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TMC got huge majority ever in the History of West Bengal's election

Election Commission on 19 May 2016 announced results of 2016 Legislative Assembly Election of West Bengal. 
•    The elections were held in six phases between 4 April 2016 and 5 May 2016 for 294 assembly seats.
•    In the elections, ruling All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) of Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee crossed the two-third mark by winning 211 seats. 
•    Congress-Left combine has taken 76 seats while BJP has bagged three seats. Independents and others have won four seats.
•    West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC Supremo, Mamta Banerjee won from Bhabanipur Assembly Constituency. 
•    She defeated her nearest Congress rival Deepa Dasmunshi by over 25 thousand votes. 
•    West Bengal Speaker Biman Banerjee has won from Baruipur Paschim Constituency.
•    The huge victory in the assembly elections 2016 compared to 2011 elections by Mamta-led TMC can be attributed to her campaign “Maa, Maati, Maanush.” 
•    In 2011 elections her party was able to secure just 184 seats.
•    Prafulla Chandra Ghosh. Prafulla Chandra Ghosh (1891–1983) was the first Chief Minister of West Bengal, India.

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