Mamata Banerjee takes oath as West Bengal CM for third consecutive term
She arrived at Raj Bhavan early morning today in Kolkata for the oath-taking ceremony.
She arrived at Raj Bhavan early morning today in Kolkata for the oath-taking ceremony.
Apart from the Axis My India-India Today and the Republic-CNX exit polls, which gave the BJP an edge in the battleground state, all other surveys, including the CVoter Exit Poll for Times Now/ABP News, forecast a third victory for the Trinamool, putting it ahead in the 294-member Assembly.
The Election Commission has already announced that 5,433 booths of the total 11,860 booths are extremely sensitive and so have deployed 24 general observers, nine expenditure observers, and nine police observers for the eighth phase of the polls.
45 Assembly segments will go to polls in the fifth phase which is scheduled for April 17. The sixth round for 43 seats would be held on April 22. 35 constituencies will go to polls in the seventh phase elections on April 26.
