West Bengal elections: Mamata trailing in key battleground of Nandigram
As counting of votes is underway
in West Bengal Assembly elections, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is trailing
against Suvendu Adhikari, her long-time trusted aide who recently joined
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in Nandigram.
At 9:45am local time, Suvendu
led by a margin of over 3,000 votes from Nandigram.
Early trends at 9:00am showed
Trinamool Congress was leading in 55 seats while BJP was ahead in at least 52
of total 294 seats, reports our new Delhi correspondent.
The coalition of Left parties,
Congress and ISF was trailing at a distant third with just three seats.
The initial trends show BJP was
set to return to power in Assam and the tiny southern state of Puducherry at the
expense of Congress while the Left parties are much ahead of its main rival
Congress-led front in Kerala.
In Tamil Nadu, opposition
Dravida Munnetra Kazagham appears to sweep defeating ruling All India Anna
Dravida Munnetra Kazagham.