Skip to main contentSkip to navigation Close dialogue1/4 Next image Previous image Toggle captionSkip to navigation In a statement, Modi says the elections ‘will be remembered forever. I bow to each and every person of West Bengal.’ Photograph: Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images View image in fullscreen In a statement, Modi says the elections ‘will be remembered forever. I bow to each and every person of West Bengal.’ Photograph: Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images Narendra Modi’s BJP wins election in West Bengal for the first timeResult in key Indian state is set to have significant implications for the country’s political landscape Narendra Modi’s party has won a resounding election victory in West Bengal, a state which had been a rare opposition stronghold, expanding his unrivalled consolidation of power across the country.It is the first time that the Indian prime minister’s Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) has won assembly elections in West Bengal, a large and politically significant state in eastern India.Over the past 15 years, the state had been ruled by Trinamool Congress (TMC), a key opposition party, under the leadership of Mamata Banerjee, their female chief minister. Banerjee had been one of the most outspoken critics of Modi and his religious nationalist agenda over his 12 years in power.But in a result that will have significant implications for India’s political landscape and deal another…
Published: May 4, 2026 5:17 pm
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