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Bengal Election Result: BJP has created history by winning more than 200 seats in the West Bengal Assembly elections. This will be the first time when BJP will form the government in the state. BJP has got two-third majority. At the same time, TMC was reduced to 80 seats. After all, what is the reason that Trinamool Congress, which was in power in Bengal for 15 years, had to face a crushing defeat in the elections. Mamata Banerjee herself also lost the election from Bhawanipur.

Not only this, BJP has given a double blow to Mamata Banerjee in Bengal. The power of Bengal was snatched away from him. ‘Didi’ was also removed from Bhawanipur seat. Bhawanipur is the same seat which had given ‘refuge’ to Mamata Banerjee who lost from Nandigram in the last elections. Mamata became the Chief Minister only after becoming an MLA in the by-election held here.

Bhawanipur assembly constituency was the stronghold of Mamata Banerjee. This was his own assembly seat, within which his house is also located in Kalighat area. From here she emerged as a leader of Youth Congress and strengthened her politics so much that she became the CM of West Bengal thrice.

Let us know what are the 5 big factors of Mamata Banerjee losing power.

anti-incumbency

In 2011, TMC led by Mamata Banerjee came to power by destroying the fort of Left. Mamata Banerjee has been sitting on the chair of CM of Bengal for 15 years after winning three consecutive elections. Anti-incumbency wave is also a major reason for TMC’s defeat. BJP raised the issues of corruption, violence, corruption and law and order loudly. BJP benefited from this in the election results.

polarization of hindu votes

Political analysts believe that the reason behind Mamata Banerjee being in power in Bengal for 15 years is the united support of the Muslim voters of the state. There are about 30 percent Muslim voters in Bengal, who mostly support TMC, but this election saw polarization of Hindu voters, which benefited BJP. This is the reason why BJP’s better performance was seen even in Muslim dominated districts like Malda and Murshidabad.

Women’s vote bank breached

BJP has broken into TMC’s women vote bank in this election. The statistics of the last election show that Mamata Banerjee has been getting support from women on a large scale, but in this election the picture seems to have changed. BJP targeted Mamata Banerjee government over incidents like Sandeshkhali RG tax. Also, RG had contested the election on the demand of the victim, who was successful in winning the election.

Effect of SIR

The issue of SIR also dominated the Bengal elections. While BJP called it necessary to drive out alleged illegal infiltrators from the state, TMC called it an attack on voters’ rights. in bengal SIR During this, more than 90 lakh names were removed from the voter list. The TMC supremo alleged that the names of most voters were removed through SIR in the seats dominated by Trinamool Congress. It is clear from the election results that SIR has affected TMC.

Issue of corruption-scams and unemployment

In this election, BJP cornered Mamata government on issues like increasing unemployment, recruitment scam, alleged corruption in the system. There was increased resentment among the youth due to the cancellation of 26 thousand recruitments to the teacher recruitment scam. BJP also raised this loudly. The resentment of government employees is also considered a major reason for TMC’s defeat. The employees of the state have been demanding the implementation of the Seventh Pay Commission for a long time. At present the employees are getting salaries as per the Sixth Pay Commission.