May 2nd marks the result day for West BengalAssembly Elections where two powerful leaders are contending. The counting ofvotes in West Bengal kicked off at 8 am and the early trends are in the favorof Mata Banerjee.
There’s strong competition between Trinamool Congress(TMC) and Bharatiya Janata Party to win the magic number of 147 to formgovernment in West Bengal.
At the time of writing, early trends projected thevictory of TMC as it is leading on 78 seats while BJP is close behind at 58.
Presently, postal ballot votes are being counted and thecounting of EVMs polled votes will begin shortly. The trends now as per thepostal ballots, they might change once counting from EVMs will start.