WB assembly results: BJP poised to script history by forming government

New Delhi, May 04, 2026 : The BJP is poised to script history in West Bengal by forming government with an overwhelming mandate in the state assembly polls. The state will be witnessing its first BJP government since Independence as the Trinamool Congress (TMC) is staring at defeat after 15 years in power.

Out of a total of 293 assembly seats, results have been declared for 104 constituencies so far. BJP has bagged 72 seats while Trinamool Congress has won 29 seats, regional Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP) has secured two seats and Congress has clinched one seat. As per trends available so far for 189 seats, BJP is surging in 132 while Trinamool Congress is ahead in 54, CPM, Congress and Others are leading in 1 seat each.

Prominent BJP candidates who registered win include, Agnimitra Paul from Asansol Dakshin constituency and Karfa Soumen from the Bhatar seat. On the other hand, TMC’s Reyar Hossain Sarkar has emerged victorious from the Bhagawangola seat.

Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP) chief Humayun Kabir has won both Nowda and Rejinagar seats.

West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC leader Mamata Banerjee is leading over her BJP rival Suvendu Adhikari in Bhabanipur constituency, while Suvendu Adhikari is ahead in Nandigram seat.

BJP candidate Sarbori Mukherjee is leading in the erstwhile Left bastion of Jadavpur in south Kolkata. BJP candidate Ratna Debnath, mother of the victim doctor in RG Kar rape and murder case, is leading from Panihati.

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, who was contesting the Baharampur seat is trailing behind the BJP candidate Subrata Maitra.

Voting for 294 seats in West Bengal was held in two phases on 23rd and 29th of last month. To form the government, a simple majority of 148 seats is needed. Any party or coalition of parties must gain the magic figure to win the election.

West Bengal registered record voter turnout of 92.47 per cent in two-phase polling– the highest since Independence.

While repolling was held in 11 booths of Magrahat Paschim and four in Diamond Harbour assembly segment on 2nd of May, the Election Commission countermanded polls in the adjacent Falta constituency, citing severe electoral offences and subversion of democratic process during polling in a large number of booths. The fresh poll in that seat will take place on 21st of this month and counting on 24th of May.

More than 2.5 lakh personnel of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), along with state police, have been deployed in the run-up to the counting.

In the 2021 elections, the TMC had won 215 seats, while the BJP bagged 77, and the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha and ISF one seat each.