June 4th 2024.
The excitement was palpable in Kolkata as the initial round of counting for the Lok Sabha elections began. According to the Election Commission website, the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) was leading in 24 seats, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was leading in seven and the Congress in three.
One of the most closely watched races was in Diamond Harbour constituency, where TMC candidate and sitting MP Abhishek Banerjee was leading over his nearest rival, BJP's Abhijit Das, by a significant margin of 96,507 votes. In Hooghly, TMC's Rachana Banerjee was also leading over BJP's sitting MP Locket Chatterjee by over five thousand votes. And in Bolpur, TMC's Asit Mal was in the lead, with a margin of 6,010 votes over BJP's Piya Saha.
Meanwhile, in Malda Dakshin, Congress candidate Isha Khan Choudhury was ahead by 11,733 votes over his nearest BJP rival Sreerupa Mitra Chowdhury. In Jadavpur, TMC's Sayani Ghosh was leading by 8,048 votes over her BJP rival Anirban Ganguly. And in Malda Uttar, BJP's sitting MP Khagen Murmu was in the lead by 11,119 votes over TMC's Prasun Banerjee.
In Cooch Behar, the tables were turned as BJP's sitting MP Nisiht Pramanik was trailing behind TMC's Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia by 5,529 votes. A similar situation was seen in Krishnanagar, where BJP's Amrita Roy was leading by over 12,000 votes against TMC's Mahua Moitra.
The race in Basirhat, where Sandeshkhali is situated, was heating up as TMC's Sheikh Nurul Islam was leading against BJP's Rekha Patra by a margin of 8,480 votes. And in Bongaon, a Matua bastion, heavyweight BJP candidate Shantanu Thakur was leading over TMC's Biswajit Das by 5,389 votes.
In Murshidabad, CPI state secretary Mohammed Salim was leading by a narrow margin of 826 votes over TMC's Abu Taher Khan. And in Balurghat, BJP's state president Sukanta Majumdar was trailing behind TMC's Biplab Mitra by 9554 votes, as per the latest updates from the Election Commission website.
The battle for the Asansol seat was also intense, with BJP's S S Ahluwalia leading over TMC's Shatrughan Sinha by 6,956 votes. And in Bankura, TMC's Arup Chakraborty was ahead of BJP's sitting MP Subhas Sarkar by 3,765 votes.
In Kolkata North, TMC's Lok Sabha leader Sudip Bandopadhyay was in the lead by 98 votes over his closest rival, BJP's Tapas Roy. And in Bardhaman-Durgapur, TMC's Kirti Azad was leading by 6,526 votes over BJP's Dilip Ghosh. In the south seat of Kolkata, TMC's Mala Roy was ahead by a significant margin of 12,491 votes over CPI's Saira Shah Halim.
The counting of votes for all 42 Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal began at 8 am and the results were being closely monitored by the political parties and the public alike. It was a crucial day for the future of the state and its representation in the central government. Stay tuned for more updates on the election results.
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