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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 Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have
West Bengal's electorate is larger than Germany's, turning its election into something closer to a nation choosing a government than a routine Indian state poll. Monday's BJP victory there would rank among
significant breakthrough for Modi's party, which had tried for years to dislodge the All India Trinamool Congress government led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The BJP has never governed West Bengal, a politically influential
West Bengal’s top officials to enforce “zero tolerance” towards any incidents of post-poll violence. “The ECI asked the state administration and security agencies to take all necessary steps to prevent intimidation, reprisals
victory in the West Bengal elections on Monday](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/06/west-bengal-chief-minister-mamata-banerjee-refuses-to-resign-election-narendra-modi-india), defeating Trinamool Congress (TMC), which had ruled over the state legislature for 15 years. Turmoil rocked the state after the results were announced. Figures
victory is likely to see a more hardline Sarma doubling down on his attacks on Muslims. The last five years saw him and his government demonising the community as “infiltrators”, evicting them from their lands