West Bengal Elections 2019
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2016 Breakthrough To 2026 High-Stakes Battle: Bengal's Kharagpur Remains Complex Turf
An electoral contest in Kharagpur is not a linear battle, but rather a complex struggle layered with multiple dimensions.
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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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Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, The Man Who Tried To Undo Bengal Mess, But Too Late
On February 4, 2019, gloom settled over the iconic Brigade Parade grounds in the heart of Kolkata. Kanhaiya Kumar, then a firebrand Left leader known for his rousing speeches, had cancelled his visit to a rally just before the Lok Sabha election
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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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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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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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Bengal BJP's Lok Sabha Ambitions Hinge On Left-Congress Performance, CAA: Experts
In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the BJP put up a stellar performance in West Bengal, clinching 18 seats and securing 40 per cent of the vote share.
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BJP, Trinamool Ramp Up Presence In Areas They Lost In Bengal In 2019 Polls
BJP President JP Nadda and Trinamool Congress National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee campaigned, over the weekend, in several areas of West Bengal for the upcoming panchayat polls in the state.
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"Playing Games For Gujarat Polls": Mamata Banerjee On BJP's CAA Move
The Bengal Chief Minister told reporters at Kolkata Airport, before leaving for Chennai, that politics cannot be more important than the lives and rights of people
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Locket Chatterjee, Who Built BJP Poll Machinery From Ground Up, Trailing
In battleground West Bengal, the BJP, following its emphatic performance in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, made its intentions clear right at the beginning - that they would go for the jugular.
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Actor Debashree Roy Quits Trinamool After Being Dropped As Poll Candidate
Actor-politician Debashree Roy, a two-time Trinamool Congress MLA, quit the party on Monday after being dropped as a candidate for the Bengal election starting later this month.
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"I Want To Tell Mamata Didi...": Yogi Adityanath's Poll Warning In Bengal
With a little over three weeks for the first (of a record eight) phase of the Bengal election, the BJP sent UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to campaign in Malda - a former Congress stronghold where the BJP made inroads in 2019
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Lok Sabha Performance Will Not Help BJP Win Bengal Polls: Trinamool
The Trinamool Congress on Wednesday said that if the BJP is thinking of winning the Assembly polls in West Bengal next year because of its impressive performance in the Lok Sabha election in 2019, the saffron party is day-dreaming.
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Eye On 2021 Bengal Polls, Mamata Banerjee Announces Reshuffle In Trinamool
Two days after the virtual rally of July 21, where she kicked off the campaign for West Bengal Assembly elections due next year, Mamata Banerjee on Thursday made a series of structural changes in her party's organisation to take on her main political rival, the BJP, that made significant inroads into the state in the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections and co...
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2016 Breakthrough To 2026 High-Stakes Battle: Bengal's Kharagpur Remains Complex Turf
An electoral contest in Kharagpur is not a linear battle, but rather a complex struggle layered with multiple dimensions.
-
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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Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, The Man Who Tried To Undo Bengal Mess, But Too Late
On February 4, 2019, gloom settled over the iconic Brigade Parade grounds in the heart of Kolkata. Kanhaiya Kumar, then a firebrand Left leader known for his rousing speeches, had cancelled his visit to a rally just before the Lok Sabha election
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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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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.
-
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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Bengal BJP's Lok Sabha Ambitions Hinge On Left-Congress Performance, CAA: Experts
In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the BJP put up a stellar performance in West Bengal, clinching 18 seats and securing 40 per cent of the vote share.
-
BJP, Trinamool Ramp Up Presence In Areas They Lost In Bengal In 2019 Polls
BJP President JP Nadda and Trinamool Congress National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee campaigned, over the weekend, in several areas of West Bengal for the upcoming panchayat polls in the state.
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"Playing Games For Gujarat Polls": Mamata Banerjee On BJP's CAA Move
The Bengal Chief Minister told reporters at Kolkata Airport, before leaving for Chennai, that politics cannot be more important than the lives and rights of people
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Locket Chatterjee, Who Built BJP Poll Machinery From Ground Up, Trailing
In battleground West Bengal, the BJP, following its emphatic performance in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, made its intentions clear right at the beginning - that they would go for the jugular.
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Actor Debashree Roy Quits Trinamool After Being Dropped As Poll Candidate
Actor-politician Debashree Roy, a two-time Trinamool Congress MLA, quit the party on Monday after being dropped as a candidate for the Bengal election starting later this month.
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"I Want To Tell Mamata Didi...": Yogi Adityanath's Poll Warning In Bengal
With a little over three weeks for the first (of a record eight) phase of the Bengal election, the BJP sent UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to campaign in Malda - a former Congress stronghold where the BJP made inroads in 2019
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Lok Sabha Performance Will Not Help BJP Win Bengal Polls: Trinamool
The Trinamool Congress on Wednesday said that if the BJP is thinking of winning the Assembly polls in West Bengal next year because of its impressive performance in the Lok Sabha election in 2019, the saffron party is day-dreaming.
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Eye On 2021 Bengal Polls, Mamata Banerjee Announces Reshuffle In Trinamool
Two days after the virtual rally of July 21, where she kicked off the campaign for West Bengal Assembly elections due next year, Mamata Banerjee on Thursday made a series of structural changes in her party's organisation to take on her main political rival, the BJP, that made significant inroads into the state in the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections and co...
