BJP poised to script history in West Bengal by forming govt

The BJP is poised to script history in West Bengal by forming government with an overwhelming mandate in the state assembly polls. The state will be witnessing its first BJP government since Independence as the Trinamool Congress (TMC) is staring at defeat after 15 years in power.
Out of a total of 293 assembly seats, results have been declared for 104 constituencies so far. BJP has bagged 72 seats while Trinamool Congress has won 29 seats, regional Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP) has secured two seats and Congress has clinched one seat. As per trends available so far for 189 seats, BJP is surging in 132 while Trinamool Congress is ahead in 54, CPM, Congress and Others are leading in 1 seat each.
Prominent BJP candidates who registered win include, Agnimitra Paul from Asansol Dakshin constituency and Karfa Soumen from the Bhatar seat. On the other hand, TMC’s Reyar Hossain Sarkar has emerged victorious from the Bhagawangola seat. Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP) chief Humayun Kabir has won both Nowda and Rejinagar seats. 
BJP candidate Sarbori Mukherjee is leading in the erstwhile Left bastion of Jadavpur in south Kolkata. BJP candidate Ratna Debnath, mother of the victim doctor in RG Kar rape and murder case, was leading from Panihati. 
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, who was contesting the Baharampur seat wass trailing behind the BJP candidate Subrata Maitra when reports last came in.
In the 2021 elections, the TMC had won 215 seats, while the BJP bagged 77, and the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha and ISF one seat each.