Mamata Banerjee KOLKATA: Voters have handed the reins of Bengal to BJP, effecting only the second regime change in the last 10 assembly polls and triggering a seismic shift whose aftershocks will be felt way beyond the state.The Trinamool Congress fortress fell to a twin onslaught of strong anti-incumbency and a voter roll cut by nearly 12% by the SIR process, ceding a historic win to BJP in a state often seen as the last frontier for a party that’s been in office at the Centre since 2014.BJP had won 206 seats and was leading in one, hogging 45.8% of votes. TMC’s vote share slipped from 48% in 2021 to 40.8%, with its 215 seats in the outgoing assembly down to 81 (wins and leads till midnight), indicating a sharp shift away from a party that championed Bengal nativism over nationalist politics.Election Results 2026Vijay’s TVK party emerges as formidable force in Tamil Nadu; all you need to know about its journeyWest Bengal election results: Mamata lags behind Suvendu Adhikari after 2nd round in BhabanipurTVK pushes DMK, AIADMK to margins; BJP may oust Mamata in Bengal, retain AssamJust a handful of TMC strongholds, such as South 24 Parganas, East Burdwan and Howrah, could stanch the vote haemorrhage as BJP swept large swathes of the state, from the north to the south. The saffron party’s dominance in the north was near total and, in the southwest districts of Jhargram, Purulia and East Midnapore, TMC was blanked out entirely.The killing blow was the saffron surge among urban and suburban voters in Kolkata and its fringes – Mamata’s southern fortress, where she held 123 of the 142 seats. That number shrank to 52 as TMC lost 10 seats in Kolkata (including Mamata’s own Bhabanipur), a large swathe of North 24 Parganas (including Panihati, where the raped and murdered R G Kar junior doctor’s mother was the BJP candidate) and Howrah.Follow the latest election results 2026, live updates, winner lists, constituency-wise results, party-wise trends and full coverage for Tamil Nadu election results, West Bengal election results, Kerala election results, Assam election results and Puducherry election results results on Times of India.End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideosIndia Rejects Nepal’s Objection To Kailash Mansarovar Yatra Route Via Lipulekh PassNepal Objects To India-China Plan To Conduct Kailash Mansarovar Yatra Via LipulekhIndia-Linked LPG Tanker MT Sarv Shakti Heads To Visakhapatnam After Crossing HormuzPassenger Opens Emergency Exit Door On Air Arabia Flight While Taxiing At Chennai Airport, ArrestedAhead Of Counting, Gunmen Open Fire At BJP Leader’s House In Bengal’s Noapara‘I Am Also A Victim’: Vinesh Phogat Identifies As Complainant In Brij Bhushan Sexual Harassment CaseBJP MP Sandeep Pathak Claims ‘No Information’ On FIRs, Alleges Misuse Of State Machinery In PunjabIndian Startup Launches Mission Drishti, World’s First OptoSAR Satellite, Aboard SpaceX Falcon 9Diljit Dosanjh Confronts Khalistan Supporters at Calgary Concert, Explains KBC AppearanceDelhi Approves ₹48,000 Crore Metro Expansion Plan To Connect Outer Regions With City Core123Hot PicksBarrackpore election resultTiruchirappalli election resultMettupalayam election resultsEttumanoor election resultPerambur election resultBagnan election resultKazhakkoottam election resultTop TrendingWest Bengal Assembly Election ResultsAssam Assembly Election ResultsTamil Nadu Assembly Election ResultsKerala Assembly Election ResultsPuducherry Assembly Election ResultsBhabanipur election results 2026Mamata BanerjeeNEET 2026: Exam-day guideHPBose 12th ResultTVK Chief Vijay
KOLKATA: Voters have handed the reins of Bengal to BJP, effecting only the second regime change in the last 10 assembly polls and triggering a seismic shift whose aftershocks will be felt way beyond the state.The Trinamool Congress fortress fell to a twin onslaught of strong anti-incumbency and a voter roll cut by nearly 12% by the SIR process, ceding a historic win to BJP in a state often seen as the last frontier for a party that’s been in office at the Centre since 2014.BJP had won 206 seats and was leading in one, hogging 45.8% of votes. TMC’s vote share slipped from 48% in 2021 to 40.8%, with its 215 seats in the outgoing assembly down to 81 (wins and leads till midnight), indicating a sharp shift away from a party that championed Bengal nativism over nationalist politics.Just a handful of TMC strongholds, such as South 24 Parganas, East Burdwan and Howrah, could stanch the vote haemorrhage as BJP swept large swathes of the state, from the north to the south. The saffron party’s dominance in the north was near total and, in the southwest districts of Jhargram, Purulia and East Midnapore, TMC was blanked out entirely.The killing blow was the saffron surge among urban and suburban voters in Kolkata and its fringes – Mamata’s southern fortress, where she held 123 of the 142 seats. That number shrank to 52 as TMC lost 10 seats in Kolkata (including Mamata’s own Bhabanipur), a large swathe of North 24 Parganas (including Panihati, where the raped and murdered R G Kar junior doctor’s mother was the BJP candidate) and Howrah.
