New Delhi: Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee resigned as the president of the West Bengal Congress, citing the poor performance of the party in the state Assembly elections.
"The election results of West Bengal are declared. The performance of Congress is extremely poor. I own the responsibility and tender my resignation from the office of president, WBPCC with immediate effect," Mukherjee said in his letter to Congress President Sonia Gandhi.
BENGAL CMs SINCE INDEPENDENCE |
 Aug 15, 1947 to Jan 14, 1948: Prafulla Chandra Ghosh, Cong. |
| Jan 14, 1948 to July 1, 1962: Bidhan Chandra Ray, Cong. |
| July 1, 1962 to July 8, 1962: President's Rule. |
| July 8, 1962 to March 15, 1967: Prafulla Chandra Sen, Cong. |
| March 15, 1967 to Nov 2, 1967: Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee, Cong. |
| Nov 2, 1967 to Feb 20, 1968: Prafulla Chandra Ghosh, Cong ally. |
| Feb 20, 1968 to Feb 25, 1969: President's Rule. |
| April 2, 1971 to June 28, 1971: Prafulla Chandra Ghosh, Cong ally. |
| June 28, 1971 to March 19, 1972: President's Rule. |
| March 19, 1972 to June 21, 1977: Siddhartha Shankar Ray, Cong. |
| June 21, 1977 to Nov 6, 2000: Jyoti Basu, Left Front. |
| Nov 6, 2000 till date: Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee. Left Front. |
They have not been defeated since 1977.With the Left Front securing 235 seats, the Congress 21 seats and others 37 seats, the political scenario became clear.
The CPI(M)-led Left Front, which had 199 seats in the outgoing Assembly, contested in a total of 290 seats in the 294 assembly. It had given two seats each to RJD and NCP.
The Left, will resume charge of the administration for a record seventh consecutive term.
All result inputs would be sent to Election Commission headquarters in Delhi for compilation and the EC would later disseminate the final results through the internet and media centres, Chief Electoral Officer Debashish Sen said.
In keeping with the three-tier security arrangement, 60 companies of central para-military forces have been deployed for manning the first security ring in the counting centers.
The state and city police would look after security outside the counting centres in the third ring, said Sen.
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