KOLKATA: Aday after Trinamool Congress (TMC) suffered a major defeat in the 2026 Assembly elections in West Bengal, Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra on Tuesday, May 5, said that the Mamata Banerjee-led party fought a “good fight” on an “uneven pitch”. She added that they respect the public’s decision to choose the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Her statement comes as the BJP is all set to form the next government in West Bengal with a two-third majority, ending the TMC’s 15-year rule in the state.
“The will of the people is supreme. If Bengal wanted BJP then Bengal has got BJP. We respect that. We fought the good fight against unimaginable odds on an uneven pitch and for that I am proud of my leader & my party,” Moitra wrote on X.
She added, “We will continue to stand & fight for a secular country where the constitution, not brute majoritarianism, is the last word. Jai Hind.”
The BJP has bagged 206 seats and remains ahead of the TMC, which managed 81. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee lost her Bhabanipur seat to BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari by more than 15,000 votes.
Notably, the results were declared for 293 seats of the 294-member Assembly, on Monday, with repolling scheduled in the Falta seat of South 24 Parganas district on May 21, as announced by the Election Commission of India, with counting for that seat due on May 24.
The Congress bagged two seats, while the CPI(M) received one. The AISF and the Aam Janata Unnayan Party secured one and two seats respectively.
In terms of vote share, the BJP polled 46 per cent, followed by the Trinamool Congress at 41 per cent. The Left Front secured 4 per cent, the Congress 3 per cent, and others, including AISF and AJUP, accounted for 6 per cent.
Agencies