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West Bengal Lok Sabha election results 2019: All losers are not losers, tweets Mamata as BJP makes historic gains in Bengal

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Lok Sabha Election Result 2019: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) made stunning inroads in Trinamool Congress-ruled West Bengal, with the trends showing the saffron party leading in 18 of the 42 seats. Trinamool Congress meanwhile is leading in 23 constituencies in the state. Congress is leading from one constituency while the Left is yet to open its account in the state.

Will BJP see a saffron surge in West Bengal as predicted by exit polls or will Trinamool retain its grip on the Lok Sabha seats? 

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* Trends at 1 pm: BJP’s Babul Supriyo ahead of Trinamool’s Moon Moon Sen with 75971 votes while Trinamool Congress’ Mimi Chakraborty ahead of BJP’s Anupam Hazra with 113676 votes.

* The Parliamentary Board of BJP will meet today evening. PM Modi is likely to address the party workers here at 5.30 pm.

* Trinamool Congress’s Mimi Chakraborty leading with 85000 votes in Jadavpur.

*  Official EC trends at 11:45 am: Trinamool Congress leading on 23 seats, Bharatiya Janata Party on 18 and Congress on one.

* Actor-turned-politician Mimi Chakraborty is currently in the lead for TMC in Jadavpur Lok Sabha seat. Anupam Hazra, who crossed to BJP from TMC, is in second position.

* BJP’s Babul Supriyo leading from Asansol with 55000 votes against TMC’s Moon Moon Sen.

* Official EC trends at 11:05 am (Leading candidates)

Alipurduars: John Barla, Bharatiya Janata Party
Arambagh: Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali) All India Trinamool Congress 
Asansol: Babul Supriya Baral, Bharatiya Janata Party 
Baharampur: Apurba Sarkar (David), All India Trinamool Congress
Balurghat: Arpita Ghosh, All India Trinamool Congress
Bangaon: Shantanu Thakur, Bharatiya Janata Party 
Bankura: Dr. Subhas Sarkar, Bharatiya Janata Party
Barasat: Dr. Kakoli Ghoshdastidar, All India Trinamool Congress
Bardhaman Purba: Sunil Kumar Mondal, All India Trinamool Congress
Barrackpore: Arjun Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party
Birbhum: Satabdi Roy, All India Trinamool Congress
Bishnupur: Khan Saumitra, Bharatiya Janata Party 
Basirhat: Nusrat Jahan Ruhim, All India Trinamool Congress
Birbhum: Satabi Roy, All India Trinamool Congress
Bolpur: Asit Kumar Mal, All India Trinamool Congress 
Burdwan – Durgapur: SS Ahluwalia, Bharatiya Janata Party 
Cooch Behar: Adhikary Paresh Chandra, All India Trinamool Congress 
Darjeeling: Raju Bista, Bharatiya Janata Party
Diamond Harbour: Abhishek Banerjee, All India Trinamool Congress 
Dum Dum: Sougata Ray, All India Trinamool Congress 
Ghatal: Adhikaru Deepak (DEV), All India Trinamool Congress
Hooghly: Locket Chatterjee, Bharatiya Janata Party 
Howrah: Prasun Banerjee, All India Trinamool Congress 
Jadavpur: Mimi Chakraborty, All India Trinamool Congress
Jalpaiguri: Dr. Jayanta Kumar ROy, Bharatiya Janata Party
Jangipur: Khalilur Rahaman, All India Trinamool Congress 
Jhargram: Kunar Hembram, Bharatiya Janata Party 
Joynagar: Pratima Mondal, All India Trinamool Congress I
Kanthi: Adhikari Sisir, All India Trinamool Congress 
Kolkata Dakshin: Mala Roy, All India Trinamool Congress 
Kolkata Uttar: Bandyopadhyay Sudip, All India Trinamool Congress 
Kishnanagar: Mahua Moitra, All India Trinamool Congress 
Maldaha Dakshin: Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury, Bharatiya Janata Party
Maldaha Uttar: Khagen Murmu, Bharatiya Janata Party 
Mathurapur: Choudhury Mohan Jatua, All India Trinamool Congress 
Medinipur: Dilip Ghosh, Bharatiya Janata Party
Murshidabad: Abu Taher Khan, All India Trinamool Congress 
Purulia: Jyotirmay Singh Mahato, Bharatiya Janata Party 
Raiganj: Debasree Chaudhuri, Bharatiya Janata Party
Ranaghat: Jagannath Sarkar, Bharatiya Janata Party
Srerampur: Kalyan Banerjee, All India Trinamool Congress
Srerampur: Kalyan Banerjee, All India Trinamool Congress 
Uluberia: Sajda Ahmed, All India Trinamool Congress 

* Left has failed to open its account in the state, faring almost as poorly as was widely predicted in the exit polls. 

*Election Trends at 10:50 am: Trinamool leading from 25 seats, Bharatiya Janata Party on 16 and Congress on one. 

* BJP’s Babul Supriyo takes a shot at Congress chief Rahul Gandhi:

One piece of Humour for the Day : Opposition & Rahul Gandhi are alleging (& crying) that
“Not only EVMs, even TV remotes have been hacked – whichever button we press, it shows a NDA victory!!”

AB Batao 

— Chowkidar Babul Supriyo (@SuPriyoBabul) May 23, 2019

*Election Trends at 10:35 am: Trinamool leading from 25 seats, Bharatiya Janata Party on 15 and Congress on one.

*Election Trends at 10:10 am: Trinamool leading from 21 seats, BJP on 14, and Congress on two.

* As per official EC site, Trinamool is now leading on 22 seats.

* Official EC trends at 9:45 am (Leading candidates)

Alipurduars: John Barla, Bharatiya Janata Party

Arambagh: Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali) All India Trinamool Congress 

Asansol: Babul Supriya Baral, Bharatiya Janata Party 

Baharampur: Apurba Sarkar (David), All India Trinamool Congress

Bangaon: Shantanu Thakur, Bharatiya Janata Party 

Bankura: Dr. Subhas Sarkar, Bharatiya Janata Party

Bardhaman Purba: Sunil Kumar Mondal, All India Trinamool Congress

Birbhum: Satabdi Roy, All India Trinamool Congress

Bishnupur: Khan Saumitra, Bharatiya Janata Party 

Bolpur: Asit Kumar Mal, All India Trinamool Congress 

Burdwan – Durgapur: Ss Ahluwalia, Bharatiya Janata Party 

Cooch Behar: Adhikary Paresh Chandra, All India Trinamool Congress 

Diamond Harbour: Abhishek Banerjee, All India Trinamool Congress 

Dum Dum: Sougata Ray, All India Trinamool Congress 

Ghatal: Bharati Ghosh, Bharatiya Janata Party 

Hooghly: Locket Chatterjee, Bharatiya Janata Party 

Howrah: Prasun Banerjee, All India Trinamool Congress 

Jadavpur: Mimi Chakraborty, All India Trinamool Congress

Jangipur: Khalilur Rahaman, All India Trinamool Congress 

Jhargram: Kunar Hembram, Bharatiya Janata Party 

Joynagar: Pratima Mondal, All India Trinamool Congress I

Kanthi: Adhikari Sisir, All India Trinamool Congress 

Kolkata Dakshin: Mala Roy, All India Trinamool Congress 

Kolkata Uttar: Bandyopadhyay Sudip, All India Trinamool Congress 

Kishnanagar: Mahua Moitra, All India Trinamool Congress 

Maldaha Dakshin: Abu Hasem Khan Chowdhury (Dalu), Indian National Congress 

Maldaha Uttar: Khagen Murmu, Bharatiya Janata Party 

Mathurapur: Choudhury Mohan Jatua, All India Trinamool Congress 

Murshidabad: Abu Taher Khan, All India Trinamool Congress 

Purulia: Jyotirmay Singh Mahato, Bharatiya Janata Party 

Srerampur: Kalyan Banerjee, All India Trinamool Congress 

Uluberia: Sajda Ahmed, All India Trinamool Congress 

* BJP giving a tough fight to Trinamool. The party is leading in 10 seats. Trinamool is leading from 13 seats.

* Trinamool candidate and Mamata’s nephew Abhijeet Banerjee leading from Diamond 

* Sitting MP and Congress heavyweight Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury leading from Baharampur.

* BJP’s Babul Supriyo leading from Asansol with 8500 votes against TMC’s Moon Moon Sen: EC trends

* As per official EC trends, TMC’s Dr. Ratna De (Nag) and Sultan Ahmed are ahead of BJP’s Locket Chatterjee and Joy Banerjee from Hooghly and Uluberia constituencies respectively.

* Trinamool takes lead on 11 seats, BJP leading from two seats.

* Police stops a Trinamool agent, holding a mobile phone, trying to forcefully enter a counting center in Kolkata’s Dum Dum. The man also allegedly tried to enter Gurunanak Institute of Dental Science in Panihati.

* Trinamool is now leading from eight seats, BJP on two. 

* Early trends show Mamata-led TMC leading in five seats, while the BJP is leading in one. Congress and Left Front yet to open account.

* The counting started with the postal ballots, following which the EVMs would be opened. 

* Lok Sabha Election Result 2019: Counting begins at 8 am in West Bengal

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West Bengal: Counting of votes to begin at 8 AM; visuals from a counting centre in Kolkata. #LokSabhaElections2019 pic.twitter.com/uXdi6RlgF9

— ANI (@ANI) May 23, 2019

* Read- Lok Sabha election results 2019: Trinamool vs BJP vs Left vs Congress verdict in West Bengal today 

* As many as 200 companies of central armed paramilitary forces (CAPFs) will remain deployed in West Bengal till May 27 in a bid to curb any post-poll violence that might occur in the state.

* Large scale violence was reported from different parliamentary constituencies across the state in all the seven phases of poll, with Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party blaming each other for the violence. Controversy also erupted after the statue of Bengali icon Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was vandalised in Kolkata during Amit Shah’s roadshow on May 14, leading to clashes between members of TMC and BJP.

* With 42 Lok Sabha seats, West Bengal sends the third highest number of lawmakers in the lower house of the parliament. The state witnessed voting in all the seven-phases of the Lok Sabha election on April 11, April 18, April 23, April 29, May 6, May 12 and May 19. Out of the 42 seats, 10 are reserved for Scheduled Castes and 2 for Scheduled Tribes.  The fate of 466 candidates will be known on Thursday, May 23, 2019.

Source: Zee News