Exit Poll Results 2026 LIVE: Four exit polls predict BJP to win West Bengal, one gives TMC the edge

According to the exit poll figures of JVC, West Bengal will see a tight race with the BJP marginally ahead, winning 138-159 seats, while the TMC could win 131-152.

According to Praja Poll’s exit poll, the BJP is set to win in a massive way in West Bengal, winning 178-208 seats, while the ruling TMC will be restricted to 85-110 seats.

According to the exit poll by Poll Diary, the BJP will win 142-171 seats, while TMC could bag 99- 127, and Congress 3-5.

According to the exit poll by People’s Pulse, the ruling TMC will retain power in West Bengal, winning 177–187 seats, while the BJP is estimated to win 95–110 seats.

According to P-Marq, the BJP is set to win 150-170 seats, while TMC is likely to win 118-138 seats.

Matrize projects the BJP winning 146–161 seats in the 294-member assembly. According to Matrize, the BJP will have a vote share of 42.5 per cent.

The Trinamool Congress is projected to win 125–140 seats at 40.8 per cent vote share.

West Bengal Election 2026 LIVE: 90% voter turnout has been recorded till 5 pm in Phase 2 polls.

Over 78% voter turnout till 3 pm in Phase 2 voting of the West Bengal Assembly Election.

A voter turnout of 61.11 percent was recorded till 1 pm in Phase 2 elections.

West Bengal Minister and TMC candidate from Kolkata Port Assembly constituency, Firhad Hakim, says, "Every time, I, along with my family, go to cast my vote. I also take my granddaughter along so that the children understand that our Constitution gives us the right to vote."

"I got a call at 1 am warning me that it would be my responsibility if anything went wrong in this area. It was a kind of a threat."

"It is the responsibility of the Election Commission to see that unnecessary delay (in voting) does not happen. The EC is paid for this from our taxes. Supporting BJP is not the task of the Election Commission. Ensuring free and fair elections is the duty of the Election Commission, and I think they have failed in it to some extent."

"Voters are scared of SIR and other new things being brought by the Election Commission. This is why the voters are coming out to vote to reinforce the message that they are Indians and they should be allowed to vote. This is the present situation of India now.

West Bengal Minister and TMC candidate from Kolkata Port Assembly constituency, Firhad Hakim, along with his family, casts his vote at booth number 258 in Chetla Girls' High School in Kolkata

TMC candidate from Beleghata AC, Kunal Ghosh, says, "The people are in support of Didi. But due to the mismanagement of the Election Commission, the polling is taking place slowly. People were in queues for the SIR, and now, because of EC's mismanagement. This should not happen. Women voters and senior citizen voters are coming forward to vote, and this is a good sign."

Over 61 per cent of the 3.21 crore electors exercised their franchise till 1 pm of the second and final phase of polling in West Bengal amid attacks on a few candidates, while tension gripped the Bhabanipur seat briefly as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and BJP's Suvendu Adhikari took swipes at one another in the same booth area.

PM Narendra Modi says, "The second phase of voting is currently underway in Bengal, and reports indicate a strong voter turnout. Just like in the first phase, people are coming out in large numbers to cast their votes. Images of long queues are circulating on social media. Voting in Bengal is taking place in a fearless atmosphere, unimaginable in the last six or seven decades. People are casting their votes without fear. This is a virtuous symbol of the country's Constitution and the country's strengthening democracy. I express my gratitude to the great people of Bengal for being so vigilant about their rights and voting in large numbers. There are still several hours left before voting ends. I urge the people of Bengal to participate with the same enthusiasm in this festival of democracy..."

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari landed in the same polling booth area in Bhabanipur's Chakraberia on Wednesday morning, and took swipes at one another without any direct interaction, underlining the prestige battle unfolding in the CM's political bastion.

Though they did not come face-to-face or exchange courtesies, the two rival candidates were briefly in the same area in ward number 70 of Chakraberia, where Banerjee was seated outside a local party office after receiving complaints of alleged intimidation of local TMC leaders.

West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) on Wednesday said that the polling booths with taping of any EVM button will undergo repolling, after the BJP alleged irregularities in Falta under the Diamond Harbour constituency.

"If reports of taping of any button come in, that should be verified and noted. If true, those booths will go for a repoll," West Bengal CEO said.

Nearly 40 per cent of the 3.21 crore electors voted till 11 am of the second phase of polling in West Bengal amid sporadic violence, while tension gripped the Bhabanipur seat briefly as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Suvendu Adhikari took swipes at one another in the same booth area.

Voters queued up from 7 am outside booths in Kolkata, Howrah, Hooghly, Nadia, North and South 24 Parganas and Purba Bardhaman districts, which form Bengal's electoral and political core.

Special police observer Ajay Pal Sharma on Wednesday toured West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, keeping vigil on the polling process during the second phase of Assembly elections, officials said.

Sharma, a Uttar Pradesh-cadre IPS officer currently posted as ACP in Prayagraj, had drawn political controversy over his proactive measures in the Diamond Harbour area, considered the stronghold of TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, over the past two days to prevent intimidation and violence.

39.97% approximate voter turnout recorded till 11 am in the second and final phase of West Bengal elections 2026.