The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on May 4 (Monday) created history after registering a landslide victory in West Bengal, ending the 15-year-long rule of the Trinamool Congress (TMC). The party won 207 seats with a vote share of 45.84%, while the TMC faced a rout and was reduced to 80 seats with a vote share of 40.80%. The BJP received 2,92,24,167 votes and recorded a gain of 130 seats; on the other hand, the TMC secured 2,60,13,379 votes with a loss of a whopping 135 seats in the state. The Congress and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) got 2.97% and 4.45% votes, respectively, and won 2 and 1 seats.