May 07, 2026 6:29 am
As Banerjee dug in her heels, state Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Agarwal met Governor R N Ravi and submitted the gazette notification of the election results, clearing the decks for the Governor to invite the BJP, the party voted to power in a landslide, to form the next government.
May 07, 2026 5:38 am
“West Bengal has potential and its people have capability, so we have to give the state opportunity and its people a good administration... Bengal needs JCBs to wipe out corruption, infiltration,” says the newly elected Kharagpur Sadar MLA
May 05, 2026 12:20 am
West Bengal Election Result 2026: From LoP Suvendu Adhikari, once one of Mamata Banerjee’s close associates, to current state BJP president Samik Bhattacharya and former state chief Dilip Ghosh, the party has several names to choose from.
May 05, 2026 4:20 am
Fielded by the BJP from Panihati in North 24 Parganas, she gathered 87,977 votes, trouncing her nearest rival from the TMC by 28,836 votes — a verdict hailed as “a mother's win”.
May 04, 2026 4:29 pm
NDA is now in power in 22 states and UTs, up from 21 at the end of 2025
May 05, 2026 12:23 am
The BJP won 77 seats in the 2021 Assembly polls. But in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, its score dropped to 12 from 18 in the 2019 general election. This time, however, it appears set to make a massive comeback.
May 04, 2026 2:01 pm
Besides expecting a good turnout in Bhabanipur, Adhikari said he has received three times more votes than in previous years, in Nandigram.
May 06, 2026 12:20 pm
ECI Election Results 2026 | West Bengal (WB), Tamilnadu (TN), Kerala, Assam Election Result 2026: Among the biggest surprises, was the actor Vijay-led TVK's performance. It surged ahead of DMK and AIDMK to take the lead in Tamil Nadu.
May 04, 2026 2:11 pm
West Bengal Election 2026 Polling, Voting Result - Date, Time, Streaming: Voting in the first phase of Bengal elections is underway. The second and final phase will take place on April 29.
April 23, 2026 9:51 pm
ECI made a control room at the CEO office of West Bengal at Kolkata where all top ECI officials are monitoring the whole polling process.

