West Bengal Exit Poll 2026 Live: The exit poll results of West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026 will be released at 6:30 pm. That is, after a few hours the picture will become almost clear as to who is likely to form the government in the state this time. However, this exit poll is merely an estimate. The real results will become clear only after the counting of votes on May 4. This time voting was conducted in two phases in West Bengal. The first phase of voting was held on April 23, in which votes were cast on 152 seats. A record 93.2 percent voting took place in this phase, which shows the huge participation of the people. After this, the second phase of voting continues today i.e. on 29 April 2026.

Exit Poll is just a guess, not a final result.

Exit polls are just estimates, not real results. Sometimes these estimates turn out to be correct and sometimes they also turn out to be wrong, hence the final and real results will be known only on the day of counting on May 4. In this way, Exit Polls definitely give people an initial picture after the elections, but the real decision comes only after the counting of votes.

Exit polls for total 294 assembly seats will be released

If we talk about seats, there are a total of 294 assembly seats in West Bengal. Any party needs at least 148 seats to form the government.

What were the results of the 2021 assembly elections?

Voting was held on a total of 294 seats in the West Bengal Assembly Elections 2021. Mamata Banerjee led Trinamool Congress (TMC) had won a landslide victory in this election. The party formed the government for the third consecutive time by winning 213 seats and showed its strong hold in the politics of the state. Whereas Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged as the main opposition party in this election. BJP won 77 seats, which was considered a big achievement for it.

West Bengal Exit Poll 2026 Live Streaming: The voting to be held on April 29 in the second and final phase of West Bengal Assembly elections will decide whether TMC will still retain its stronghold or BJP will make a dent in it and strengthen its hold. Voting will be held for 142 seats of the state assembly under the second phase of elections. In the first phase of voting held in West Bengal on April 23, BJP’s traditional hold in North Bengal and neighboring districts was tested and now in the second phase, the contests in Trinamool Congress strongholds – Kolkata, Howrah, North and South 24 Parganas, Nadia, Hooghly and East Bardhaman will be under focus.

Where to watch West Bengal election exit poll? (West Bengal Exit Poll Result 2026)

Exit poll of Bengal elections after 6 pm on 29th April after the second phase of voting ABP Live (ABP LIVE) But can see. On ABP News website https://www.abplive.com, you can get the moment-by-moment data of West Bengal Exit Poll. Apart from this, you can see the exit poll figures by connecting to this link of ABP Live on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzn-NYdFDko.

Test of TMC and BJP in the second phase

The results of Kolkata, Howrah, North and South 24 Parganas, Nadia, Hooghly and East Bardhaman can play an important role in deciding the direction of the elections. Of the 142 seats to be voted in the second phase, Trinamool Congress had won 123 seats in 2021, BJP had won only 18 and ‘Indian Secular Front’ (ISF) had won one seat. Despite all the efforts of BJP, five years ago Mamata Banerjee’s party won a landslide victory in South Bengal and easily captured power.

BJP is trying to break into Mamata’s stronghold

Voting is also to be held in the second phase on Bhawanipur assembly seat, which is the political stronghold of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. BJP has fielded Leader of Opposition Subhendu Adhikari here. It is important for TMC to retain control over these areas, so that the way for it to come to power for the fourth consecutive time will remain wide open. There are 33 assembly seats in North 24 Parganas, 31 in South 24 Parganas, 16 in Howrah, 17 in Nadia, 18 in Hooghly, 16 in East Bardhaman and 11 in Kolkata.

Bumper voting took place during the first phase

After 93.19 percent voting was recorded in the first phase in the state, Mamata Banerjee had claimed that TMC has already crossed the 100 seat mark. This is the highest vote percentage so far in the state. The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists has made the issue of deletion of names the most sensitive political issue of the second phase. More than 12.6 lakh names were removed from voter lists in North 24 Parganas, more than 10.91 lakh in South 24 Parganas, about 6.97 lakh in Kolkata, about six lakh in Howrah, 4.68 lakh in Hooghly and about 4.85 lakh in Nadia.

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