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\nIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed a \u201crecord\u201d victory on Monday in key elections in opposition-held West Bengal state after official trends and partial results showed a thumping majority for his Hindu nationalist party.
\nVotes were still being counted under tight security in the state of more than 100 million people, one of five states and territories that held elections in April and May where results were also being announced on Monday.
\nThe results should put Modi on a stronger footing while he battles a series of economic and foreign policy challenges, including high unemployment rates and a pending US trade deal, ahead of a general election in 2029.
\nIn keenly fought West Bengal, where Modi\u2019s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has never won before, the party was leading in 156 of the 293 seats and had won 48 others, according to the Election Commission of India.
\n\u201cThe 2026 West Bengal Assembly Elections will be remembered forever,\u201d Modi said on social media. \u201cPeople\u2019s power has prevailed and BJP\u2019s politics of good governance has triumphed.\u201d
\n\u201cBJP\u2019s record win in West Bengal would not be possible without the efforts and struggles of countless Karyakartas (workers) over generations,\u201d Modi said.
\nSenior party leaders and thousands of supporters celebrated on the streets of the state capital Kolkata, joyously swaying to victory tunes.
\nThe BJP, the ruling party in the national parliament, waged an aggressive campaign to dislodge the powerful regional party of firebrand leader Mamata Banerjee, in power in West Bengal since 2011.
\nScuffles broke out outside several counting centres in the state, and police used batons to control the crowd. Past elections have resulted in violence.
\nThis campaign was marked by protests over the removal of millions of names from voter rolls, billed as removing ineligible voters but which critics said was skewed against marginalised and minority communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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