BJP closes in on TMC\'s lead in West Bengal\, Mamata congratulates winners

BJP closes in on TMC's lead in West Bengal, Mamata congratulates winners

The Congress is leading in one Lok Sabha seat, while the Left is yet to take a lead in any of the constituencies

Press Trust of India  |  Kolkata 

seems to be headed for a saffron surge, with the BJP leading in 19 seats and the ruling All (AITC) ahead in 22 out of 42 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state.

In the outgoing 16th Lok Sabha, the TMC has 34 seats in West Bengal, whereas the BJP has only two.

The and the CPI(M)-led Left Front have four and two seats respectively.

Congratulating the winners, Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee called for a complete review of the results.

"Congratulations to the winners. But all losers are not losers. We have to do a complete review and then we will share our views with you all. Let the counting process be completed fully and the VVPATs match," she tweeted.

BJP's said the trends show that the days of "TMC's misrule is numbered in Bengal".

"The initial trends reflect the anti-TMC mood. Despite so much terror in Bengal, the people have reposed faith in BJP under the leadership of and The days of TMC's misrule are numbered in Bengal," Vijayvargia said.

As per the current EC trends, the TMC has so far secured 44.61 per cent votes, closely followed by the BJP, which has bagged 39.03 per cent votes.

The CPI(M) and the Congress have garnered a meagre 6.66 per cent and 5.44 per cent share of the pie respectively.

In Asansol, is leading by 75971 votes against of the TMC.

S S Ahluwalia, another and BJP candidate from Burdwan-Durgapur Lok Sabha seat, is leading by 23444 votes against Mamtaz Sanghamita of the TMC.

Abhishek Banerjee, nephew of TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, is leading by 148,834 votes in constituency. He is the sitting from the seat.

In Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat, BJP candidate is leading by 175535 votes against of the TMC.

is leading by 5051 votes against Manas Ranjan Bhunia of the TMC in Medinipur.

In Barrackpore seat, TMC candidate is trailing by 5221 votes against BJP's

In North seat, BJP's Khagen Murmu is leading by 1789 votes against Mausam Noor of the AITC.

In Kolkata North constituency, two-time TMC from the seat, Sudip Bandopadhyay, is leading by 22034 votes against of the BJP.

In Jangipur Lok Sabha seat, Khalilur Rahman of the TMC is leading by 113845 votes against BJP's Mafuja Khatun.

Former Pranab Mukherjee's son Abhijit, who had won the seat by a narrow margin of 8,161 votes in the 2014 general elections, is now trailing the third position.

In Ghatal Lok Sabha seat, TMC candidate and popular (Dev) is leading by 36003 votes against former IPS and BJP candidate

In the prestigious Kolkata South seat, TMC's Mala Roy is leading by a margin of over four lakh votes against BJP's Chandra Kumar Bose, grandnephew of Netaji Subhas

In Hooghly Lok Sabha seat, BJP's Locket Chatterjee is leading by 65,727 votes against Ratna De Nag of the AITC.

In Purulia, Jyotirmay Singh Mahato of the BJP is leading by 62719 votes against Mriganka Mahato of the TMC.

In Raiganj, BJP's Debasree Chaudhuri is leading by 4699 votes against AITC's Kanialal Agarwal.

Sougata Roy of the TMC is leading by 27311 votes against Samik Bhattacharya of BJP in Dum Dum Lok Sabha seat.

of the BJP is trailing behind TMC's Paresh by 31478 votes in Coochbehar.

In Basirhat, TMC candidate and is leading by 141096 votes against BJP's Sayantan Basu.

Mahua Moitra of the AITC is leading by 72452 votes against Kalyan Chaubey of the BJP in Krishnagar, while Panchayat Minister is trailing behind Subhas Sarkar of the BJP by 24561 votes in Bankura.

In Baharampur, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury of the Congress is leading by 34415 votes against Apurba Sarkar of the TMC.

In Alipurduar seat in North Bengal, of the BJP is leading by 94280 votes against TMC's Dasrath Tirkey.

In Barasat Lok Sabha seat, Kakoli Ghoshdastidar

of the TMC is leading by a margin of 69446 votes against Mrinal Kanti Debnath of the BJP.

In Arambagh constituency, Aparupa Poddar of the TMC is ahead of her rival of the BJP by 11862 votes.

In Uluberia seat, Sajda Ahmed of the TMC is leading by 146214 votes against of the BJP.

In Jadavpur seat, AITC candidate and is leading by 127129 votes against of the saffron party.

In Sreerampore, sitting and AITC candidate is leading by 9320 votes against BJP's Debjit Sarkar.

The saffron party, it seems, is cutting a swathe in TMC turf of Bengal, where has addressed 17 poll rallies, with focus on the issues of NRC and the Citizenship bill.

The party is seen making substantial gains in areas close to the India-border, which have a substantial minority population.

In Jangalmahal area too, the BJP can be seen marching ahead of its rivals.

With trends favouring BJP at the Centre as well as in Bengal, the saffron party workers and supporters have burst into celebrations outside its state headquarters here and elsewhere in the districts.

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First Published: Thu, May 23 2019. 14:46 IST