Bengal election results: BJP defeats Trinamool Congress

The Bharatiya Janata Party defeated the Trinamool Congress in the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections as the votes were counted on Monday.

The Hindutva party won 206 seats in the 294-member Assembly, ending a 15-year rule of the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC.

A party or an alliance needs 148 seats in the Assembly to secure a majority.

The TMC had won 80 seats and was leading in one, data from the Election Commission showed at 7.15 am on Tuesday.

The Congress and former minister Humayun Kabir’s Aam Janata Unnayan Party won two seats each.

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the All India Secular Front secured one win each.

Votes in 293 constituencies were counted on Monday as the Election Commission has ordered repolling in the Falta Assembly seat citing “severe electoral offences”. The polling there will be held on May 21 and the votes will be counted on May 24.

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On Saturday, repolling had also been held in 15 booths in the Diamond Harbour and Magrahat constituencies following reports from election officials and observers, and “material circumstances”.

Polling in the state was held in two phases on April 23 and April 29 with a record provisional voter turnout of 92.4%.

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