Kolkata Lok Sabha Election 2024 Results Highlights: Kolkata Uttar and Kolkata Dakshin are two of the total 42 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state. The voting for both was held on June 1 in Phase 7 of the 18th Lok Sabha Elections 2024. The key candidates from Kolkata Uttar were BJP’s Tapas Roy and TMC’s Sudip Bandopadhyay, while in Kolkata Dakshin, the key candidates were BJP’s Sushri Debashree and TMC’s Mala Roy.
In West Bengal, the TMC has won 29 seats, while the BJP could secure just 11. Both Kolkata Uttar and Kolkata Dakshin saw TMC candidates making a clean sweep.
Kolkata Uttar and Dakshin West Bengal Lok Sabha Election 2024 Result Live Updates: Here are the latest updates on the election results in Kolkata Uttar and Kolkata Dakshin.
Kolkata West Bengal Lok Sabha Election 2024 Result Live Updates: The counting in West Bengal has ended.
The TMC has witnessed a thumping majority in Kolkata Dakshin and Kolkata Uttar with its respective candidates making a clean sweep. Bandyopadhyay Sudip won from Kolkata Uttar with 454696 votes and Mala Roy won from Kolkata Dakshin with 615274 votes.
In Kolkata Uttar, AITC's Bandyopadhyay Sudip has maintained his lead today and is currently ahead of BJP's Tapas Roy by 83731 votes. Meanwhile, Mala Roy of AITC is leading from Kolkata Dakshin by 186266 votes.
West Bengal Cm Mamata Banerjee has said that she is happy that the BJP did not get single-largest majority, adding that PM Modi has lost his credibility and that he should resign immediately.
AITC's Pathan Yusuf is leading from Baharampur, while Bengal Congress chief Adhir Chowdhury is trailing by 69102 votes.
The Lok Sabha Election 2024 saw 64.2 crore voters cast their vote. Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said, "India created a world record with 64.2 crore voters, including 31.2 crore women, participating in the Lok Sabha elections this year."
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has congratulated her allies. In an interaction with India Today, she said that she will be interacting with media at 5:30 pm.
TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee has reached Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's residence in Kalighat.
The TMC has said that the results in West Bengal are on expected lines. It hailed the trends and said that they were the reflection of people's faith in the "pro-people policies" of the Mamata Banerjee government and a decisive mandate against the BJP in the state, PTI reported.
Here are the figures from West Bengal. AITC has taken the lead on 32 seats, as per the ECI data.
As per early trends, neck-and-neck fight in Bengal between Mamata Banerjee-led TMC and BJP in West Bengal.
Candidates for the Kolkata Uttar Lok Sabha constituency include Sudip Bandyopadhyay from AITC, Pradip Bhattacharya from INC, and Tapas Roy from BJP.
The counting of votes has begun.
All eyes are on the counting day when the winners of all 543 Lok Sabha seats will be announced, revealing who will form the government at the center. Vote counting will commence at 8 am on June 4, with results expected to be announced on the same day. While initial trends may emerge by noon, a more definitive outcome is anticipated later in the afternoon.
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In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, TMC's Mala Roy won Kolkata Dakshin with 5,73,119 votes. TMC was victorious in Kolkata Uttar also as Sudip Bandyopadhyay retained the seat with 474,891 votes.