“West Bengal election results 2026 LIVE updates: BJP has crossed the majority mark as counting continues across the state.“
Kolkata: West Bengal Assembly Elections Result 2026 LIVE Updates show the Bharatiya Janata Party moving well past the halfway mark as counting continues across the state, with early trends now pointing to a clear lead rather than a tight contest. At around 10:15am, BJP and its allies were leading in 169 of the 294 seats, comfortably above the majority mark of 148. Trinamool Congress was behind at 112, while Congress and the Left were limited to 3 and 2 seats respectively. The numbers, still part of ongoing trends, have shifted steadily in BJP’s favor through the morning.
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“BJP is maintaining a comfortable lead well past the hallway mark”, the live coverage noted, capturing the momentum that built rapidly as counting progressed across more than 100 centers. In 2021, BJP managed just 74 seats. The jump to current trends suggests a gain of roughly 95 seats, a scale of growth rarely seen in Bengal politics.
TMC’s slide is just as dramatic: From 212 seats in 2021 to around 112 in current trends, the ruling party faces a drop of nearly 100 seats. “Trinamool is closing in on its bid to secure a 4th term”, the reporter said, though the gap remains wide.
Individual constitutions tell a more complicated story. In Moyna, BJP’s Ashoke Dinda is trailing behind TMC’s Chandranath Mondal. In Shyampukur, TMC’s Shashi Panja is struggling as BJP’s Purnima Chakraborty pulls ahead. These pockets show TMC resistance even as the border map tilts.
The symbolic fight remains Bhabanipur, where Banerjee faces BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari, once her lieutenant and now her sharpest rival.
Polling took place in 2 phases on April 23rd and 29th with turnout estimated above 80%. Repolling was ordered in parts of Falta and a few other booths. Counting is still underway and trends may shift as more rural constituencies report their numbers.
Some analysts have cautioned that early leads, especially from urban areas, can narrow once later rounds of counting are completed. Though BJP’s current position above the majority mark has already changed the direction of the contest. For now, the focus remains on whether this early lead holds through the final rounds of counting.
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