Assembly Election Results 2016: As it happened
West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress on Thursday crushed the Opposition and Tamil Nadu's AIADMK proved exit polls wrong by retaining power in Assembly elections.
May 20, 2016, 00:14 AM 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
Assembly Elections 2016: What caused Congress-Left poll drubbing in West Bengal
Taken aback by the drubbing the Left Front-Congress alliance received in the West Bengal assembly polls, two opposition leaders, who played a key role in forging the unlikely pact, on Thursday blamed the "adverse political atmosphere" and the "selective transfer of BJP votes in specific constituencies" for the electoral debacle.
May 19, 2016, 17:17 PM IST
Assembly poll results 2016 stamp on performance of Modi govt, says Amit Shah
Hitting out at Congress, Shah said, “Assembly Election Results show that people who trying to disrupt Parliament and politicise issues have been shown doors by voters.”
May 19, 2016, 15:49 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
Centenarian voters to inspire young in West Bengal
Although West Bengal has traditionally seen one of the highest voter turnouts in India, apathy is being witnessed in urban areas.
Apr 20, 2016, 12:37 PM IST
Social media users to influence poll results in 70 West Bengal seats: IAMAI
The poll outcome in as many as 70 "high impact" Assembly segments out of 294 constituencies in West Bengal will likely be influenced by social media users, a report said on Saturday.
Apr 09, 2016, 15:37 PM IST
