Both the parties performed poorly in the Lok Sabha elections, with the Congress winning just two seats and losing security deposits in 38 other constituencies."The Congress will contest two seats and the CPI(M) will fight on one.Since its impressive performance, the saffron party is now targeting to unseat the TMC from power in the 2021 Assembly elections. Our alliance will bring a new dawn in Bengal politics. On the other hand, the BJP won 18 of the 42 Lok Sabha seats, only four behind TMC&Hingess Toilet Seats Manufacturer39;s 22 seats.. The Kaliaganj seat fell vacant after the death of sitting Congress MLA Parmathanath Roy while Kharagpur's BJP MLA Dilip Ghosh won the Medinipur Lok Sabha constituency.
The ruling party in West Bengal, on the other hand, is trying to turn the tide back to its favour after witnessing a sharp dip in its 2014 Lok Sabha election tally of 34 seats to 22 seats this general election.Since its impressive performance, the saffron party is now targeting to unseat the TMC from power in the 2021 Assembly elections.The CPI(M) leadership, however, termed it only as a "seat adjustment" but was hopeful of halting the BJP's march in the state.The state leadership of the two parties decided in a meeting late on Friday that while the Congress will contest North Dinajpur district's Kaliaganj seat and West Midnapore district's Kharagpur seat, the CPI(M)-led Left Front will fight Nadia district's Karimpur seat.Their attempts to seal a pre-poll alliance for the Lok Sabha elections failed after they could not agree to a seat- sharing formula.
