Kolkata, May 4 -- Bharatiya Janata Party-led alliance has taken an early lead on 48 seats in West Bengal, while Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress is leading on 26 seats and its ally BGPM is leading on one seat, as per trends the Election Commission of India.

News channels have projected a narrow lead for the BJP in the 294-member assembly, projecting leads of 138 seats for the BJP, just ten short of the halfway mark of 148. TMC is leading on 120 seats.

Meanwhile, West Bengal LoP and BJP candidate from Nandigram and Bhabanipur, Suvendu Adhikari, expressed confidence in his party's performance as counting for the Assembly elections is underway.

He claimed that initial trends show the BJP leading in over 130 seats, while the Trinamoo...