ECI West Bengal results highlights: Suvendu's 'new dawn' message on win, Dilip Ghosh celebrates atop bulldozer

Election Commission West Bengal live vote result: To form a government in West Bengal, a party or an alliance needs to cross the majority mark of 148 seats.

It is notable that today, counting is being done in just 293 out of 294 seats of West Bengal assembly as the ECI has ordered repolling in Falta constituency.

West Bengal live vote result: Trinamool Congress' Humayun Kabir is trailing in Domkal constituency as the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has taken lead, according to analytical firm Pvalue.

West Bengal live vote result: The Bharatiya Janata Party is ahead in 90 seats, according to early trends by analytical firm Pvalue, while Trinamool Congress is leading in just 39 seats. Counting of votes started at 8 am.

EC West Bengal results 2026 LIVE: While responding to a query on how a BJP candidate is leading in Muslim dominated areas, Suvendu Adhikari said, "There has been a Muslim bifurcation. This bifurcation is particularly evident in Malda, Murshidabad, and North Dinajpur. In South Bengal and Cooch Behar, Muslims are still initially leaning more towards the TMC, but the kind of 90–95% consolidation seen in 2021 and 2024 is no longer there. There are visible cracks in that support base."

EC West Bengal results 2026 LIVE: On the early trends in West Bengal, LoP and BJP candidate from Nandigram and Bhabanipur, Suvendu Adhikari, says, "I haven't received the official figures from Bhabanipur, but in the first round, there are both Muslim Front booths and Hindu Front booths. After six or seven rounds, I'll have a good turnout in Bhabanipur. All the channels are showing that I'm leading. I got more votes than I expected in Nandigram. I got three times more. I fully expect the BJP government will be formed..."

Suvendu is up against Mamata in Bhabanipur.

EC West Bengal results 2026 LIVE: While the analytical firm Pvalue has given early leads to BJP as compared to TMC, according to several other reports, both the rivals are engaged in a neck-and-neck fight in West Bengal.

EC West Bengal results 2026 LIVE: The Election Commission of India began counting at 8 am for 293 out of 294 assembly constituencies in West Bengal.

The ECI first counts postal ballots and then votes casted on EVMs.

Election Commission of India West Bengal results 2026 LIVE: In early trends, the Bharatiya Janata Party is leading in 37 seats as compared to TMC, which is leading in 18, according to analytical firm Pvalue.

EC West Bengal results 2026 LIVE: The Bharatiya Janata Party is ahead in 28 seats while the TMC has taken a lead in 16 seats, according to early trends in analytical firm Pvalue.

INC is ahead in one seat.

EC West Bengal results LIVE: BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari has taken lead in Nandigram too, after leading ahead of Mamata Banerjee in Bhabanipur, according to analytical firm Pvalue.

EC West Bengal results LIVE: Mamata Banerjee's TMC is closing in after the BJP took lead in early trends. According to analytical portal Pvalue, BJP is ahead in 14 seats while the TMC is leading in 10.

EC West Bengal results LIVE: BJP's Suvendu Adhikari has taken an early lead in Bhabanipur against Mamata Banerjee, according to early trends.

EC West Bengal results LIVE: According to analytics portal Pvalue, BJP has taken lead in 7 seats, while the TMC is ahead in two seats, and the Congress is ahead in 1, show early trends.

EC West Bengal results LIVE: The Bharatiya Janata Party has taken edge over Trinamool Congress in early leads in West Bengal. The BJP is leading in five seats, while the TMC and INC are also leading in one seat each.

West Bengal results LIVE: The Bharatiya Janata Party started leading in two seats — Hingalganj and Mathabhanga — as early trends begin to come in, according to analytics portal Pvalue. Counting going on for 293 seats in Bengal today.

West Bengal results LIVE: On the counting of votes, Siliguri Commissioner of Police (CP) Syed Waqar Raza says, "Everything will be done peacefully. All things are in proper order. Frisking is being done here, and there is a 3-tier security system, and we hope that everything goes fine."

West Bengal result LIVE: Tight security measures were enforced across West Bengal on Monday as counting for the high-stakes assembly elections began at 8 am, officials said.

Over 2.5 lakh personnel from the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), along with state police, have been deployed at 77 counting centres spread across 23 districts as part of a multi-layered security arrangement, they added.

West Bengal election result LIVE: The Election Commission of India begins counting for 293 constituencies in West Bengal.

West Bengal election result LIVE: Congress candidate from Entally assembly constituency, Kashif Raza says, "Election happened properly and there was less violence this time. The mandate is sealed in the boxes and now the boxes are about to be opened. We hope for a good mandate. Exit polls are not always right. Even last time the exit polls of West Bengal were false. The exact poll, the mandate of the people is sealed in the boxes and let us wait for the boxes to open. Everything will be good. This is my first election so I have mixed emotions."

West Bengal election result LIVE: West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Agarwal said minutes before counting that all preparations are in place.

"All the halls are ready, there are 458 halls, and everything is set. Micro-observers have also been arranged wherever required,” he said.

West Bengal election result LIVE: TMC leader and candidate from the Shyampukur constituency, Shashi Panja, said after some VVPAT slips from booth number 29 of ​​Noapara Assembly were found discarded, “We bring in all papers on which we keep a track of counting. This is all the work of Election Commission. Everything is being thrown away. Have we come here to clash? Have we come here with bullets and ammunition and pistols?”

Reacting to the VVPAT slips issue, the Election Commission said, "Upon examination, it has been found that the VVPAT paper slips shown are related to mock poll done before poll day and are not related to the actual poll conducted on the day of voting. Further, a detailed enquiry has been initiated, and a formal complaint has been lodged for verification and necessary action."

West Bengal election result LIVE: This is the crudest and yet the most effective way to look at the political competition in West Bengal. The Trinamool Congress has won every election in the state since 2009. In the last three, 2019 Lok Sabha, 2021 assembly and 2024 Lok Sabha, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been the main opposition party with a vote share in the ballpark of around 40%. Now, if one can justifiably assume that the BJP does not receive any Muslim votes, then its prospects of taking over the TMC depend on consolidating its already existing lead over the TMC among Hindu voters. For the BJP to reach about 45% vote share – which is what the TMC has currently – it will have to consolidate close to two-thirds of the state’s Hindus.

West Bengal election result LIVE: The vote counting in West Bengal will be conducted in 293 seats, with the results for one seat postponed after repolling ordered in Falta assembly constituency by the ECI on May 21.

The poll body ordered repolling on Saturday in Falta citing severe electoral offences and subversion of the democratic process during the voting held on April 29 in the second phase voting.

West Bengal election result LIVE: A verbal argument broke out between the counting agents of TMC and BJP outside the counter centre at Sakhawat Memorial School in Bhabanipur assembly constituency just hour ahead of counting.

Counting of votes for 293 assembly constituencies of the state will begin at 8 am today.

West Bengal election result LIVE: The Supreme Court on Saturday told the Trinamool Congress that the Election Commission of India’s circular on deploying central government staff as counting supervisors is “not contrary to rules”.

The apex court's observation came while hearing the Trinamool Congress’ plea challenging the Election Commission’s directive to deploy central government and PSU employees as counting personnel for the West Bengal polls. A bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Joymalya Bagchi underscored that the ECI is within its limits to select counting personnel, noting that “the ECI can choose counting personnel from only one pool (central government)” and that the circular “cannot be said to be incorrect.”