West Bengal: With an insurmountable lead of over 5,31,362 votes, TMC heavyweight and sitting MP Abhishek Banerjee is all set to clinch a third straight victory from the Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha seat. Abhishek Banerjee bagged 7,18,189 votes till 2.06 pm, while his BJP opponent, Abhijit Das, trails far behind with 1,86,827 votes, according to the Election Commission data.

In 2019, Banerjee won by a margin exceeding three lakh votes and captured more than 56 per cent vote share.

Strategically nestled between Kolkata and the South 24 Parganas district, Diamond Harbour is a vital stronghold for the TMC.

Diamond Harbour has also turned into an epicentre of West Bengal's political battleground, with the TMC projecting it as a “model constituency”, while the opposition labelling the constituency as a “laboratory of violence”.

A resounding victory here would not just reaffirm the leadership of the TMC MP, the nephew of party supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, but also fortify his standing within the TMC, especially when the party is grappling with internal rifts. 

With inputs from PTI