Overview
- Vote counting is underway for the West Bengal assembly, and live trends show BJP candidate Amarnath Shakha ahead in Onda.
- The field in Onda includes Subrata Dutta (Gopi) of Trinamool Congress, Asit Baran Sarma of the Forward Bloc, Paban Salampuria of Congress, Magaram Ghosh of SUCI(C), and independents Baren Bhuin and Shyamal Chatterjee.
- Results remain provisional during round-by-round counting, and the final winner will be confirmed only after the Election Commission completes the tally.
- Shakha won Onda in 2021 by 11,551 votes, breaking Trinamool’s hold after Arup Kumar Khan took the seat in 2011 and 2016.
- Onda is one of West Bengal’s 294 constituencies with roughly 244,000 voters, and media outlets are posting real-time, round-wise updates on the lead and trailing candidates.