Will accept verdict of Nandigram, Mamta Banerjee

Amid confusion, TMC Supremo Mamata Banerjee said she will accept people's mandate in Nandigram, but the TMC chief added that she will move the court against the Election Commission after the EC retracted its statement almost an hour after announcing Mamata Banerjee as winner. As per reports in a massive twist in the battle for Nandigram, BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari leads with a vote margin of 1,957 votes. Earlier, after a neck-and-neck fight throughout the result day, Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee was diclared winner from the coveted Nandigram assembly constituency. She has defeated BJP's Suvendu Adhikari by 1,200 votes. For a considerable time, Suvendu Adhikari was leading against Mamata Banerjee, and at one time the difference was nearly 10,000 votes. It was from Nandigram that Suvendu Adhikari had teamed up with Mamata Banerjee in 2007 giving birth to what became the Nandigram movement. In four years, Mamata Banerjee became a formidable force and routed the 34-year-rule of the Left Front in Bengal.Mamata Banerjee risked her political future by taking on the Adhikaris in Nandigram. The speculation that the family could be divided over loyalty to Mamata Banerjee was put to rest when Suvendu Adhikari's father and family's patriarch Sisir Adhikari joined the BJP.

Suvendu Adhikari's switch to the BJP in December led to mass defections that left Ms Banerjee without many of her loyal aides. Suvendu Adhikari has vowed to quit politics if he didn't defeat Mamata Banerjee by more than 50,000 votes. Taunting his former mentor,  Adhikari has also asked her to be ready with a letterhead that says: "Former chief minister".