West Bengal Assembly Election

Row Over BJP Leader's Jibe Against Actors Fielded By Party In Bengal

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 4, 2021

Veteran BJP leader Tathagata Roy, known for his controversial comments, triggered fresh row Tuesday for his tweet that some actor-turned-BJP candidates who never had anything to do with politics were fielded by the party only to concede electoral de

Highlights: People Have Shown BJP Can Be Defeated, Says Mamata Banerjee

India News | Edited by Ridhima Shukla | Tuesday May 4, 2021

Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee told NDTV that the people have shown that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) can be defeated.

Polls Due In 2 Bengal Seats After Candidates' Death Deferred Amid Covid

India News | Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Monday May 3, 2021

Elections not held in 2 Bengal assembly seats after candidates' death deferred indefinitely due to Covid

"Don't Want To See Them As Zero": Mamata Banerjee On Left In Bengal

India News | Reported by Saurabh Gupta, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday May 3, 2021

The Left Front -- all but wiped out in Bengal's political landscape in the current elections -- had sympathy on Monday from a most unexpected quarter.

Mamata Banerjee To Take Oath As West Bengal Chief Minister On May 5

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday May 3, 2021

Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee will be sworn-in as West Bengal chief minister for a third straight term on Wednesday, after she spearheaded her party to a ramarkable victory in the assembly polls.

"BJP Lost And Corona Won": Shiv Sena On Bengal Results

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday May 3, 2021

The Shiv Sena on Monday said the West Bengal election results have proved that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are not invincible.

Arrogance, Might, Money Power Lost In West Bengal: Kapil Sibal

India News | ANI | Monday May 3, 2021

Following Trinamool Congress' thumping win in assembly elections in West Bengal, Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Monday said "arrogance, might, money power and using Jai Shri Ram for politics" lost the polls in the state.

As Leads Make Trinamool's Super Victory Clear, Party Leader Does The Math

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Sunday May 2, 2021

Senior Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien tweeted a shortest possible recap of the party's route to power for a third term as it established leads over more than 200 seats.

"Mamata Banerjee Single-Handedly Won Bengal": Uddhav Thackeray

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday May 2, 2021

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday congratulated "Bengal tigress" and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee for "single-handedly" leading her party to victory in the West Bengal Assembly polls.

BJP Office Set On Fire In Bengal, Party Blames Trinamool

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Sunday May 2, 2021

The BJP party office in Arambag was set on fire this evening as the Trinamool Congress inched towards a huge victory in the assembly elections, reopening allegations of violence by the ruling party.

Mamata Banerjee Loves Samosa And Cutlet In Meetings, Says Prashant Kishor

India News | Reported by Sreenivasan Jain, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Sunday May 2, 2021

Mamata Banerjee's love for a good samosa or cutlet often trumped any serious meeting agenda, poll strategist Prashant Kishor said today, speaking to NDTV on the Trinamool Congress's spectacular victory in Bengal.

Mamata Banerjee Loses To Suvendu Adhikari In Nandigram, Will Go To Court

India News | NDTV News Desk | Monday May 3, 2021

Mamata Banerjee on Sunday won a landslide victory in Bengal but lost in a cliffhanger in Nandigram to the BJP's Suvendu Adhikari, her former protege.

"Congress Must Realise It Has A Problem": Prashant Kishor

India News | Reported by Sreenivasan Jain, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Sunday May 2, 2021

The Trinamool Congress's Victory is a message to all opposition parties that "they too can stand up to the BJP and give them a contest", poll strategist Prashant Kishor, who crafted the party's campaign, told NDTV.

"Tigress Of Bengal": Politicians Wish Mamata Banerjee For Mega Poll Win

India News | Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Sunday May 2, 2021

As the Trinamool Congress headed for a landslide victory in West Bengal, politicians from several parties praised Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for steering her party to success despite an aggressive poll campaign by the challenger, BJP.

NDTV Exclusive: Bengal Won, Prashant Kishor Says "Quitting This Space"

India News | Reported by Sreenivasan Jain, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday May 3, 2021

Ace election strategist Prashant Kishor, adding Bengal to his list of remarkable successes, dropped a bombshell on Sundayas he announced that he was done and "quitting this space".