West Bengal Results | 6 Reasons Why Mamata Banerjee Lost Bhabanipur To BJP's Suvendu Adhikari

Bhabanipur is synonymous with Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata and beyond. But this seat is deeply rooted in Bengal politics. In 1970s, Bhabanipur gave Bengal its first Congress Chief Minister - Sidhartha Shankar Roy. Trinamool Congress heavyweights like Subrata Mukherjee and Shobhondeb Chattopadhyay have also held this seat of power. But it delivered the biggest upset for the Trinamool chief after her former prodigy Suvendu Adhikari defeated her with a margin of 15,105 votes on May 4. Here are 6 reasons why Mamata Banerjee lost Bhabanipur