India, May 7 -- Riding on a landslide mandate of 207 seats, the BJP accounted for nearly 60 per cent of constituencies where victory margins exceeded 50,000 votes, underlining the scale of its dominance in the West Bengal Assembly polls, according to the Election Commission of India (ECI).

The BJP on Monday scripted history by winning 207 seats in the 294-member House, securing a more than two-thirds majority and ending the TMC's 15-year rule in the State.

Of the 294 constituencies, at least 39 recorded victory margins of over 50,000 votes, with the BJP winning 23 of these seats, the TMC 15 and one seat went to the Aam Janata Unnayan Party, an analysis of the data released by the ECI said.

Apart from bagging the highest number of such ...