Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has sought an appointment with West Bengal Governor R.N. Ravi at 4:30 PM on Monday, as counting of votes for the 2026 West Bengal Assembly Elections showed the Bharatiya Janata Party surging well past the majority mark of 148 seats in the 294-member House.
As of early afternoon, BJP was leading on 162 assembly constituencies while the incumbent Trinamool Congress was ahead on 126 seats, according to trends from the Election Commission of India.
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Banerjee, who was seeking a fourth consecutive term as Chief Minister, told party workers and supporters to "wait and watch" as counting was still underway.
A meeting between a sitting Chief Minister and the Governor at such a juncture is significant under constitutional practice, as the Governor is the constitutional head of the state to whom a Chief Minister tenders resignation when the government no longer commands a majority.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit the BJP headquarters at 6:30 PM, as the party moves towards a historic victory in the state.
Elections were held in West Bengal on April 23 and April 29, 2026, to elect all 294 members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. The tenure of the outgoing Assembly was scheduled to end on May 7, 2026.
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The election recorded a historic voter turnout of 92.93 per cent, the highest ever in the state, surpassing the 2011 election. According to the Election Commission of India, 70,459,284 voters were eligible to vote, including 36,022,642 male voters, 34,435,260 female voters, and 1,382 third-gender voters.
The Election Commission deployed over 350,000 security personnel statewide, including the National Investigation Agency for the first time in a state election, amid reports of localised violence in Howrah and Hooghly districts. There were 85,379 polling booths and approximately 4.5 lakh polling officers involved in the election.
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Banerjee, who was seeking a fourth consecutive term as Chief Minister, told party workers and supporters to "wait and watch" as counting was still underway.
A meeting between a sitting Chief Minister and the Governor at such a juncture is significant under constitutional practice, as the Governor is the constitutional head of the state to whom a Chief Minister tenders resignation when the government no longer commands a majority.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit the BJP headquarters at 6:30 PM, as the party moves towards a historic victory in the state.
Elections were held in West Bengal on April 23 and April 29, 2026, to elect all 294 members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. The tenure of the outgoing Assembly was scheduled to end on May 7, 2026.
Also Read: 'Bengal’s business community is delighted': Harsh Goenka sees jobs, investments boom as BJP scripts history, netizens say 'change was need of the hour'
The election recorded a historic voter turnout of 92.93 per cent, the highest ever in the state, surpassing the 2011 election. According to the Election Commission of India, 70,459,284 voters were eligible to vote, including 36,022,642 male voters, 34,435,260 female voters, and 1,382 third-gender voters.
The Election Commission deployed over 350,000 security personnel statewide, including the National Investigation Agency for the first time in a state election, amid reports of localised violence in Howrah and Hooghly districts. There were 85,379 polling booths and approximately 4.5 lakh polling officers involved in the election.
