West Bengal Assembly Elections 2016
Rising saffron share spices up poll curryThe BJP can now claim to be a consistent force in Bengal politics even though the increase in its seats from one to three doesn't sound too impressive. - Jote or joke? Left now in third place
Five years after it was voted out of power, the Left Front lost its main Opposition status in the 2016 assembly polls.There are clear indications that the Left-particularly CPM-has suffered . - Congress holds its ground, is main opposition in Bengal assembly
Mamata Banerjee may call Congress a "mere signboard", but she will have to concede her ally-turned-rival the opposition status in Bengal assembly. - With development roar, Mamata is Bengal tiger
For Mamata Banerjee, whose chequered political career spans more than three decades, this was the mother of all battles. - Didit again, just Leftovers for CPM-Congress
It was on March 18, at a Jalpaiguri rally, that outgoing chief minister Mamata Banerjee first told Bengal's voters to “assume that Mamata Banerjee was the Trinamool candidate in all the state's 294 - TMC wins Kolkata and suburbs but by drastically reduced margins
The Trinamool Congress virtually swept through Kolkata and its suburbs.Of the 34 seats in Kolkata and urban belts of North 24-Parganas, South 24-Parganas and Howrah, the party won all but three seats. - Muslims keep faith in Mamata: TMC bags over 90 of the 125 seats with sizeable Muslim electorates
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West Bengal chief minister Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee congratulated the people of Bengal as she led her party to a 210 plus seats. She is likely to go for the swearing-in on April 27. - Mamata Banerjee set to storm back to power in West Bengal
- Counting begins for 294 assembly seats of West Bengal
A probe led by an assistant commissioner will be initiated against Beliaghata police to ascertain if CPM's local committee member Sushanta De was arrested "following proper rules and procedures". The suspense over the fate of political parties on Thursday has triggered a party of a different kind. - Now, Surjya seeks Election Commission protection
The Election Commission has delivered the goods.It has largely fulfilled the wish for a free and peaceful poll.Now the opposition wants the EC to play a role in curbing violence after the results are When the call came, Arindam Jha was at a loss for words.A party leader wanted to know if he was still volunteering to be a CPM counting agent.The concern was natural. - FB threats add to simmering tension
Bodol todol onek holo, badla ni ebar chol.19 May 2016, bela 2 pm er por.Amra charam charam bajabo dhak, Ore pither chamrai tel diye rakh. These negatives, however, some work on the ground, though the type of work may not deserve the grand title of "unnayan (development)". - Wary Kolkatans may choose to stay indoors
Traffic was thinner along C R Avenue - the arterial link between the southern and northern halves of the city.Even though city transport operated normally, it was clear many preferred to avoid When the call came, Arindam Jha was at a loss for words.A party leader wanted to know if he was still volunteering to be a CPM counting agent.The concern was natural. - Violence scales up in run-up to counting day
- Pep talk for counting agents amid hope and uncertainty in West Bengal
“Counting agents are the most crucial cog in the wheel on result day. Political opponents may try to manipulate the counting process. It is important to motivate them just before the counting," said - Exit poll results trigger celebrations in TMC
- CPI(M)-Congress alliance will win in West Bengal, claims Suryakanto Mishra
- Predicted vote-share rise of TMC surprises opposition
- Mamata's TMC looks set for comfortable win in West Bengal, CVoter Exit Polls indicate
In the end it appears, Saradha and Narada couldn't dent the Trinamool Congress, as incumbent Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress looks set for a second consecutive term in West Bengal, the CVoter - Are anti-women comments made with an eye on votebank politics?
In April 2011, when former Arambagh CPM MP Anil BiswasBasu had likened Mamata Banerjee to a Sonagachi sex-worker, he was accused of displaying misogynist contempt for women.
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