Kolkata, May 4 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) moved toward a landslide victory in the West Bengal Assembly elections on Monday, leading in 188 seats as counting progressed. As per the latest Election Commission of India (ECI) data available, the party has officially been declared the winner in 12 seats.

According to the Election Commission of India (ECI), high-margin victories were recorded in Medinipur, where Sankar Kumar Guchhait won with 133,041 total votes and a margin of 38,747, and in Asansol Dakshin, where Agnimitra Paul secured the seat with 119,582 votes and a margin of 40,839.

Other successful candidates include Kalyan Chakraborti in Khardaha, Sukhen Kumar Bagdi in Burwan, and Dr. Bijan Mukherjee in Jamuria, all of whom w...