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.