'BJP's Spine Broken': Mamata After TMC's Power Packed Performance In West Bengal

In a political comeback that can only be described as triumphant, Mahua Moitra, the firebrand leader of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), is headed for a resounding victory in Krishnanagar Lok Sabha seat with a commanding lead over her nearest BJP rival Amrita Roy.

Cricketer-turned-politician Kirti Azad defeated his nearest rival Dilip Ghosh of the BJP by 1,37,981 votes in Bardhaman-Durgapur Lok Sabha seat. Azad, the TMC candidate, secured 7,20,667 votes, while Ghosh, a former state BJP president, got 5,82,686 votes.

Speaking to reporters, Sinha said, "This is Mamata Banerjee's win. I will try my best to address the issues in the constituency. I had earlier said Mamata ji will be a game-changer and TMC will sweep Bengal." Sinha, the sitting MP, alleged that the exit polls were "fabricated to misguide voters".

Actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha won from the Asansol Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal on Tuesday, the ECI said. The TMC leader defeated his nearest rival S S Ahluwalia of the BJP by a margin of 59,564 votes. Sinha secured 6,05,645 votes, while Ahluwalia garnered 5,46,081 votes.

TMC's Rachna Banerjee is on her way to register a surprise win against Locket Chatterjee from Hooghly

Holding on to Baharampur since 1999, Adhir Ranjan was defeated eventually by TMC's Yusuf Pathan by a strong margin of 85,000

After coming at second spot, BJP candidate Nirmal Saha is now at the third spot. In a see-saw battle, Adhir is at second position, slowly depleting Yusuf Pathan's lead. The lead has now halved from 60,000 to 29,000.

Continuing its performance in 2019, BJP is leading handsomely from Balurghat, Darjeeling, Cooch Behar and Alipurduar among others. 

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury faces an uphill task after he is trailing by over 10,000 votes

Before polling, Moitra had said that she will return as MP and by disqualifying her from Lok Sabha, the BJP has further strengthened her hand. She leads BJP's Amrita Ray by more than 57,000 votes.

Prestige battle for disqualified MP Mahua Moitra as she is facing a tough fight from her bastion

In a huge blow to Rekha Patra, who was PM Narendra Modi's main pick, TMC sitting MP Haji Nurul is ahead by more than lakh votes

Nisith Pramanik has edged past TMC's Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia 

No walkover for Abhijeet Ganguly from Suvendu Adhikari's stronghold as ‘Khela Hobe’ sensation Debangshu is trailing by approximately 1,000 votes

Isha Khan Chowdhury, son of sitting MP Abu Haseem Khan Chowdhury, is ahead in his family stronghold against BJP's ‘Nirbhaya Didi’ Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury. Sreerupa is the sitting MLA from English Bazaar, a Vidhan Sabha constituency under Malda South

Murtaja Hossain Bakul is leading from Jangipur while Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has surpassed BJP's Nirmal Saha and TMC's Yusuf Pathan in a see-saw battle

Murshidabad is seeing a close battle between CPM and TMC, where senior CPM leader Salim is leading by 963 votes, according to ECI data

After taking intial lead, sitting MP Sukanta Majumdar is now started trailing against TMC's Biplab Mitra

Coming back from behind, Nirmal Saha has taken the lead from Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's Baharampur 

Actor-turned politician Hiran from BJP is trailing from Ghatal

BJP MP candidate Anirban Ganguly, who is also Director of Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation, is trailing

Mamata's nephew Abhishek Banerjee extends lead in Diamond Harbour

Former BJP Bengal president Dilip Ghosh, who was fielded from a new consituency this time around, is trailing

ECI data shows that Trinamool Congress is leading in 5 seats while BJP is leading 2 seats

According to Election Commission official website, BJP is Leading in two seats and TMC in three.

Adhir Ranjan's early lead is seen diminishing fast as he faces an existential threat in his stronghold

Due to a split in INDI alliance, BJP has managed to consolidate Hindu and SC/ST/OBC votes which are playing out in the early trends so far.

Initial trends suggest that BJP is ahead in most seats while Congress is ahead in only one seat

Locket Chatterjee is trailing in early trends from Hooghly district. She is up against Rachana Banerjee, her former colleague in the Bengal film industry

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is leading against BJP's Nirmal Kumar Saha and TMC's Yusuf Pathan, according to early trends

Mahua Moitra takes early lead against BJP's ‘Rajmata’ Amrita Ray from Krishnanagar Lok Sabha Lok Sabha constituency

All eyes on key seats like Krishnanagar and Baharampur where TMC's Mahua Moitra and Congress' Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's fates hang in balance

Exposing Mamata's fears, PM Modi, while campaigning in Kolkata, told Republic Bangla that Mamata's house of cards will collapse.

Expressing shock over the exit polls favouring BJP in Bengal, Mamata said that the reception TMC MP candidates got on the ground are completely different and favouring her party instead.

According to our pollsters, the BJP is set to surpass TMC for the first time since Mamata Banerjee came to power in 2011 with the Republic-Matrize poll projecting up to 25 seats for BJP. Republic's P-Marq has also predicted BJP to be the number one party in Bengal, projecting at least 22 seats and 20 seats for TMC.