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Election saga: How BJP lost the plot in Bengal polls
The defeat in Bengal Assembly polls is surely going to be a big lesson for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).In a rare electoral setback for the Narendra Modi-Amit Shah combine, the duo failed to crack the sentiments of the people of West…
Reality check: Nearly one-third of BJP MLAs in Bengal defected from other parties
The Bharatiya Janata Party won 77 of the 292 seats in the recently concluded Assembly elections in West Bengal, way below the expectations of the party that was eying to wrest power from the ruling Trinamool Congress in the state.But there…
7 BJP candidates had their deposits forfeited in Bengal polls
Of the 292 candidates who contested in the recently concluded Assembly elections in West Bengal, the deposits of seven BJP candidates have been forfeited.The seven saffron party nominees who suffered humiliating defeats were from…
Seats won by wafer-thin margins in Bengal Assembly polls
BJP leader Suvendu Adhikaris narrow win over West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the battle of prestige in Nandigram was one of the major talking points of the Bengal Assembly polls after the results were announced on May 2.While…
Setback in Junglemahal & North Bengal key reason for BJP’s defeat
Though BJP gained 74 seats compared to the last assembly election in 2016 but it was nowhere near its performance in the Lok Sabha polls where it not only got 18 seats but was ahead in 122 of the 294 assembly seats in the state.Despite the…
CPI-M falls 3 short of making to power on own in Kerala
While Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has written himself into record books by becoming the first to retain power in the state, his CPI-M fell three short of forming a government on its own, winning 68 seats out of the 99 seats that…
BJP-led NDA returns to power in Assam for 2nd time in a row
The ruling BJP-led NDA returned to power in Assam for the second consecutive term as the "Mitrajot" secured 68 seats in the 126-member assembly, election officials said on Sunday midnight.According to the latest tally of the Election…
Three of five BJP MPs bite the dust in Bengal
While the Trinamool Congress is close to attaining a three-fourth majority in the Assembly elections in West Bengal, three of the five heavyweights of the BJP have fallen prey to the deluge of the ruling party.Star BJP candidates and MPs…
WB, other poll-bound states see Covid cases zoom amid electioneering
West Bengal, which is midway through its poll process, as well as Tamil Nadu, Assam, and the Union Territory of Puducherry, where voting has concluded, witnessed a massive surge in Covid cases since the Assembly elections were announced by…
It’s ‘united’ Congress Vs fractured BJP in Rajasthan bypolls
The by-polls being held on three seats of Rajasthan on April 17 are being looked upon as semi-finals of Assembly election 2023 as the results are being perceived as a report card for the ruling government, busy showing its 'united' face and…