Bengal results highlights: Suvendu Adhikari defeats Mamata Banerjee by 1956 vote

BJP's Suvendu Adhikari defeats Mamata Banerjee by 1956 votes in the assembly constituency of Nandigram.

Congratulations to @MamataOfficial Didi, Shri @vijayanpinarayi

, and Shri @mkstalin for their parties' success in the assembly elections. I am sure the state governments will work shoulder to shoulder with the central government for the welfare of the people: Union home minister Amit Shah

Three-member TMC delegation meets Chief Electoral Officer at EC Office in Kolkata asking for recount in Nandigram and certain other serious issues.

My sincere thanks to the great People of Nandigram for their love, trust, blessings, and support: Suvendu Adhikari, BJP

"I’m happy to congratulate Mamata ji and the people of West Bengal for soundly defeating the BJP," tweets Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.

"The counting process for Nandigram has not been completed. Please do not speculate," tweets Trinamool Congress (TMC)

BJP's Suvendu Adhikari victorious by over 1,600 votes in Nandigram, claims party IT cell chief Amit Malviya.

"Congratulations Mamata didi on TMC being elected again in the Assembly election. Good wishes for your next tenure," tweets Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

"I would like to thank everyone. I request all to not take out victory processions. I urge everyone to go back to their homes now. I will address the media after 6pm," says West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee.

"We came to know that Mamata Banerjee won by around 1200 votes. She won in the last round. We have to give due credit to Suvendu Adhikari. It was a very tough and neck to neck fight", said Jay Prakash Majumdar, BJP state vice president.

Mamata Banerjee finally won on the Nandigram seat, from where she's contesting for the first time, against her former aide and BJP challenger Suvendu Adhikari by a margin of 1,200 seats. news agency ANI reported.

BJP' Suvendu Adhikari again took lead over Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal's Nandigram constituency by an extremely thin margin of six votes after the 16th round of counting of vote, news agency ANI reported citing the Election Commission.

"We have to compliment Mamata didi that she accepted the BJP's challenge and contested only from one seat. It is not easy to defeat Mamata, even though the BJP worked hard and put in a lot of investment to defeat her," Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said, adding that there is no doubt that the TMC will form the next government in West Bengal.

West Bengal Mamata Banerjee minister who is up against BJP's Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram leading by a margin of nearly 3,200 votes, as of 3pm

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal congratulated West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee as her registered a lead in over 200 seats in the early rounds of voting counting for assembly elections.

Trinamool Congress supporters gathered in large numbers outside the BJP office in Kolkata's Hastings area as it is leading in 200 plus seats till now.

"We really don't want to celebrate but there was an anti-campaign against TMC. Our workers were under pressure. This mandate has given them energy. Still, we're telling them not to celebrate due to Covid situation," Sayan Deb Chatterjee, state secretary, West Bengal Trinamool Youth Congress was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

Senior TMC leader Firhad Hakim asserted that the party be would be back in power as the results of the West Bengal assembly elections result are likely to be announced by evening. The outgoing urban development minister said the primary task of the new government would be to put the state's "derailed health system back on track", amid the relentless surge in Covid-19 cases, news agency PTI reported.

Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party's chief Mehbooba Mufti congratulated TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee as her party was leading ahead of BJP as trends based on the first few rounds of counting came in. "Congratulations to @MamataOfficial @AITCofficial @derekobrienmp on their splendid victory today. Kudos to the people of West Bengal for rejecting disruptive & divisive forces," former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister wrote on Twitter.

While Mamata Banerjee was trailing by a margin of nearly 3,000 votes in each of the first three rounds of counting, her vote share increased gradually in the fourth and fifth rounds. In round 4, West Bengal CM got 8,636 votes while BJP's Suvendu Adhikari got 4,145 votes. In the following round, the BJP candidate was ahead again by over 2,000 votes.

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee who was trailing behind BJP's Suvendu Adikhari in Nandigram in the first three rounds, was back in the game in the fourth round. Though the TMC supremo is still trailing overall, she was leading in the fourth round of counting, according to figures provided by the Election Commission of India.

Though the ruling TMC is leading in 202 seats as of now, the party's chief Mamata Banerjee, who is eyeing a third term as chief minister, is currently trailing behind BJP's Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram.

Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress is leading on a total of 202 seats as it makes its way towards victory in West Bengal assembly elections. The opposition BJP is ahead in 77 seats, according to latest figures on the ECI website.

Cooch Behar, where violence broke out at a poll booth after Mamata Banerjee paid a visit when voting was underway, is witnessing the lead of Trinamool Congress.