Trinamool Congress took a massive lead in the six-phase West Bengal Assembly Election (total seats 294 and the magic figure 148) on Thursday May 19,2016
The counting started at 8 am and by 9.23 am TMC crosses the halfway mark by leading in 209 seats. Left and BJP is leading in 74 and 10 seats respectively.
As per tradition, counting began with opening of the postal ballots and EVMs were opened immediately thereafter.
There are total 77,413 electronic voting machines and the counting start across 90 centres across the state.
Though exit polls have predicted that Trinamool Congress will retain power in the state, but many feel that her vote percentage is likely to be affected following the Left and Congress joining hands.
Around 82.80% of the total 6.55 crore electorate had exercised their franchise across 77,247 polling stations.
Despite being on the backfoot because of the Saradha chit fund scam and the Narada sting operation, several exit polls have predicted that Mamata will return to power.
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