the state which will have a significant bearing on their national poll strategy. According to a senior leader in the party, the election is all about what BJP loses in Uttar Pradesh and gains in Bengal.07:25 AM

BJP claims it will get 23 in West Bengal

Six months back, in December, Bharatiya Janta Party’s national president Amit Shah predicted 23 seats of 42 for his party in West Bengal. Since then, in every public meeting, he put it on record that his party will be surging ahead in Bengal with almost two dozen seats, more than half of total 42 in the state. As late as last week, he repeated the same tally for his party in Bengal while addressing a press conference in Delhi, flanked by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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