Celebrations are underway outside Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's residence as Trinamool was leading on 32 seats in the 42-seat state, with BJP trailing behind on 9 seats. he electoral contest in West Bengal has seen its share of turbulence as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP takes on Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress or TMC. West Bengal elects 42 of 543 Lok Sabha seats. In 2019, of the 42, Trinamool had won 22 seats and the BJP came a close second with 18 seats. The Congress, backed by the Communist Party CPI(M) came a distant third with 2 seats. Though Mamata Banerjee is part of the opposition INDIA Bloc nationally, in Bengal, her party is contesting independently of the alliance in all 42 seats. The Congress and CPI(M) are contesting together.