US EditionHindu Nationalist BJP Wins West Bengal Polls
Modi said the victory reflects trust in BJP governance and praised workers for helping deliver the party’s record mandate.
- On Monday, the Bharatiya Janata Party secured a historic victory in West Bengal, winning 206 of 294 legislative assembly seats, marking its first-ever electoral triumph in the state.
- Prime Minister Modi credited the win to the "struggles of countless Karyakartas" who worked on the ground over generations, asserting the BJP's "politics of good governance" had prevailed.
- The BJP retained power in Assam and Puducherry, while candidates won by-elections in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Nagaland, and Tripura, with Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar securing a landslide victory.
- Conversely, the Congress alliance defeated the Left Democratic Front in Kerala, ending the last remaining Communist-led state government in India, as Congress leader Rahul Gandhi thanked voters for a "truly decisive mandate."
- Prime Minister Modi declared the 2026 West Bengal Assembly Elections "will be remembered forever," as the Election Commission of India continues counting in the state of more than 100 million people.
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Hindu nationalist BJP wins West Bengal polls
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party swept to victory Monday in key elections in opposition-held West Bengal state, conquering a bastion long held by its adversary. Votes were still being counted under tight security in the state of more than 100 million people, one of five states and territories that held elections in April and May where results were also being announced on Monday. But latest results by the Election Com…
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New Delhi: The political landscape of India shifted on Monday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared a “new chapter” for West Bengal. While the victory was won in the polling booths of the present, the rhetoric of the day looked back nearly eighty years to the man whose ideological DNA remains the bedrock of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee. In a victory speech charged with emotion, PM Modi invoked Mookerjee’s soul, …
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