This time a big political change has been seen in the results of West Bengal Assembly elections. The biggest setback has been suffered by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has lost from Bhawanipur seat against Leader of Opposition Subhendu Adhikari by 15,501 votes. According to the Election Commission, Subhendu Adhikari got 73,917 votes, while Mamata Banerjee got 58,801 votes. Earlier in 2021 also, Mamata Banerjee had lost to Shubhendu Adhikari on Nandigram seat by about 1,500 votes. Thus, this is the second consecutive time that he has faced defeat from his former ally.

This result is part of a larger wave in which the Bharatiya Janata Party has performed strongly across the state. During this period, many big leaders and ministers of Trinamool Congress also lost the elections. Minister of State for Finance Chandrima Bhattacharya lost from Dumdum North by about 16,000 votes. Debashish Kumar lost from Rash Behari by 21,000 votes and Education Minister Bratya Basu lost from Dumdum by more than 25,000 votes. Jyotipriya Mallik lost in Habra by more than 31,000 votes. Shashi Panja from Shyampukur and Arup Biswas from Tollygunge also could not save their seats.

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Trinamool suffered big loss

Trinamool suffered big losses in other areas also. Agriculture Minister Becharam Manna lost from Singur by more than 21,000 votes. Indranil Sen from Chandannagar and Manas Bhuiyan from Sabang also lost the election. Paresh Chandra Adhikari, who was embroiled in the teacher recruitment case, also had to face defeat by about 30,000 votes. Sujit Basu lost from Bidhannagar by 37,000 votes, while Gautam Deb lost from Siliguri by more than 73,000 votes. Shaukat Mollah, considered close to Mamata Banerjee, was defeated by ISF’s Naushad Siddiqui by more than 32,000 votes from Bhangar seat. The defeat of Udayan Guha from Dinhata, Sabyasachi Dutta from Barasat and Minister Malay Ghatak from Asansol North also clearly shows that this time the voters have taken a big decision.

Record turnout in elections

This election was considered very important for Mamata Banerjee. After being in power for 15 years, this election was a big test of his leadership. If she had won, her position in future politics would have been stronger, but this time she had to face many challenges, such as allegations of corruption, recruitment scams and public resentment. There are a total of 294 seats in the state and tough competition was seen on many seats. Seats like Bhawanipur, Nandigram, Tollygunge, Dinhata, Singur, Bhangar, Kharagpur, Siliguri, Barrackpur and Rash Behari were in discussion. Another special thing about this election was the record voting. A total of 92.47 percent voting took place in the elections held in two phases. Voting was 93.13 percent in the first phase and 91.66 percent in the second phase. This is the highest turnout so far, surpassing the record of 2011.

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