Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday lauded the people of Bhabanipur for their electoral verdict, declaring that the outcome reflects the fate awaiting what he described as an anarchic style of governance.

West Bengal assembly election results 2026: "It's indeed a very emotional moment. It's a moment that will be etched in history forever, and I'm delighted to be a part of it," Amit Malviya told NDTV

West Bengal Assembly Election Results: The BJP has secured a historic victory in the West Bengal Assembly elections, heading for a landslide.

Mamata Banerjee Loses Bhabanipur Stronghold To Suvendu Adhikari

School Assembly News Headlines (May 5): Stay updated and be ready to share your thoughts in the morning with these School Assembly News Headlines.

West Bengal assembly election results 2026: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the Ayushman Bharat scheme will be approved for Bengal in the first cabinet meeting of the new BJP government

The BJP scored a fabulous win in Bengal, long considered 'Missing Impossible' for the ruling party at the Centre.

Election Results 2026: For the BJP, what is unfolding is the completion of a political corridor across the eastern flank of the country from Bihar to West Bengal to Odisha.

If the results do not veer from the current trajectory, the outcome would be a churning in the Opposition INDIA block, while for the BJP, it would paint a saffron wave that stretches from the northeast all the way to Gujarat.

The immediate message is this: old voting patterns are not sacrosanct. Don't take the voter for granted.

Long considered 'Mission Impossible' for the BJP, the Bengal results are a big boost to the ruling party at the Centre and an eye-opener for the Trinamool.

The Trinamool Congress has repeatedly said Banerjee should lead the INDIA alliance.

"Wait for sunset. We will win. We will fight like tiger cubs," was Mamata Banerjee's message to Trinamool Congress cadres as the Election Commission announced that the BJP has crossed the halfway mark in Bengal.

Bengal is not an easy audience. So if the saffron wave has broken in here, the deepest explanation is this: people did not vote only for a party. They voted for a different emotional contract.

Ravi Shankar Prasad attributed the Trinamool Congress's loss in the West Bengal Assembly elections to its chief Mamata Banerjee's "arrogance".

Election Results 2026: The 2026 elections have placed the positions of several established opposition leaders under scrutiny. In West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee; in Tamil Nadu, MK Stalin; and in Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan, all face the prospect of losing office if the trends hold.

"Women of Bengal voted against the countless stories of atrocities-whether in Sandeshkhali or RG Kar. They reacted to the arrogance with which the Trinamool leadership handled those incidents," Dharmendra Pradhan said

The BJP is leading in 190 seats, followed by the Trinamool Congress in 99 seats. The Bengal assembly has 294 seats

With counting underway for the West Bengal Assembly elections 2026, early trends showed the BJP maintaining a comfortable lead with over 160 seats, well past the halfway mark of 148.

West Bengal assembly election results 2026: "The river Ganga flows to Bengal via Bihar," Prime Minister Narendra Modi had predicted in his NDA Bihar victory speech

Suvendu Adhikari and Mamata Banerjee went back-and-forth Monday in the race for the Bhabanipur constituency.

Ratna Debnath entered the electoral ground with a battlecry against the Mamata Banerjee government over incidents of crime against women in the state

In the build-up to this election, Adhikari went after Banerjee again, this time announcing his candidature from the family bastion of Nandigram and Bhabanipur too.

Mamata Banerjee's allegations came hours before the counting of votes for West Bengal assembly elections was scheduled to begin.