"Not Lost In A Single Ward": Mamata Banerjee on "heart-warming" Results

Mamata Banerjee said, "What is most heart-warming is, I have not lost in a single ward in the constituency. The last time, I had trailed in a couple of wards"

Mamata Banerjee, still smarting from her defeat in Nandigram, won a record victory today from her regular seat in South Kolkata, Bhabanipur. The Chief Minister -- who needed to win an assembly seat within six months to continue heading the government -- won by a huge margin of 58,832 votes over her nearest rival, the BJP's Priyanka Tibrewal.

Ms Banerjee hailed the results by flashing three fingers -- representing her election slogan of "Ma, Mati, Manush" -- instead of the traditional victory sign.

"What is most heart-warming is, I have not lost in a single ward in the constituency," she told the media after the counting for the last round was over.

"The last time, I had trailed in a couple of wards," added the Trinamool chief, who contested from Bhabanipur both in 2011 and 2016.