The Bharatiya Janata Party's aspirations of improving on its 2019 performance in West Bengal have been dashed this time.

Currently, Mamata Banerjee led TMC's vote share is approximately 46%, whereas BJP's is 38%. Both the Left (6%), and Congress (5%), have seen a 2% rise in their respective vote shares thus far, the poll result showed Tuesday evening.

This is despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi holding nearly 40 roadshows and rallies throughout the state prior to and during the Lok Sabha elections, with various ministries, lawmakers, and party officials.

Modi held roadshows and meetings in practically every Bengal BJP seat.

Part of the BJP's original slogan of '400 paar' or 'beyond 400 seats' was the claim that Bengal would greatly increase the total. The exit polls did nothing to dispel this idea.

However, today’s scenario presents a stark contrast. The BJP fielded three Union ministers, but they have either lost or are lagging behind.

They are junior education minister Subhash Sarkar (from Bankura), junior women and child development minister Debashree Chaudhuri (from South Kolkata), and junior youth affairs and sports minister Nishith Pramanik (from Coochbehar), who is running for office.

In the Bardhaman-Durgapur constituency, Dilip Ghosh, one of the most well-known BJP candidates in Bengal, is lagging behind by more than 130,000 votes.

Abhijit Gangopadhyay, the BJP's Tamluk candidate and a former high court judge in Calcutta who exposed the state's school jobs scandal, is trying to keep his dignity intact.

These polls have demonstrated the TMC's strength in West Bengal.

Abhishek Banerjee, the party's second-in-command and general secretary, is winning the Diamond Harbour seat by more than 7 lakh votes.

In the Basirhat seat, which includes Sandeshkhali, where charges of abuse against TMC strongmen have surfaced, TMC candidate Nurul Islam is also leading.

It is clear from the poll result so far that the Muslim voter base that has historically supported Mamata Banerjee's party has not turned against her.