Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: TMC's Abhishek Banerjee shines in West Bengal's Diamond Harbour, leads by 5 lakh votes

As vote counting for Lok Sabha elections 2024 progresses in West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee, who is contesting on a Trinamool Congress ticket from the Diamond Harbour constituency, is leading by over 5 lakh votes, as per trends provided by the Election Commission.

The data shows that Abhishek Banerjee has received 6,81,448 votes against his Bharatiya Janata Party opponent Abhijit Das, who received 1,76,652.

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Overall trends show that Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress has secured 46.91 per cent votes, BJP 37.54 per cent, CPI(M) 5.7 per cent, Congress 4.66 per cent, AIFB 0.23 per cent, BSP 0.40 per cent and CPI 0.07 per cent.

Also, trends show that the TMC is leading in 31 Lok Sabha seats, the BJP in 10 and the Congress in one seat.

Other TMC candidates who are leading from their respective Lok Sabha seats are Shatrughan Sinha (Asansol), Mahua Moitra (Krishnanagar), Abu Taher Khan (Murshidabad), Rachana Banerjee (Hooghly), Nurul Islam (Bashirhat), Deepak Adhikary (Ghatal), Sayani Ghosh (Jadavpur), Paratha Bhowmick (Barrackpore) and Sougata Roy (Dum Dum).

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The poll panel data revealed that the TMC's Shatrughan Sinha is leading from Asansol constituency with a margin of 36,207 votes, while Mahua Moitra is leading from Krishnanagar constituency with a margin of 49,536 votes.

Paratha Bhowmick, contesting on a TMC ticket, is leading with 27,455 votes from Barrackpore Lok Sabha seat against the BJP's Arjun Singh. Deepak Adhikari, contesting on a TMC ticket, is leading with 56,759 votes from the Ghatal Lok Sabha seat against the BJP's Dr Hiranmoy Chattopadhyaya.

Overall, early trends show the BJP is leading in 240 seats, the Congress in 96 seats, the Samajwadi Party in 37 seats and the Trinamool Congress in 31 seats. Also, the INDIA bloc is leading in 235 seats and the NDA is leading in 288 seats.

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In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the NDA secured 353 seats, whereas the UPA won 93. Out of these, the BJP claimed 303 seats, and the Congress secured 52.

More to come....