India, May 4 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday defied expectations and exit poll projections to get a massive lead in Bengal, a state where the party never formed a government in its history.

The BJP maintained a lead in 192 seats, while Mamata Banerjee's party got 95 seats, as of the Election Commission trends at 2:30 pm. The Congress, CPI(M) and AISF are leading on one seat each.

While the exit poll turned true this time, the BJP outperformed their projections leading with over two-third majority. A majority of pollsters had given a narrow lead to the saffron camp.

Mamata, meanwhile, cautioned party workers not to leave counting venues even as she said: "Do not lose hearts, we will win after sundown."

The exit poll proje...