He leads by 67,588 votes. Mamata’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee who had sent a defamation notice to the Prime Minister leads from Diamond Harbour by 3800 votes, according to early trends. West Bengal | The voter turnout in the 2014 Parliamentary polls in the seat was 66.68% and in 2009, the constituency registered 64.2% turnout during polling. Murmu who contested and was a CPI(M) MLA is leading against heavyweight Mausam Nuur who recently defected to Trinamool Congress. Bankura, Barrackpore, Balurghat, Bishnupur and Burdwan-Durgapur are the major seats where TMC is trailing currently. In Purulia, BJP’s Jyotirmoy Singh Mahato leads against Dr. Mriganka Mahato of the Trinamool. One hour into the counting, the initial leads have come in. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) made deep inroads in West Bengal, increasing its vote share by more than 20 percentage points from 17.02% in 2014 to about 39% (till 1 pm) and was leading in 16 of Bengal’s 42 seats against their 2014 tally of only two seats. Leads for several constituencies have come in, counting of postal ballots are almost. For each of the 42 Lok Sabha constituencies, there will be a counting observer to monitor the entire process. These candidates have the biggest leads until 4:20 pm, LK Advani congratulates PM Narendra Modi for historic BJP win, Abhishek Banerjee consolidates his lead against Nilanjan Roy in Diamond Harbour constituency, BJP leads big in Burdwan-Durgapore, Maldah North and South. Copyright © HT Digital Streams Ltd. All rights reserved. The seat saw a battle between two heavyweights — Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s state unit chief Dilip Ghosh and Trinamool Congress (TMC)’s Manas Bhuniya. Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee is leading in Diamond Harbour, Mahua Moitra is leading in Krishnanagar, Saugata Roy in Dum Dum. 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Get latest news and updates on West Bengal Lok Sabha Elections 2019 on Economic Times. The Trinamool chief has long supported unity among diverse political parties to defeat the BJP. Arambagh again sways towards BJP as Tapan Kumar Ray has a slender lead of 5271 votes against Aparupa Poddar of the TMC, Abhishek Banerjee (TMC), Diamond Harbour - 285211, Mimi Chakraborty (TMC), Jadavpur - 222499, Jagannath Sarkar (BJP), Ranaghat - 209143, Dr. Subhas Sarkar (BJP), Bankura - 125244. A close competition ensues between the parties. It is the BJP state president versus TMC heavyweight in Medinipur. He says Congress might have won Rajasthan, M.P and Chattisgarh but BJP did not concede defeat. It will effectively mean that out of nearly 10.3 lakh polling stations, the EVM-VVPAT matching will take place in 20,600 such stations. These were incumbent MPs but BJP candidates across these constituencies gave them a strong fight. Moon Moon Sen trails Babul Supriyo in Asansol, Dinesh Trivedi trailing in Barrackpore. In Hooghly, BJP candidate, actor-turned-politician Locket Chatterjee is leading. ................................ Advertisement ................................ West Bengal Election Results 2019 Highlights: Trinamool Back In The Lead In Bengal, "I am shell-shocked. Jyotirmay Singh Mahato of Purulia, Dilip Ghosh in Medinipur retain their leads. Together we prosper. West Bengal Election Results: Mamata Banerjee is a fierce critic of the BJP government. A videographer will document the counting process in each counting centre. We will fight this battle together," she tweeted. You must login to keep earning daily check-in points, * TimesPoints expire in 1 year from the day of credit, Copyright © 2020 Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Once a Left bastion, the party has not taken lead in any of the constituencies. PM Modi tweeted that NDA’s lead means it is a victory for India, सबका साथ + सबका विकास + सबका विश्वास = विजयी भारतTogether we grow. Some have also alleged that Thakur CM Yogi Adityanath is against the Brahmins Read More…, The largest democratic political party of India, the Indian National Congress has played a masterstroke recently. TMC leads in seven constituencies in West Bengal, Congress candidate from Malda Dakshin Abu Hasem Khan Chowdhury is leading, BJP leads in four constituencies in Bengal, Counting begins across 42 constituencies in Bengal.