2021 Bengal Assembly Polls
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"Suvendu Da Defeated Her In Her Home": Amit Shah Jabs Mamata Banerjee
Suvendu Adhikari, who defected from the Trinamool Congress in 2020, had previously defeated Banerjee in the Nandigram constituency in 2021.
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Inducements Worth Rs 1,445 Crore Seized During 2026 Assembly Elections: Poll Body
West Bengal saw the highest increase in the seizures of 68.92 per cent, and Tamil Nadu saw an increase in seizures of 48.40 per cent in 2026 compared to the corresponding figures during the 2021 elections.
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BJP Blitz vs Mamata Banerjee's Canny Politics: Bengal Results Today
The BJP's battle for Bengal, which had a quiet beginning in 2016, has accelerated over the years. From 3 seats and 10 per cent vote share in 2016, the party managed 77 seats and 38 per cent vote share by 2021 - a huge leap.
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Suvendu Adhikari, The Student Who One-Upped The Master, And Is Trying Again
Adhikari joined Banerjee's Trinamool Congress in 1998 and entered the Bengal assembly as an MLA from the Kanthi Dakshin constituency in 2006.
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BJP Sweep In Bengal, Trinamool A Distant Second, Predicts Today's Chanakya Exit Poll
The BJP, Today's Chanakya predicted, could get 192 seats (plus/minus 11 seats) and the Trinamool Congress 100 seats (plus/minus 11 seats). The rest could get two seats (plus/minus two seats).
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Trinamool Wall In South Bengal, What Numbers Hold For BJP In Phase 2 Polls
Of the 142 seats going to polls in the second phase, the Trinamool won 123 and the BJP 18 in the 2021 assembly polls.
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Trinamool-BJP Battle Royale In Bengal With 152 Seats In Phase 1
Two states that have eluded the BJP for long are voting today and more than Tamil Nadu, it is Bengal that all eyes will be on. For Trinamool Congress and the BJP, it is a desperate battle amid the political firestorm over voter list revision.
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'Fish Politics' To Infiltrators: NDTV Exclusive With Trinamool's Shashi Panja
Bengal is set to vote in two phases -- April 23 and 29 -- with both parties intensifying efforts in what is expected to be a closely fought contest, particularly in South Bengal, where the TMC has so far contained the BJP's advance more effectively t
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SIR Impact On Bengal Polls: The Numbers Game With Rahul Kanwal
This time, the revision has taken around 89 lakh voters off the list, the number corresponding to roughly 11.6 per cent of the electorate.
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'Another Outsider': Trinamool Takes A Dig As Tennis Legend Moves To BJP
Leander Paes had joined the Trinamool Congress in 2021 and campaigned for the Mamata Banerjee-led party ahead of the 2022 Goa election
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Opinion | A Northern Discomfort for Mamata Banerjee
In the last assembly elections in 2021, the TMC's wounds in North Bengal were visible not just in the arithmetic of seats but in the geometry of votes
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Ex-Suvendu Adhikari Loyalist Pabitra Kar Rejoins Trinamool Ahead Of Polls
A former BJP panchayat chief, who was known to be close to senior party leader Suvendu Adhikari, on Tuesday rejoined the ruling TMC amid speculations that he may be pitted against the leader of the opposition in Nandigram seat in assembly polls
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Poll Body's Rare Feat: Both Trinamool, BJP Happy With 2-Phase Bengal Polls
With the Election Commission announcing the schedule for the two-phase Assembly election in West Bengal, there is a sense of relief within the ruling Trinamool Congress, which did not want a prolonged election like the eight-phase polls back in 2021.
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Bengal Votes In 2 Phases Instead Of 8 Like 2021, Results On May 4
The high-voltage election in West Bengal will be held in two phases, on April 23 and April 29, and the counting of votes will take place on May 4
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The Challenges In Congress's Fight To Rise From 'Zero' In Bengal
The Congress party is preparing to regain some lost ground in West Bengal in the upcoming 2026 assembly elections.
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"Suvendu Da Defeated Her In Her Home": Amit Shah Jabs Mamata Banerjee
Suvendu Adhikari, who defected from the Trinamool Congress in 2020, had previously defeated Banerjee in the Nandigram constituency in 2021.
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Inducements Worth Rs 1,445 Crore Seized During 2026 Assembly Elections: Poll Body
West Bengal saw the highest increase in the seizures of 68.92 per cent, and Tamil Nadu saw an increase in seizures of 48.40 per cent in 2026 compared to the corresponding figures during the 2021 elections.
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BJP Blitz vs Mamata Banerjee's Canny Politics: Bengal Results Today
The BJP's battle for Bengal, which had a quiet beginning in 2016, has accelerated over the years. From 3 seats and 10 per cent vote share in 2016, the party managed 77 seats and 38 per cent vote share by 2021 - a huge leap.
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Suvendu Adhikari, The Student Who One-Upped The Master, And Is Trying Again
Adhikari joined Banerjee's Trinamool Congress in 1998 and entered the Bengal assembly as an MLA from the Kanthi Dakshin constituency in 2006.
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BJP Sweep In Bengal, Trinamool A Distant Second, Predicts Today's Chanakya Exit Poll
The BJP, Today's Chanakya predicted, could get 192 seats (plus/minus 11 seats) and the Trinamool Congress 100 seats (plus/minus 11 seats). The rest could get two seats (plus/minus two seats).
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Trinamool Wall In South Bengal, What Numbers Hold For BJP In Phase 2 Polls
Of the 142 seats going to polls in the second phase, the Trinamool won 123 and the BJP 18 in the 2021 assembly polls.
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Trinamool-BJP Battle Royale In Bengal With 152 Seats In Phase 1
Two states that have eluded the BJP for long are voting today and more than Tamil Nadu, it is Bengal that all eyes will be on. For Trinamool Congress and the BJP, it is a desperate battle amid the political firestorm over voter list revision.
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'Fish Politics' To Infiltrators: NDTV Exclusive With Trinamool's Shashi Panja
Bengal is set to vote in two phases -- April 23 and 29 -- with both parties intensifying efforts in what is expected to be a closely fought contest, particularly in South Bengal, where the TMC has so far contained the BJP's advance more effectively t
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SIR Impact On Bengal Polls: The Numbers Game With Rahul Kanwal
This time, the revision has taken around 89 lakh voters off the list, the number corresponding to roughly 11.6 per cent of the electorate.
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'Another Outsider': Trinamool Takes A Dig As Tennis Legend Moves To BJP
Leander Paes had joined the Trinamool Congress in 2021 and campaigned for the Mamata Banerjee-led party ahead of the 2022 Goa election
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Opinion | A Northern Discomfort for Mamata Banerjee
In the last assembly elections in 2021, the TMC's wounds in North Bengal were visible not just in the arithmetic of seats but in the geometry of votes
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Ex-Suvendu Adhikari Loyalist Pabitra Kar Rejoins Trinamool Ahead Of Polls
A former BJP panchayat chief, who was known to be close to senior party leader Suvendu Adhikari, on Tuesday rejoined the ruling TMC amid speculations that he may be pitted against the leader of the opposition in Nandigram seat in assembly polls
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Poll Body's Rare Feat: Both Trinamool, BJP Happy With 2-Phase Bengal Polls
With the Election Commission announcing the schedule for the two-phase Assembly election in West Bengal, there is a sense of relief within the ruling Trinamool Congress, which did not want a prolonged election like the eight-phase polls back in 2021.
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Bengal Votes In 2 Phases Instead Of 8 Like 2021, Results On May 4
The high-voltage election in West Bengal will be held in two phases, on April 23 and April 29, and the counting of votes will take place on May 4
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The Challenges In Congress's Fight To Rise From 'Zero' In Bengal
The Congress party is preparing to regain some lost ground in West Bengal in the upcoming 2026 assembly elections.
