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assembly elections in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 4, 2026. **Manish Swarup/AP** Manish Swarup/AP NEW DELHI — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling Hindu nationalist party on Monday wrested control of the state of West
May 5, 2026 after her party lost the recently concluded state legislative assembly elections.](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/afp_69fb4aecd510-1778076396.jpg?w=770&resize=770%2C513&quality=80) Police guard the road leading towards the official residence of outgoing West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC chief
2026 [Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP] ## What’s happening in the West Bengal election? Nearly 68 million people in West Bengal are expected to vote for their candidate of choice on April 23 and 29, to elect
result ended up in a big difference for the BJP.” Historically, election analysts have argued that due to the BJP’s Hindu majoritarian politics, the party did not stand a chance of winning West Bengal
election campaign was built on the slogan “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas”, which translates to “Support for all, development for all”. On the ground, though, it is a very different kind of “double-engine” government that
may have crossed from electoral distortion into mass disenfranchisement. Bengal is not merely another Indian state. Partitioned in 1947 on religious lines during the violent birth of India and Pakistan, it shares a border