West Bengal Election Results 2024 Live Updates: Mamata meets party workers; Congress hold press conference

West Bengal Lok Sabha Election Results Live: After a fierce campaign that lasted for months, Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress is expected to secure a win, as TMC’s Mahua Moitra, Shatrughan Sinha and Kirti Azad have been declared winners from Krishnanagar, Asansol and Bardhaman-Durgapur respectively. As of now, Trinamool Congress is hoping to continue its dominance as it leads with 30 seats and BJP is trailing behind, as per the Election Commission trends.

As per the EC trends, out of the 42 seats, TMC is leading with 29 seats, followed by 12 seats for BJP and 1 for Congress. While ex-cricketer Yusuf Pathan was trailing behind earlier, he has now taken lead and Congress’ Adhir Chowdhury is trailing by around 34,000 votes. TMC national general secretary and Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee is leading from Diamond Harbour by a margin of over 6.9 lakh. Similarly, TMC’s Mahua Moitra, who was earlier trailing in Krishnanagar, has now been declared winner, along with Asansol Lok Sabha candidate Shatrughan Sinha and Bardhaman-Durgapur candidate Kirti Azad.

West Bengal polling happened in 7 phases to elect 42 members of Parliament from the state, with the 7th phase on June 1. Due to this, Mamata skipped the INDIA bloc meeting. Senior leaders of the Congress, Samajwadi Party, CPI-M, CPI, DMK, JMM, AAP, RJD, Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (Sharad Pawar) met at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence on June 1 afternoon, while TMC and PDP skipped the meeting.