The Trinamool Congress-Congress alliance swept the state Assembly poll with more than a two-thirds majority. Red citadel stood firmly for 34 years. Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee tendered his resignation to Governor M. K. Narayanan at the Raj Bhavan after the collapse of red bastion.
However Narayannan urged Bhattacharjee ton continue their duties till alternative arrangements are made.
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee met Governor in the evening and staked her claim to form the next government.
Banerjee is all set to be the state's first woman Chief Minister. In her address she said the landslide victory for the alliance as a “winning for democracy, a victory for the people, a victory for maa, mati, manush. She promised good governance, good administration.
Bhattacharjee and 25 Ministers, including Finance Minister Asim Dasgupta, Industries and Power Minister Nirupam Sen, Housing Minister Gautam Deb and Minister for Sundarban Affairs Kanti Ganguly were defeated.
The Trinamool secured a majority on its own, bagging 184 of the total 294 seats. A decision on whether or not the Congress(won 42 seats) will join the new government will be taken soon. Mamata has welcomed Congress and another ally, the Socialist Unity Centre of India (won one seat) to join government.
Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said that the verdict was clearly in favour of Mamata adding that Banerjee had achieved what the Congress could not in the past years.
The Left Front got only 62. The position of other parties in the Left Front are- the CPI (2), AIFB (11), RSP (7), SP (1) and the Democratic Socialist Party (1).
The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha won three seats and Independents two.
CPI-M leader Biman Bose and Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee jointly said in a statement that this result was unexpected.
However Narayannan urged Bhattacharjee ton continue their duties till alternative arrangements are made.
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee met Governor in the evening and staked her claim to form the next government.
Banerjee is all set to be the state's first woman Chief Minister. In her address she said the landslide victory for the alliance as a “winning for democracy, a victory for the people, a victory for maa, mati, manush. She promised good governance, good administration.
Bhattacharjee and 25 Ministers, including Finance Minister Asim Dasgupta, Industries and Power Minister Nirupam Sen, Housing Minister Gautam Deb and Minister for Sundarban Affairs Kanti Ganguly were defeated.
The Trinamool secured a majority on its own, bagging 184 of the total 294 seats. A decision on whether or not the Congress(won 42 seats) will join the new government will be taken soon. Mamata has welcomed Congress and another ally, the Socialist Unity Centre of India (won one seat) to join government.
Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said that the verdict was clearly in favour of Mamata adding that Banerjee had achieved what the Congress could not in the past years.
The Left Front got only 62. The position of other parties in the Left Front are- the CPI (2), AIFB (11), RSP (7), SP (1) and the Democratic Socialist Party (1).
The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha won three seats and Independents two.
CPI-M leader Biman Bose and Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee jointly said in a statement that this result was unexpected.
