The counting of votes for the Nandigram Assembly constituency in West Bengal started at 8 AM on Sunday (May 2). The early trends showed that West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee is trailing from Nandigram seat. All eyes are on Nandigram which went to poll in the second phase of elections on April 1. Nandigram witnessed a high-pitched battle between TMC Supremo and Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and former TMC leader and now BJP candidate Suvendu Adhikari. Apart from Mamata and Suvendu, Left front candidate Minakshi Mukherjee was also in the fray from the Vidhan Sabha seat.
In 2016, Suvendu Adhikari had won from Nandigram after defeating Abdul Kabir Sekh of CPI. In 2011, Firoja Bibi of TMC had bagged the seat by defeating her nearest rival Paramananda Bharati of CPI.
The game of thrones in West Bengal has been the most dynamic state assembly elections in recent years. The power-packed campaigns involving stormy rallies and mega roadshows were dominated mainly by the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
