Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that she has not lost the election and she is not going to resign.
“No questions of my resignation, I have not lost the election,” she said.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured a decisive mandate in the West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026, winning 207 seats in the 294-member Assembly, according to the latest counting trends.
The ruling All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) suffered a major setback, winning 67 seats and leading in 13 constituencies.
Parties including the Congress, Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP), CPI(M), and AISF also managed to open their accounts.
The most high-profile result of the election came from the Bhabanipur constituency, where BJP heavyweight Suvendu Adhikari defeated Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee by more than 15,000 votes after a closely watched contest.
Following the defeat, Mamata Banerjee alleged irregularities at the counting centre. She claimed CCTV cameras were switched off and Trinamool Congress agents were assaulted and denied entry into the counting venue after 3 pm.
Meanwhile, Congress opened its account in West Bengal after drawing a blank in the 2021 Assembly elections. The party won the Farakka constituency, where Motab Shaikh defeated BJP candidate Sunil Chowdhuri by 8,193 votes. Shaikh secured 63,050 votes, while the Trinamool Congress candidate Amirul Islam finished third with 47,256 votes.
Congress was also leading in Raninagar, where candidate Julfikar Ali maintained a lead of 4,182 votes after the 14th round of counting.
The BJP recorded several major victories across the state. Gouri Sankar Ghosh won the Murshidabad constituency with 1,14,443 votes, defeating TMC’s Shaoni Singha Roy by a margin of 31,521 votes.