Mamata tsunami sweeps aside all opposition in Bengal

The alliance put up a spirited fight in some of the north Bengal districts, but was no match for the Trinamool in most districts in south.In Kolkata, the Trinamool candidates made a clean sweep of all the 11 seats. It also decimated the opposition in South 24 Parganas, Howrah, Hooghly, Cooch Behar and Jalpaiguri. For the alliance, the silver lining was Murshidabad and Malda districts. In Murshidabad, the Congress-Left Front bagged 18 and the Trinamool four. The Trinamool drew a blank in Malda, with the alliance picking up 11 seats and the BJP one. The Trinamool also failed to open its account in Darjeeling, where the alliance and the GJM won three seats each.