West Bengal elections 2026: How have the turncoats fared?

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BJP Bhabanipur campaigner Suvendu Adhikari arrives astatine the counting centre astatine Sakhawat Memorial Government Girls School during counting of West Bengal Assembly elections, successful Kolkata connected May 4, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI

Etching history, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is apt to triumph West Bengal State Assembly polls connected Monday (May 4, 2026), starring connected 189 of 293 seats. The counting of votes is enactment connected clasp successful Falta.

Ending Mamata Banerjee’s 15-year reign arsenic Chief Minister, the BJP has banked on turncoats since 2021 to summation foothold successful its laminitis Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s homeland. Of the 7 Trinamool Congress leaders who joined the BJP since 2024, it fielded lone 2 — Dibyendu Adhikari and Tapas successful head-to-head fights against TMC.

Published - May 04, 2026 02:06 p.m. IST

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