New Delhi, May 5 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the West Bengal 2026 elections with a roaring victory as the national party clenched 206 assembly seats on May 4, 2026. This against 81 seats won by the regional party All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) led by Mamata Banerjee. Banerjee has been dethroned from a state that she has governed for 15 years.

Apart from carrying political weight, this shift is expected to have significant economic consequences. "The regime change comes with the anticipation of a favourable environment for driving future investments and accelerating economic activity while seeing more effective actions on the ground, benefiting the people," Ashish Chhawchharia, Partner and Head - Eastern Region, Grant Thor...