Amit Shah: BJP to win 26 of 30 seats in Bengal, 37 of 47 seats in Assam in first phase of polling

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday expressed his confidence that Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) will form government in West Bengal with more than 200 seats after the first phase of state Assembly Elections were conducted on Saturday in West Bengal and Assam.

The senior BJP leader said according to the feedback received from the ground, the saffron party will win 26 of the 30 seats that went to polls in the first phase of the West Bengal Assembly election.

Addressing a press conference at his residence here, Shah said the peaceful polling and the high voter turnouts are positive signs for the two states and thanked the voters.

He also expressed gratitude towards the Election Commission (EC) for conducting peaceful elections in Assam and violence-prone West Bengal.

According to the feedback received from the party workers on the ground, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will win 26 of the 30 seats in West Bengal and 37 of the 47 seats in Assam in the first phase of polling, Shah said.

He exuded confidence that the saffron party will register a massive electoral victory in West Bengal by winning more than 200 seats in the 294-member Assembly and also improve its tally in Assam.

Shah also appealed to the people of Nandigram, from where West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee is contesting the polls, to vote for change and a better future of the state.

A voter turnout of 84.13% was recorded in West Bengal and 72.14% in Assam on Saturday in the first phase of assembly elections in these states, the Election Commission said after updating its data today.

Voting was held in 30 assembly constituencies in West Bengal and 47 seats in Assam in this phase with a total of 21,825 polling stations.