Trinamool wins big in West Bengal, bags 29 seats, restricts BJP to 12
The Hindu
Trinamool Congress dominates 2024 Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal, emerging as a key player in national politics.
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) registered a massive victory in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal, winning 29 of the 42 Lok Sabha seats till reports last came in on Tuesday evening, and final results are awaited.
Not only did the State’s ruling party win a majority of seats in the southern part of the State, sweeping Gangetic West Bengal as well as seats in and around Kolkata, it also made a dent in the BJP strongholds in north Bengal and the Jangalmahal region, reducing the saffron party to 12 seats.
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The TMC improved its tally from 22 Lok Sabha seats in 2019 to 29 seats in 2024, whereas the BJP’s numbers dropped from 18 to 12. The State’s ruling party registered a vote share of about 46%, whereas the BJP recorded a vote share of 38%.
With an emphatic victory in the Lok Sabha polls, West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC chairperson Mamata Banerjee has emerged as a key player in national politics. The TMC was part of the INDIA Opposition alliance but fought the Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal alone and did not enter into any electoral alliance with the Left parties and the Congress.
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Ms. Banerjee said the results proved that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had lost all credibility and must resign. She said Mr. Modi’s alliance had not got the numbers — two-third majority — and thus would not be able to change the Constitution.
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