As of 3:30 pm, the TMC was ahead in 211 seats (22wins) and the BJP in 78 (five wins), with the ruling party comfortably crossing the halfway mark in the state with 294 assembly seats.

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Vote counting has begun for the recently concluded elections in Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal for a total of 822 assembly seats.

In the keenly watched Nandigram seat in West Bengal election, the Suvendu Adhikari of BJP was holding on to his lead against chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who was catching up fast. Around 2:30 pm, she was trailing by just 1,000-odd votes. BJP MP Locket Chatterjee was trailing in Chunchura, which falls under her Lok Sabha constituency.

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The elections had begun on March 27 and concluded on April 29, with West Bengal witnessing the highest number of phases being slated for the polling.

While various exit polls have predicted a win for LDF in Kerala, victory for BJP in Assam, & landslide victory for DMK in Tamil Nadu, the polls have indicated at a close fight between TMC and BJP in West Bengal. Six out of nine exit polls have predicted a victory for TMC ensuring a third term for Mamata Banerjee as the Chief Minister. The current status of vote counting is showing a return of TMC by a landslide victory, cementing a strong position of Mamata Banerjee on the national political scene as an alternative to Modi. Her victory might herald an era of coalition politics at the national level.