Kolkata/ New Delhi, May 02
Despite the full fledge round the clock election campaign by the top brass of BJP 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.
दिल की धड़कनें अब रहेंगी आप के कंट्रोल में, चिंता की नहीं कोई बात || Dr. Joginder Tyger ||
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 11:00am, it was leading in 187 seats and the BJP in 88 — trends that showed the TMC had crossed the halfway mark in the state having 294 assembly seats.
ना बढ़ेगा शुगर ना बड़े B.P. सटीक फार्मूला || Dr. Biswaroop Roy Chowdhury ||
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. 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 149 constituencies and the BJP in 70. While the ruling party had a vote share of 49.3%, the corresponding number for the BJP was 36.4%, according to the poll watchdog’s website.
-Nav Gil/ Agency
