Time for change, not revenge: PM Modi New Delhi, May 4: Riding a strong electoral wave, the BJP secured a historic victory in West Bengal Assembly elections for the first time, while also registering wins in Assam and Puducherry. Addressing party workers at the BJP headquarters, Prime Minister Narendra Modi termed the mandate as a victory […]

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is sweeping votes in the state of West Bengal, where senior leaders have been campaigning extensively in for weeks.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist BJP party is poised to govern the state for the first time ever. Modi hopes to make inroads into other opposition strongholds too.

West Bengal Assembly Elections Results 2026: The BJP has crossed 200 seats, well past the halfway mark, in the West Bengal Assembly elections 2026. The Trinamool is staring at defeat after 15 years in power in the first election after a record number of voters were deleted under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). 

With the BJP poised to form the government, the next question is who will be the Chief Ministerial face. During the Bengal election campaign Home Minister Amit Shah hinted at a Bengal-born and Bengali speaking CM after BJP's win.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday lauded the BJP's spectacular performance in the West Bengal assembly polls, saying people's power has

West Bengal Election Results 2026: With the BJP winning 40 seats and leading in 156 others, against the TMC's 21 wins and leads in 62, the numbers told a story of a saffron surge that swept through a state the party had never governed.

Modi said the lotus is blooming from Gangotri to Gangasagar with BJP's win in Bengal and asked parties to work for change, not revenge.

PM Modi celebrates BJP victories across five states, highlighting democracy's strength and historic voter turnout in his address.

PM Modi also said despite such global challenges, Indian voters chose a path of stability. While referring to violence in Bengal during polls, he urged workers of all political parties to end the endless cycle of violence once and for all.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah have both said that illegal migrants should prepare to leave, while also pledging to fully seal West Bengal’s 2,217-kilometre border with Bangladesh to prevent further crossings.

The 2026 results now place several major Opposition leaders under pressure. Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal, MK Stalin in Tamil Nadu and Pinarayi Vijayan in Kerala are all seemingly facing exits from power.

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