Suvendu wins in Nandigram, not Mamata: Anandabazar

Though Indian media outlets earlier reported about Mamata Banerjee's victory in the Nandigram seat, but Anandabazar Patrika reported in the evening saying its BJP's Suvendu Adhikari who has won the constituency actually.

Earlier, some Indian newspapers reported that Mamata defeated her former aide Suvendu by a margin of 1,200 seats.

After fixing a server glitch, Election Commission announced that Suvendu won by 1,622 votes. When Anandabazar contacted Suvendu, he also confirmed it. 

Shuvendu Adhikari, formerly a party colleague of Banerjee’s changed sides and joined the BJP recently.

The fight for the Nandigram assembly constituency is so far the most interesting as the TMC supremo is contesting from this seat for the first time.

Suvendu Adhikari, after joining the BJP, had vowed to defeat Mamata Banerjee from Nandigram by more than 50,000 votes, placing his career in politics on the bet.

Meanwhile, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said, "Don't worry about Nandigram, I struggled for Nandigram because I fought a movement. It's ok. Let the Nandigram people give whatever verdict they want, I accept that. I don't mind. We won more than 221 seats & BJP has lost the election" 

"BJP has lost the elections. They played dirty politics. We faced the horror of Election Commission," she added.

Mamata further said, "We are grateful to the people for this landslide victory. I have to start working for Covid-19 immediately. The swearing-in will be a low-key event because of the prevailing Covid-19 situation."

Trinamool and the BJP ran a bitter, no holds barred campaign that defied Covid safety rules as well as the poll code.