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Left Behind? Left Not In Power In Any State For 1st Time In 50 Years
When the first elections were held in the country in 1951-52, it was the Communist Party of India that had the highest number of seats among Opposition parties in the Lok Sabha.
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Analysis: How The Left Fell Off Bengal's Political Map
This disaster for the Left was preceded by its poor showing two years earlier in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. During that cycle, the CPM and its allies plummeted to a 6.28% vote share with just three parliamentary seats, yielding almost the entire o
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Dilip Ghosh, The BJP Veteran Making A Comeback In Bengal Elections
Dilip Ghosh began his political career in 1984 as a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) volunteer.
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Mamata Banerjee-Dilip Ghosh Bonhomie Puts BJP In A Spot In Bengal
Dilip Ghosh, the Bengal BJP leader who delivered the party its highest ever seat tally in the state during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, seems to be engaged in a battle of perceptions with his own partymen.
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Tamil Nadu's MK Stalin Raises Stakes Over Delimitation, Calls 7 State Leaders To Chennai
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has called on seven counterparts, including Bengal's Mamata Banerjee and BJP-ruled Odisha's Mohan Majhi, to join a 'joint action committee' against the delimitation exercise proposed by the centre.
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13 Assembly Seats Voting In Key Polls, First Since Lok Sabha Elections
Of the 13 constituencies, four are in West Bengal and three in Himachal, where the Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu-led Congress government has survived removal attempts.
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"Hard Times Ahead": Adhir Chowdhury After Losing Bengal's Baharampur
Election results 2024: A day after his defeat from the Baharampur parliamentary constituency, veteran Congress leader and five-time MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Wednesday said he wasn't certain of what his political future would look like.
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24 Muslim Candidates Win Lok Sabha Seats This Time, 2 Less Than 2019 Polls
As many as 24 Muslim candidates across the country have won the Lok Sabha elections and they include former cricketer Yusuf Pathan of the Trinamool Congress from Bahrampur in West Bengal and Congress' Rakibul Hussain from Dhubri in Assam.
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Opinion | For Mamata, State Supremacy Outweighs An Uncertain National Role
The aim is another resounding victory in the next assembly elections. Political sensibility lies in the option of preparing for a return to power in West Bengal.
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2024 Lok Sabha Election Result LIVE: "Will Certainly Help INDIA...": Mamata Banerjee As Bloc Pegs Back BJP
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has seen off a forceful challenge by the BJP for majority control of the state's 42 Lok Sabha seats and offered cautious support to the INDIA bloc.
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Trinamool's Mahua Moitra Leading In Bengal's Krishnanagar
Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra is leading from West Bengal's Krishnanagar seat by over 60,000 votes to her nearest rival from the BJP Amrita Roy.
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Bengal Lok Sabha Election Result 2024 Highlights: Trinamool Surges Ahead, BJP Falls From 2019 Count
As of 9:45 pm, the Trinamool Congress has won 22 of the 42 seats and is leading in seven other seats in the state. The BJP has won six seats and are leading in six others. The Congress has won one seat.
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BJP Ahead Of Trinamool In West Bengal, Predict Exit Polls
The BJP's astounding performance in West Bengal in 2019, when it won 18 of the state's 42 seats was not an outlier and the party is set to do even better this time, exit polls have predicted.
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7-Phase Lok Sabha Election Ends Today With PM Modi's Varanasi In Focus
57 seats across seven states - 13 in Punjab and UP, nine in Bengal, eight in Bihar, six in Odisha, four in Himachal Pradesh, and three in Jharkhand, as well as Chandigarh - will complete a mammoth exercise that began 55 days ago - on April 19.
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Opinion | Road to 2024: Will Phase 7 Be The Decider? What Numbers Say
This was one of the tougher phases for the BJP in 2019 as it could win just 44% of the seats on offer.
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Left Behind? Left Not In Power In Any State For 1st Time In 50 Years
When the first elections were held in the country in 1951-52, it was the Communist Party of India that had the highest number of seats among Opposition parties in the Lok Sabha.
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Analysis: How The Left Fell Off Bengal's Political Map
This disaster for the Left was preceded by its poor showing two years earlier in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. During that cycle, the CPM and its allies plummeted to a 6.28% vote share with just three parliamentary seats, yielding almost the entire o
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Dilip Ghosh, The BJP Veteran Making A Comeback In Bengal Elections
Dilip Ghosh began his political career in 1984 as a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) volunteer.
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Mamata Banerjee-Dilip Ghosh Bonhomie Puts BJP In A Spot In Bengal
Dilip Ghosh, the Bengal BJP leader who delivered the party its highest ever seat tally in the state during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, seems to be engaged in a battle of perceptions with his own partymen.
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Tamil Nadu's MK Stalin Raises Stakes Over Delimitation, Calls 7 State Leaders To Chennai
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has called on seven counterparts, including Bengal's Mamata Banerjee and BJP-ruled Odisha's Mohan Majhi, to join a 'joint action committee' against the delimitation exercise proposed by the centre.
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13 Assembly Seats Voting In Key Polls, First Since Lok Sabha Elections
Of the 13 constituencies, four are in West Bengal and three in Himachal, where the Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu-led Congress government has survived removal attempts.
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"Hard Times Ahead": Adhir Chowdhury After Losing Bengal's Baharampur
Election results 2024: A day after his defeat from the Baharampur parliamentary constituency, veteran Congress leader and five-time MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Wednesday said he wasn't certain of what his political future would look like.
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24 Muslim Candidates Win Lok Sabha Seats This Time, 2 Less Than 2019 Polls
As many as 24 Muslim candidates across the country have won the Lok Sabha elections and they include former cricketer Yusuf Pathan of the Trinamool Congress from Bahrampur in West Bengal and Congress' Rakibul Hussain from Dhubri in Assam.
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Opinion | For Mamata, State Supremacy Outweighs An Uncertain National Role
The aim is another resounding victory in the next assembly elections. Political sensibility lies in the option of preparing for a return to power in West Bengal.
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2024 Lok Sabha Election Result LIVE: "Will Certainly Help INDIA...": Mamata Banerjee As Bloc Pegs Back BJP
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has seen off a forceful challenge by the BJP for majority control of the state's 42 Lok Sabha seats and offered cautious support to the INDIA bloc.
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Trinamool's Mahua Moitra Leading In Bengal's Krishnanagar
Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra is leading from West Bengal's Krishnanagar seat by over 60,000 votes to her nearest rival from the BJP Amrita Roy.
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Bengal Lok Sabha Election Result 2024 Highlights: Trinamool Surges Ahead, BJP Falls From 2019 Count
As of 9:45 pm, the Trinamool Congress has won 22 of the 42 seats and is leading in seven other seats in the state. The BJP has won six seats and are leading in six others. The Congress has won one seat.
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BJP Ahead Of Trinamool In West Bengal, Predict Exit Polls
The BJP's astounding performance in West Bengal in 2019, when it won 18 of the state's 42 seats was not an outlier and the party is set to do even better this time, exit polls have predicted.
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7-Phase Lok Sabha Election Ends Today With PM Modi's Varanasi In Focus
57 seats across seven states - 13 in Punjab and UP, nine in Bengal, eight in Bihar, six in Odisha, four in Himachal Pradesh, and three in Jharkhand, as well as Chandigarh - will complete a mammoth exercise that began 55 days ago - on April 19.
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Opinion | Road to 2024: Will Phase 7 Be The Decider? What Numbers Say
This was one of the tougher phases for the BJP in 2019 as it could win just 44% of the seats on offer.
