AGARTALA, May 2 (TIWN): Trinamool Congress is ahead and fast and leading against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in a thrilling electoral contest in the battle ground state of West Bengal, according to trends on Sunday. As of 12:11pm, it was leading in 199 seats and the BJP in 90 — trends that showed the TMC had crossed the halfway mark in the state having 294 assembly seats. In the high-profile Nandigram seat, the BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari had a lead of over 8,000 votes against chief minister Mamata Banerjee after three rounds of counting. Banerjee gained some ground in the fourth round and was trailing by 5,000 votes at the end of it. BJP MP Locket Chatterjee was trailing by about 6,000 votes in Chunchura, which falls under her Lok Sabha constituency. The BJP, however, was hoping she would catch up in the later rounds and win. To be sure, these were initial trends and there could be several twists and turns throughout the day.

 12.30 PM Results