Assembly Elections 2016: Trinamool Congress storms back to power in West Bengal, bags 211 out of 294 seats
Trinamool Congress on Thursday stormed back to power in West Bengal getting more than two-thirds majority.
May 19, 2016, 23:21 PM IST
West Bengal Assembly Election Results 2016: As it happened
Contesting the poll on its own in West Bengal, TMC bagged 211 of the 294 seats at stake.
May 19, 2016, 23:05 PM IST
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal congratulates Mamata Banerjee
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday congratulated his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee after her Trinamool Congress scored a landslide win in assembly elections.
May 19, 2016, 14:48 PM IST
West Bengal Assembly polls 2016: Like 'Arjuna' our aim was fixed and we have achieved it, says Mamata
Mamata Banerjee thanked the voters and attacked the opposition for spreading lies about the ruling TMC.
May 19, 2016, 12:21 PM IST
West Bengal Assembly polls 2016: Mamata Banerjee remains the 'Queen of Bengal'
Mamata Banerjee, the stormy petrel of West Bengal politics, once again proved a master strategist decimating the new Left-Congress combination and the BJP all of whom sought to checkmate her return to power.
May 19, 2016, 11:52 AM IST
BJP set for debut despite Trinamool 'tsunami' in West Bengal
The BJP candidates are leading in 10 seats and the party is confident of winning some seats this time in West Bengal.
May 19, 2016, 11:03 AM IST
Bengal polls 2016: TMC supporters chant 'Thanda thanda cool, cool; ghore ghore Trinamool' outside Mamata's residence
Slogan like 'Thanda thanda cool, cool; ghore ghore Trinamool' was heard outside Banerjee's residence as hundreds of TMC supporters thronged the Chief Minister's residence at Harish Chatterjee Street in Kalighat.
May 19, 2016, 11:01 AM IST
Celebrations outside Mamata Banerjee's house as TMC leads
With Mamata Banerjee constructing another sweep with her Trinamool Congress surging ahead in 200 of the state's 294 seats, enthusiastic party supporters gathered outside her Kalighat residence on Thursday morning to celebrate her premature win.
May 19, 2016, 10:55 AM IST
West Bengal vote count to decide fate of 1,961 candidates
Counting of votes for 294 seats in the West Bengal Assembly Elections 2016 would be taken up at 8 am on Thursday in 90 venues. Counting of votes would decide the fate of 1,961 candidates.
May 19, 2016, 07:31 AM IST
