West Bengal Lok Sabha Election Result LIVE Updates: The All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) party - also known as the TMC - staged a significant lead in the Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal on Tuesday, showed data from the Election Commission of India (ECI) portal, results.eci.gov.in. By 5:35 pm, the TMC was leading in 29 out of the 42 Parliamentary constituencies in the state, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was ahead in 12 and the Indian National Congress (INC) in just one. West Bengal has the third largest representation in the lower house of Parliament, after Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra. 

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Here's the latest tally: 

Party Won Leading Total
All India Trinamool Congress - AITC 0 29 29
Bharatiya Janata Party - BJP 0 12 12
Indian National Congress - INC 0 1 1
Total 0 42 42

Among the leading TMC candidates were Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia (Coochbehar), Khalilur Rahaman (Jangipur), Pathan Yusuf (Baharampur), Abu Taher Khan (Murshidabad) and Partha Bhowmick (Barrackpur). 

Parliament Constituency Leading Candidate Total Votes Margin
Coochbehar(1) JAGADISH CHANDRA BARMA BASUNIA 778396 41464
Jangipur(9) KHALILUR RAHAMAN 539335 119128
Baharampur(10) PATHAN YUSUF 487753 76054
Murshidabad(11) ABU TAHER KHAN 590759 142348
Krishnanagar(12) MAHUA MOITRA 624711 57083
Barrackpur(15) PARTHA BHOWMICK 437055 63023
Dum dum(16) SOUGATA RAY 371295 45854
Barasat(17) KAKOLI GHOSH DASTIDAR 650313 107292
Basirhat(18) SK NURUL ISLAM 648521 299050
Joynagar(19) PRATIMA MONDAL 863862 452154
Mathurapur(20) BAPI HALDAR 625770 188135
Diamond harbour(21) ABHISHEK BANERJEE 1042793 707360
Jadavpur(22) SAYANI GHOSH 689799 252076
Kolkata Dakshin(23) MALA ROY 514298 166953
Kolkata Uttar(24) BANDYOPADHYAY SUDIP 296420 54129
Howrah(25) PRASUN BANERJEE 616225 169829
Uluberia(26) SAJDA AHMED 642638 199821
Srerampur(27) KALYAN BANERJEE 344083 94175
Hooghly(28) RACHNA BANERJEE 570976 51654
Arambagh(29) BAG MITALI 474975 18731
Ghatal(32) ADHIKARI DEEPAK (DEV) 748800 168669
Jhargram(33) KALIPADA SAREN (KHERWAL) 699769 156443
Medinipur(34) JUNE MALIAH 674159 28778
Bankura(36) ARUP CHAKRABORTY 637465 32629
Bardhaman Purba(38) DR. SHARMILA SARKAR 716891 159506
Bardhaman-Durgapur(39) AZAD KIRTI JHA 717069 137460
Asansol(40) SHATRUGHAN PRASAD SINHA 605645 59564
Bolpur(41) ASIT KUMAR MAL 840880 323192
Birbhum(42) SATABDI ROY 677749 172957

Among the BJP's winning candidates were Manoj Tigga (Alipurduars), Dr Jayanta Kumar Roy (Jalpaiguri), Raju Bista (Darjeeling), Kartick Chandra PAul (Raiganj) and Sukanta Majumdar (Balurghat).  

Parliament Constituency Leading Candidate Total Votes Margin
Alipurduars(2) MANOJ TIGGA 676220 74167
Jalpaiguri(3) DR JAYANTA KUMAR ROY 760602 86606
Darjeeling(4) RAJU BISTA 606288 146900
Raiganj(5) KARTICK CHANDRA PAUL 475424 45133
Balurghat(6) SUKANTA MAJUMDAR 425565 12866
Maldaha Uttar(7) KHAGEN MURMU 486442 82478
Ranaghat(13) JAGANNATH SARKAR 438910 102408
Bangaon(14) SHANTANU THAKUR 586652 71869
Tamluk(30) ABHIJIT GANGOPADHYAY 561895 53035
Kanthi(31) ADHIKARI SOUMENDU 459595 14395
Purulia(35) JYOTIRMAY SINGH MAHATO 410205 10146
Bishnupur(37) KHAN SAUMITRA 676638

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West Bengal took centrestage as the vote-counting exercise began at 8 am on June 4. The much anticipated vote-counting process undertaken by the ECI will lead to the final verdict of a six-weeks-long polling exercise to elect a new government at the Centre.