West Bengal Election 2019

Lok Sabha poll results: With 22 seats for the TMC, 18 for BJP, did Mamata Banerjee win in West Bengal?

A formidable spanner in the works of the Bharatiya Janata Party juggernaut in West Bengal, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee was left humbled by the massive inroads made by the BJP in the state this Lok Sabha election.

Lok Sabha polls: In West Bengal, 'gloves-off' campaigns by BJP, TMC give way to polling in crucial nine seats in seventh phase

An electorate of 1,49,63,064 will decide the fate of 111 candidates in West Bengal's nine seats, Kolkata North and Kolkata South, Dum Dum, Barasat, Basirhat, Jadavpur, Diamond Harbour, Jaynagar (SC) and Mathurapur (SC). Eight seats, barring Jadavpur, will witness a four-cornered contest between the Trinamool Congress, the BJP, the Congress and the Left Front.

Election Commission demands 'adequate security' in West Bengal after officials express concern over their safety

Amid reports about Election Commission officials fearing for their safety in the first phase of Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal, the poll body Tuesday demanded adequate security for everyone mandated with the fair conduct of the election process.

BJP claims leaders from Congress, Left will join saffron party to evade fallback from Mamata's vote bank politics

Eyeing the main opposition role in West Bengal, the BJP on Monday claimed that "nationalist" leaders from the Congress and the Left in the state will join the saffron party as they are feeling insecure with the "appeasement politics" of TMC chief and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.