India, May 4 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) raced ahead in very early trends and was leading over the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in at least 10 seats at 8:40 am as Election Commission of India (ECI) began counting votes for the West Bengal assembly elections on Monday.

The counting of votes began at 8 am.

The BJP was ahead in 14 seats while the chief minister Mamata Banerjee-led TMC was leading in nine constituencies, according to data by analytics portal PValue. These, however, were very early trends, with possibilities of change. Track Bengal results real-time updates here

In an early setback for the TMC, Mamata Banerjee was trailing in Bhabanipur against BJP candidate and her ex-close aide Suvendu Adhikari.

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