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West Bengal Results: Victory margins show the depth of TMC’s victory -Vikas Jamoriya and Rasheed Kidwai

-Moneycontrol.com

The TMC increased its tally of seats won, by two to 213 and its vote-share galloped to 48 percent. This victory was achieved against the BJP, which is believed to have the best election machinery in India

The outcome of the West Bengal assembly polls has many firsts. The average winning margin of all the candidates in this election stands out at a record 26,964 votes, while the same for Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidates is 31,760 votes. This is a highest-ever average winning margin clocked by any party, in any assembly election in India.

Against this backdrop, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) average winning margin stands at 14,009 votes. In 2016, the TMC’s average winning margin was 22,226 votes, and in 2011 it was 20,495 votes. In 2006, the Communist Party of India (Marxist)’s comparable victory managed an average winning margin of 23,080 votes.

In fact, the BJP’s performance remained suboptimal in West Bengal throughout the eight phases of polling. There was also a misplaced hype over the first three phases. Union Home Minister Amit Shah claimed that the BJP would win 26 of the 30 seats that had gone to polls in the first phase. In reality, the BJP won only 12 seats, while the TMC won the remaining 18. In the second phase too, the TMC led with 19 against the BJP’s 11. On April 6, the TMC domination was complete with the party winning 37 out of the 41 seats that went to the polls in the third phase.

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