The BJP's Suvendu Adhikari defeated Mamata Banerjee in Bhabanipur, the safe seat that sent the Trinamool Congress chief to the Assembly as the chief minister. The loss adds insult to injury even as the BJP decimates the TMC in the West Bengal Assembly election. These are the factors behind Mamata's loss in Bhabanipur.

The high-stakes Bhabanipur seat tense after rival TMC and BJP candidates Mamata Banerjee and Suvendu Adhikari hold rallies meters apart, propmpting Banerjee to leave rally abruptly causing clashes among TMC and BJP supporters.