Lok Sabha election results 2019: Mamata’s Trinamool wins in all five, Modi factored out

NEW DELHI: Kolkata and its surroundings went against the tide and kept the Trinamool afloat in all the five constituencies — Kolkata Uttar, Kolkata Dakshin,

Jadavpur

,

Dum Dum

and Barasat (includes Salt Lake). While the party could protect its city fort from the saffron wave that could be seen in other parts of Bengal, there was a significant surge in BJP’s vote share in these seats at the cost of mainly Left and Congress. All these five seats, like elsewhere, witnessed a polarisation that pushed Left to the third spot.


Trinamool increased its vote share in Kolkata Uttar, Kolkata Dakshin and Barasat. The rise was marginal in Jadavpur and Dum Dum. This indicated that a section of the city people considered factors other than the much-talkedabout religious polarisation.

The smashing of Vidyasagar’s bust during BJP president Amit Shah’s road show in central and north Kolkata might worked against BJP in Kolkata North constituency.

This apart, the urban poor, the slum dwellers, petty traders and a section of the middle-class averse to BJP voted for Mamata Banerjee’s party.

Signs of anti-incumbency or pro-Modi sentiments could be seen in other parts of the state, though.

The Modi-Mamata binary, however, dealt a blow to Left and Congress whose vote shares shrunk further.