West Bengal Election Results 2026: TMC Had 38 Strongholds, BJP Flipped Half Of Them | Full List

Last Updated:May 04, 2026, 16:41 IST

One of the major reasons behind BJP's victory in West Bengal elections is the dents it was able to make in TMC strongholds across the state

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to form its first government in West Bengal, with the election results handing the saffron party a massive mandate of 190+ seats to dash Mamata Banerjee’s hopes for a fourth term in the state. As of 4pm, the BJP was leading on 198 seats in the 294-seat West Bengal Assembly, way past the magic mark of 148, while Mamta Banerjee’s TMC was leading on just 89.

One of the major reasons behind BJP’s victory in West Bengal elections is the dents it was able to make in TMC strongholds across the state. Of the 38 constituencies that were considered to be Trinamool Congress strongholds — where it won the last three elections by a margin of more than 10% votes — the BJP has managed to break sizeable breaches in 2026.

While the TMC is still on track to retain half of its traditional strongholds, the BJP has made deeper and more widespread inroads than before.

Strongholds where the TMC continues to hold firm are Baruipur Paschim, Beleghata, Bhabanipur, Mandirbazar, Chowrangee, Deganga, Domjur, Amdanga, Ashoknagar, Bagnan, Barasat, Entally, Kolkata Port and Howrah Madhya, indicating that its core support base in these segments has not significantly eroded.

At the same time, the BJP has opened up multiple fronts across what were once considered safe TMC territories. It is leading in Maniktala and Naihati, along with Daspur, pointing to early breakthroughs in pockets of North 24 Parganas and beyond. In the industrial and peri-urban belt, the BJP is ahead in Asansol Uttar and Baranagar, while also leading in Barbani and Medinipur, underlining gains outside the Kolkata metropolitan region.

The party has also made notable dents across the Kolkata-Howrah-Hooghly stretch. It is currently ahead in seats such as Haripal, Rashbehari, Jagatballavpur, Jagatdal, Shibpur, Shyampukur and Shyampur, signalling a significant challenge to TMC’s long-held dominance in these areas.

Further pressure is visible in the southern and suburban clusters, where the BJP is leading in Sonarpur Uttar, Nayagram and Gopiballavpur, in addition to retaining momentum in a few other pockets.

So while the TMC is poised to retain a substantial number of its high-margin strongholds, the BJP’s leads across a broad spread of constituencies — from Kolkata’s urban core to industrial belts and rural fringes — indicate a clear chipping away of the TMC’s once impregnable base.

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