In a seismic shift during West Bengal’s 2026 Assembly election vote count, the Trinamool Congress faces a humiliating wipeout in four districts. BJP candidates command leads on every seat in Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri, Jhargram, and Paschim Bardhaman, per latest trends from 293 constituencies.
North Bengal’s Alipurduar and Jalpaiguri districts highlight BJP’s breakthrough among tea garden workers and indigenous voters. Jhargram in the south, part of the restive Junglemahal, and industrial Paschim Bardhaman complete the quartet of TMC-free zones.
Jhargram’s four Assembly segments – Nayagram, Gopiballavpur, Jhargram, and Binpur (ST) – see BJP ahead by margins that grow with each update. Once a Left Front stronghold overtaken by TMC after 2011, the Maoist-plagued terrain now rejects the ruling party outright.
Alipurduar boasts five seats under BJP sway: Kumargram (ST), Kalchini (ST), Alipurduar, Falakata (SC), Madarihat (ST). Jalpaiguri adds seven more: Dhupguri (SC), Maynaguri (SC), Jalpaiguri (SC), Rajganj (SC), Dabgram-Fulbari, Mal (ST), Nagrakata (ST).
The Dooars region’s Rajbanshi and Adivasi demographics, pivotal in past polls, appear to have swung decisively toward BJP’s promises of infrastructure and security.
Paschim Bardhaman’s seven seats – Pandabeswar, Durgapur East, Durgapur West, Raniganj, Jamuria, Asansol South, Asansol North – reflect labor unrest in coal and steel sectors fueling the change. Agnimitra Paul’s lead in Asansol South exemplifies BJP’s star power.
Echoing PM Modi’s campaign rhetoric about TMC failing to win even a single seat in key districts, these results affirm a voter mandate for alternatives. With full counts pending, the implications for Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s leadership loom large, as BJP eyes a potential surge statewide.
