Lok Sabha election results 2019: BJP gives TMC the jitters in West Bengal, leads in 18 seats

The counting of votes for all 42 Lok Sabha election 2019 seats in West Bengal began at 8 am on Thursday. The Lok Sabha election results 2019 for the 466 candidates in fray for the Lok Sabha election 2019 will be declared in a few hours from now. The exit polls have predicted two scenarios in the state – one in which Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress continues to rule the roost and another where BJP makes a dent in the TMC fort.

Here are the latest trends of the Lok Sabha election result from West Bengal:

* Ranaghat BJP candidate Jagannath Sarkar beats his rival TMC's Rupali Biswas by more than 1.5 lakh votes. 

* Trends at 5:00 pm: Trinamool leading on 23 out of 42 seats while BJP ahead on 18 seats.

* Trends at 5:00 pm: Trinamool leading on 25 out of 42 seats while BJP ahead on 15 seats.

* Trinamool MP Dinesh Trivedi is now leading over BJP's Arjun Singh by a thin margin of 2370 votes. 

* Popular Tollywood actor and TMC candidate Dev (Deepak Adhikari) leading from Ghatak constituency. He won the seat in 2014 too.

* Trends at 3:40 pm: BJP now leading on 20 out of 42 seats, Trinamool on 21 seats. 

* From Barrackpore constituency, BJP candidate Arjun Singh is leading over his nearest opponent TMC MP Dinesh Trivedi by a thin margin of 8525 votes.

* West Bengal seems to be headed for a saffron surge, with the BJP leading in 19 seats and the ruling All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) ahead in 22 out of 42 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state.

* BJP's Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury leading with a margin of 12,324 vote against Abu Hasem Khan Chowdhury in Maldaha Dakshin while BJP's Khagen Murmu is ahead of TMC's Mausam Nooe with 8188 votes. 

* Trends at 1:40 pm: BJP now leading on 19 out of 42 seats, Trinamool on 22 seats. 

* In Jangipur, Trinamool's Khalilur Rahaman ahead of BJP's Mafuja Khatun with 113845 votes while Congress' Abhijit Mukherjee, son of former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, is at the third position.

* Trends at 1 pm: BJP's Babul Supriyo ahead of Trinamool's Moon Moon Sen with 75971 votes while Trinamool Congress' Mimi Chakraborty ahead of BJP's Anupam Hazra with 113676 votes.

* Trinamool Congress's Mimi Chakraborty leading with 85000 votes in Jadavpur.

*  Official EC trends at 11:45 am: Trinamool Congress leading on 23 seats, Bharatiya Janata Party on 18 and Congress on one.

* Actor-turned-politician Mimi Chakraborty is currently in the lead for TMC in Jadavpur Lok Sabha seat. Anupam Hazra, who crossed to BJP from TMC, is in second position.

* Trend at 11.50 am:

TMC- 23 seats, BJP-18 seats, Congress-1

* BJP's Babul Supriyo leading from Asansol with 55000 votes against TMC's Moon Moon Sen.

* Official EC trends at 11:05 am (Leading candidates)

Alipurduars: John Barla, Bharatiya Janata Party
Arambagh: Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali) All India Trinamool Congress 
Asansol: Babul Supriya Baral, Bharatiya Janata Party 
Baharampur: Apurba Sarkar (David), All India Trinamool Congress
Balurghat: Arpita Ghosh, All India Trinamool Congress
Bangaon: Shantanu Thakur, Bharatiya Janata Party 
Bankura: Dr. Subhas Sarkar, Bharatiya Janata Party
Barasat: Dr. Kakoli Ghoshdastidar, All India Trinamool Congress
Bardhaman Purba: Sunil Kumar Mondal, All India Trinamool Congress
Barrackpore: Arjun Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party
Birbhum: Satabdi Roy, All India Trinamool Congress
Bishnupur: Khan Saumitra, Bharatiya Janata Party 
Basirhat: Nusrat Jahan Ruhim, All India Trinamool Congress
Birbhum: Satabi Roy, All India Trinamool Congress
Bolpur: Asit Kumar Mal, All India Trinamool Congress 
Burdwan - Durgapur: SS Ahluwalia, Bharatiya Janata Party 
Cooch Behar: Adhikary Paresh Chandra, All India Trinamool Congress 
Darjeeling: Raju Bista, Bharatiya Janata Party
Diamond Harbour: Abhishek Banerjee, All India Trinamool Congress 
Dum Dum: Sougata Ray, All India Trinamool Congress 
Ghatal: Adhikaru Deepak (DEV), All India Trinamool Congress
Hooghly: Locket Chatterjee, Bharatiya Janata Party 
Howrah: Prasun Banerjee, All India Trinamool Congress 
Jadavpur: Mimi Chakraborty, All India Trinamool Congress
Jalpaiguri: Dr. Jayanta Kumar ROy, Bharatiya Janata Party
Jangipur: Khalilur Rahaman, All India Trinamool Congress 
Jhargram: Kunar Hembram, Bharatiya Janata Party 
Joynagar: Pratima Mondal, All India Trinamool Congress I
Kanthi: Adhikari Sisir, All India Trinamool Congress 
Kolkata Dakshin: Mala Roy, All India Trinamool Congress 
Kolkata Uttar: Bandyopadhyay Sudip, All India Trinamool Congress 
Kishnanagar: Mahua Moitra, All India Trinamool Congress 
Maldaha Dakshin: Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury, Bharatiya Janata Party
Maldaha Uttar: Khagen Murmu, Bharatiya Janata Party 
Mathurapur: Choudhury Mohan Jatua, All India Trinamool Congress 
Medinipur: Dilip Ghosh, Bharatiya Janata Party
Murshidabad: Abu Taher Khan, All India Trinamool Congress 
Purulia: Jyotirmay Singh Mahato, Bharatiya Janata Party 
Raiganj: Debasree Chaudhuri, Bharatiya Janata Party
Ranaghat: Jagannath Sarkar, Bharatiya Janata Party
Srerampur: Kalyan Banerjee, All India Trinamool Congress
Srerampur: Kalyan Banerjee, All India Trinamool Congress 
Uluberia: Sajda Ahmed, All India Trinamool Congress 

* Left has failed to open its account in the state, faring almost as poorly as was widely predicted in the exit polls. 

*Election Trends at 10:50 am: Trinamool leading from 25 seats, Bharatiya Janata Party on 16 and Congress on one. 

*Election Trends at 10:35 am: Trinamool leading from 25 seats, Bharatiya Janata Party on 15 and Congress on one.

*Election Trends at 10:10 am: Trinamool leading from 21 seats, BJP on 14, and Congress on two.

* As per official EC site, Trinamool is now leading on 22 seats.

* Official EC trends at 9:45 am (Leading candidates)

Alipurduars: John Barla, Bharatiya Janata Party

Arambagh: Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali) All India Trinamool Congress 

Asansol: Babul Supriya Baral, Bharatiya Janata Party 

Baharampur: Apurba Sarkar (David), All India Trinamool Congress

Bangaon: Shantanu Thakur, Bharatiya Janata Party 

Bankura: Dr. Subhas Sarkar, Bharatiya Janata Party

Bardhaman Purba: Sunil Kumar Mondal, All India Trinamool Congress

Birbhum: Satabdi Roy, All India Trinamool Congress

Bishnupur: Khan Saumitra, Bharatiya Janata Party 

Bolpur: Asit Kumar Mal, All India Trinamool Congress 

Burdwan - Durgapur: Ss Ahluwalia, Bharatiya Janata Party 

Cooch Behar: Adhikary Paresh Chandra, All India Trinamool Congress 

Diamond Harbour: Abhishek Banerjee, All India Trinamool Congress 

Dum Dum: Sougata Ray, All India Trinamool Congress 

Ghatal: Bharati Ghosh, Bharatiya Janata Party 

Hooghly: Locket Chatterjee, Bharatiya Janata Party 

Howrah: Prasun Banerjee, All India Trinamool Congress 

Jadavpur: Mimi Chakraborty, All India Trinamool Congress

Jangipur: Khalilur Rahaman, All India Trinamool Congress 

Jhargram: Kunar Hembram, Bharatiya Janata Party 

Joynagar: Pratima Mondal, All India Trinamool Congress I

Kanthi: Adhikari Sisir, All India Trinamool Congress 

Kolkata Dakshin: Mala Roy, All India Trinamool Congress 

Kolkata Uttar: Bandyopadhyay Sudip, All India Trinamool Congress 

Kishnanagar: Mahua Moitra, All India Trinamool Congress 

Maldaha Dakshin: Abu Hasem Khan Chowdhury (Dalu), Indian National Congress 

Maldaha Uttar: Khagen Murmu, Bharatiya Janata Party 

Mathurapur: Choudhury Mohan Jatua, All India Trinamool Congress 

Murshidabad: Abu Taher Khan, All India Trinamool Congress 

Purulia: Jyotirmay Singh Mahato, Bharatiya Janata Party 

Srerampur: Kalyan Banerjee, All India Trinamool Congress 

Uluberia: Sajda Ahmed, All India Trinamool Congress 

 * BJP giving a tough fight to Trinamool. The party is leading in 10 seats. Trinamool is leading from 13 seats.

* Trinamool candidate and Mamata's nephew Abhijeet Banerjee leading from Diamond 

* Sitting MP and Congress heavyweight Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury leading from Baharampur.

* BJP's Babul Supriyo leading from Asansol with 8500 votes against TMC's Moon Moon Sen: EC trends

* As per official EC trends, TMC's Dr. Ratna De (Nag) and Sultan Ahmed are ahead of BJP's Locket Chatterjee and Joy Banerjee from Hooghly and Uluberia constituencies respectively.

* Trinamool takes lead on 11 seats, BJP leading from two seats.