Dhaka, May 5 -- A day after a major defeat in the West Bengal Assembly elections, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced that she would not resign, insisting that her party had not actually lost the mandate.

She alleged that the Election Commission of India engaged in "nasty games" targeting her party during the electoral process, reports NDTV.

The results mark a historic shift in the state's political landscape, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) poised to form its first-ever government in West Bengal on May 9. The party secured 207 out of 294 seats, while Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) won only 80 seats, ending its long-standing dominance in the state.

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