TrinamoolCongress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee is trailing Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)'s Suvendu Adhikari by 8,000 votes in Nandigram, according to ElectionCommission portal as of now.
Adhikariwho left Trinamool Congress and joined the BJP just before the election, isleading with a margin 8000 votes, he has got 23,495 votes i.e. 57.89%, however,Mamata is trailing behind with 15, 294 votes i.e. 37.68%.
Thoughthe TMC leaders claim the trends will be changed as counting of Nandigram block2 is still pending and Mamata will definitely emerge as a winner.
Meanwhile,TMC as for now has a clear lead in the state, leading in 170+ seats. The BJP isahead in 112 seats as of now. However, these are clearly early trends and thegame may change for political parties within an hour or two.
The2021 assembly election has been a major test for the ruling Trinamool Congressas the saffron brigade had put in all its might to make its footmark for thefirst time in West Bengal. But if early trends are taken as an indication, thenMamata Banerjee seems to have an edge over her rival.
Onthe other hand, BJP heavy weights like Locket Chatterjee, Swapan Dasgupta,Mukul Roy have been leading from their constituencies but Babul Supriyo hasbeen trailing behind TMC's Arup Biswas from Tollygunje constituency.
Besides,with over one-fourth of the booths registered a polling percentage above 90,West Bengal's Nandigram this time saw the highest turnout in recent years.
Inthe Lok Sabha polls in 2014 and 2019 Nandigram recorded a polling percentage of85.7 and 85 respectively and in the last Assembly polls it had a pollingpercentage of 86.9. Only in the 2011 Assembly polls when Mamata Banerjee sweptto power riding on the land reforms movement, Nandigram with 88.3 per centfared better than this election.