Narendra Modi’s BJP win election in West Bengal for first time

A key Indian state, the result is set to have significant implications for the country’s political landscape

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s party has won a resounding election victory in West Bengal, a state which had been a rare opposition stronghold, expanding his unrivalled consolidation of power across the country.

It is the first time that Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have won assembly elections in West Bengal, a large and politically significant state in eastern India.