West Bengal Polls 2011
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Ahead Of Mamata Banerjee's Big Test, Violence Erupts Over Panchayat Polls
It was panchayat polls in 2008 that set off alarm bells for CPM's 30 year government and the first signal that they were in serious trouble. Three years later, in 2011, Mamata Banerjee did what many thought was impossible - dislodge the Left.
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Big Fight Ahead, Says Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, On Campaign Trail
For the first time since the Left Front lost the West Bengal Assembly elections in 2011, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, former chief minister, hit the campaign trail in Kolkata on Tuesday amid a sea of red flags and cadres clearly rejuvenated to see him in public.
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Bengal Elections: With Baichung Bhutia Contesting, Siliguri Poised For Interesting Contest
For Siliguri mayor and former minister Ashok Bhattacharya it is a fight to stage a comeback after his surprise defeat in the 2011 assembly election as he takes on former Indian football captain Baichung Bhutia, who has taken the field as a Trinamool Congress nominee.
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Surjya Kanta Mishra Faces Tough Battle In West Bengal's Narayangarh
He stoutly defended the Marxist stronghold in 2011 when the Trinamool Congress ousted the Left Front. But five years down the line, CPI(M) state secretary Surjya Kanta Mishra is fighting a tough battle in Narayangarh as he tries to usher in change in West Bengal.
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Results in six municipality polls in Bengal out today; test for Mamata's Trinamool Congress
Results will be declared today in the crucial elections to six municipalities across West Bengal, the first poll since the Trinamool ousted the Left in a landslide victory in the 2011 Assembly polls on the back of a huge anti-incumbency wave.
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Mamata Banerjee sworn in as West Bengal Chief Minister
Poriborton (change) has come to Bengal. On Friday, minutes after 1 in the afternoon, Mamata Banerjee took oath to become the first woman Chief Minister of West Bengal.It was a historic moment for the state and personally, one that the diminutive giant-slayer has waited for all her life. Mamata took oath in Bengali marking a change of guard t...
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The man who beat Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee for the first time in 24 years
Very few politicians, and fewer still with no political background, have had such a high-profile entry into the political arena as Trinamool Congress nominee Manish Gupta. The former West Bengal Chief Secretary emerged as a giant killer in his maiden electoral battle, humbling Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee at Jadavpur constituency by 16,68...
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The 'Pariborton' of Mamata Banerjee and Bengal
There are few who will dispute that Mamata Banerjee's historic victory in West Bengal today has been scripted, chartered and delivered entirely by the woman who West Bengal refers to as "Didi" and whose call for "pariborton" or change has been fuelled by her emphasis on "ma, mati, manush" (Mother, Land, People). In 1997, she was expell...
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Friday the 13th lucky for Mamta says sms
Friday, the 13, proved to be lucky for Trinamool Congress with the party set to assumepower in West Bengal with a landslide win 13 years after its formation. Friday, the 13th, is considered to be a day of bad luck by many.Banerjee had founded the All India Trinamool Congress in January, 1998, and within 13 years, steered it to a massive victory in ...
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Opinion polls predict Left rout in West Bengal
Election surveys by television channels on Tuesday gave a unanimous clean sweep for Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, predicting the end of the Communist rule, while they were divided on the outcome in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.Polls conducted during the polling in the states over the past month by Headlines Today-ORG, CNN-IBN-The We...
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Ahead Of Mamata Banerjee's Big Test, Violence Erupts Over Panchayat Polls
It was panchayat polls in 2008 that set off alarm bells for CPM's 30 year government and the first signal that they were in serious trouble. Three years later, in 2011, Mamata Banerjee did what many thought was impossible - dislodge the Left.
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Big Fight Ahead, Says Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, On Campaign Trail
For the first time since the Left Front lost the West Bengal Assembly elections in 2011, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, former chief minister, hit the campaign trail in Kolkata on Tuesday amid a sea of red flags and cadres clearly rejuvenated to see him in public.
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Bengal Elections: With Baichung Bhutia Contesting, Siliguri Poised For Interesting Contest
For Siliguri mayor and former minister Ashok Bhattacharya it is a fight to stage a comeback after his surprise defeat in the 2011 assembly election as he takes on former Indian football captain Baichung Bhutia, who has taken the field as a Trinamool Congress nominee.
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Surjya Kanta Mishra Faces Tough Battle In West Bengal's Narayangarh
He stoutly defended the Marxist stronghold in 2011 when the Trinamool Congress ousted the Left Front. But five years down the line, CPI(M) state secretary Surjya Kanta Mishra is fighting a tough battle in Narayangarh as he tries to usher in change in West Bengal.
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Results in six municipality polls in Bengal out today; test for Mamata's Trinamool Congress
Results will be declared today in the crucial elections to six municipalities across West Bengal, the first poll since the Trinamool ousted the Left in a landslide victory in the 2011 Assembly polls on the back of a huge anti-incumbency wave.
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Mamata Banerjee sworn in as West Bengal Chief Minister
Poriborton (change) has come to Bengal. On Friday, minutes after 1 in the afternoon, Mamata Banerjee took oath to become the first woman Chief Minister of West Bengal.It was a historic moment for the state and personally, one that the diminutive giant-slayer has waited for all her life. Mamata took oath in Bengali marking a change of guard t...
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The man who beat Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee for the first time in 24 years
Very few politicians, and fewer still with no political background, have had such a high-profile entry into the political arena as Trinamool Congress nominee Manish Gupta. The former West Bengal Chief Secretary emerged as a giant killer in his maiden electoral battle, humbling Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee at Jadavpur constituency by 16,68...
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The 'Pariborton' of Mamata Banerjee and Bengal
There are few who will dispute that Mamata Banerjee's historic victory in West Bengal today has been scripted, chartered and delivered entirely by the woman who West Bengal refers to as "Didi" and whose call for "pariborton" or change has been fuelled by her emphasis on "ma, mati, manush" (Mother, Land, People). In 1997, she was expell...
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Friday the 13th lucky for Mamta says sms
Friday, the 13, proved to be lucky for Trinamool Congress with the party set to assumepower in West Bengal with a landslide win 13 years after its formation. Friday, the 13th, is considered to be a day of bad luck by many.Banerjee had founded the All India Trinamool Congress in January, 1998, and within 13 years, steered it to a massive victory in ...
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Opinion polls predict Left rout in West Bengal
Election surveys by television channels on Tuesday gave a unanimous clean sweep for Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, predicting the end of the Communist rule, while they were divided on the outcome in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.Polls conducted during the polling in the states over the past month by Headlines Today-ORG, CNN-IBN-The We...
