97% votes to BJP: The Muslim-majority booth that flipped a Bengal seat
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Published 5/23/2026, 7:59:47 AM · Updated 5/23/2026, 8:40:05 AMBy TheBriefWire Editorial Team
Key points
- Despite the BJP's thumping win in the Bengal elections, the battle was undoubtedly intense.
- Nearly 20 constituencies witnessed nail-biting contests, with victory margins of less than 5,000 votes.
- But none was as close as the election in Rajarhat New Town seat, whose result flipped to the BJP after a Muslim-majority booth in Musalman Para voted en masse for the saffron party.
- The BJP received an unprecedented 97% of the votes in the booth, overturning the lead for the Trinamool Congress (TMC) after an additional round of counting was held on May 5, according to a report in Scroll.
- Read Full Story In the end, BJP's Piyush Kanodia won by a very slim margin of 316 votes against Trinamool's Tapash Chatterjee.
Published May 23, 2026.
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Despite the BJP's thumping win in the Bengal elections, the battle was undoubtedly intense. Nearly 20 constituencies witnessed nail-biting contests, with victory margins of less
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Key Takeaways
- Despite the BJP's thumping win in the Bengal elections, the battle was undoubtedly intense.
- Nearly 20 constituencies witnessed nail-biting contests, with victory margins of less than 5,000 votes.
- But none was as close as the election in Rajarhat New Town seat, whose result flipped to the BJP after a Muslim-majority booth in Musalman Para voted en masse for the saffron party.
- The BJP received an unprecedented 97% of the votes in the booth, overturning the lead for the Trinamool Congress (TMC) after an additional round of counting was held on May 5, according to a report in Scroll.
- Read Full Story In the end, BJP's Piyush Kanodia won by a very slim margin of 316 votes against Trinamool's Tapash Chatterjee.
📌 Source: India Today
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