West Bengal Election Result 2021 Live Updates: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) was ahead and fast consolidating its leads against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in a thrilling electoral contest in the battle ground state of West Bengal, according to initial trends on Sunday. The counting of votes began at 8am, and early-morning leads indicated a neck-and-neck fight. Postal ballots were counted first.
As the day progressed, the TMC seemed to have an advantage in the race. As of 11:33am, it was leading in 195 seats and the BJP in 93 — trends that showed the TMC had crossed the halfway mark in the state having 294 assembly seats. In the high-profile Nandigram seat, the BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari had a lead of over 8,000 votes against chief minister Mamata Banerjee after three rounds of counting. Banerjee gained some ground in the fourth round and was trailing by 5,000 votes at the end of it. BJP MP Locket Chatterjee was trailing by about 6,000 votes 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 176 constituencies and the BJP in 87. While the ruling party had a vote share of 48.8%, the corresponding number for the BJP was 36.8%, according to the poll watchdog’s website.
