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 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. These, however, were very early trends, with possibilities of change.

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