Rakesh Tikait and Medha Patkar held rallies in Nandigram, Singur and Kolkata urging people not to vote for the BJP. Their campaign was ‘no vote for BJP’ and both Mr. Tikait and Ms. Patkar dissuaded people from voting for the BJP. The Trinamool Congress registered an all-time high voting percentage since the formation of the party by recording 47.9 % votes. “What was left of the Left parties and the Congress went to the Trinamool Congress to stop the BJP. Defectors lostAmong the other factors, the fielding of defectors from the Trinamool Congress did not go down well with the electorate.

Source: The Hindu May 04, 2021 06:30 UTC