Kolkata, May 2 (TIWN) The Trinamool Congress is poised to retain power in West Bengal for a third straight term, especially after the chances of the main opposition BJP were badly dented by the dismal performance of some of its candidates who were given tickets after they had jumped ship from the Trinamool to the saffron party in the run-up to the high-octane Assembly elections in the state.

"Don't worry about Nandigram. I struggled for Nandigram because I fought a movement. It is okay. Let the Nandigram people give whatever verdict they want, I accept that. I don't mind. We won more than 221 seats and the BJP lost the election," she said.  Meanwhile, TMC stated that the counting for the Nandigram seat is not complete yet as votes in the last round of counting were not included in the result. It would seem that the ECI had pre-maturely announced the result for Nandigram. As things stand, BJP's Adhikari is leading by 1,957 votes.

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