2NDLD BYPOLL 2

Trinamool Congress repeated its Lok Sabha performance in
eastern state of West Bengal when it came out with flying
colours in 5 of the 10 seats and was leading in two.

The sole consolation for the Left parties came from the
victory of Forward Bloc in Goalpokhar, where it wrested the
seat from Congress. The remaining seat went to an Independent.
Upbeat over her party's spectacular performance, Trinamool
chief Mamata Banerjee said, "It is a victory for democracy and
peace. It is also a victory of Ma, Mati, Manush."
While Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee declined to
comment on the outcome, Left Front chairman Biman Bose said
the Left parties accepted the people's mandate and would
analyse the factors responsible for the reverses.
"The mandate has gone against the Left Front. We have
accepted the mandate. We will analyse," Bose, also the CPI-M
state secretary, said.
BSP, whose supremo Mayawati's prime ministerial ambitions
were crushed in the general elections, by a poor performance
including in northern state of Uttar Pradesh, made a surprise
comeback in the state.
Its candidates won in 7 seats -- wresting Isauli, Hainsar
Bazar, Etawah and Bharthana from SP and Padrouna from
Congress, besides retaining Rari and Lalitpur. In Kolasala,
Ajai Rai, an Independent won the seat for the fourth time in a
row. In Powayan, the BSP has established a lead of more than
27,000 votes over the Congress nominee.
In Rajasthan and in Himachal Pradesh, Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) defeated Congress candidates to win a seat each.
BJP, however, yielded Vaishali Nagar seat in Chhattisgarh to
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