India, May 4 -- Prominent ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders, including ministers, were trailing in the party's strongholds, as per trends on Monday, even as celebrations started at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s state headquarters in Kolkata as it led in 174 of the 293 assembly seats. The TMC was ahead in 94 seats around 12 noon.

Ministers Shashi Panja, Sujit Bose, Manas Ranjan Bhunia, Debasish Kumar, and Udayan Guha were among the prominent faces of the Mamata Banerjee Cabinet who were trailing. Track election results 2026 LIVE updates

Political analyst Biswanath Chakraborty called the electoral roll Special Intensive Revision (SIR), polarisation of Hindu and Muslim voters, and the anti-incumbency as the key and deciding fact...