More than 20 West Bengal ministers from the Trinamool Congress were trailing on Monday as counting was underway for the state Assembly elections, PTI reported.

The Bharatiya Janata Party is on track to end the 15-year tenure of the Trinamool Congress in the state, and is leading in over 200 out of 293 constituencies. The Trinamool Congress is ahead in 87 constituencies.

Among the Trinamool Congress ministers who are trailing BJP candidates are Education Minister Bratya Basu in the constituency of Dum Dum, Irrigation Minister Manas Ranjan Bhunia in Sabang, Women and Child Development Minister Shashi Panja in Shyampukur, Finance Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya in Dum Dum Uttar and Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Becharam Manna from Singur.

Earlier in the day, the Trinamool Congress had alleged irregularities in the counting process, claiming that there was a delay and a lack of transparency in the release of trends.

Panja alleged that poll personnel were delaying the entry of authorised counting agents of political parties into counting centres.

As the election results emerged on Monday afternoon, Banerjee said the Trinamool Congress would “win after sunset” and told party members not to “lose hope”.

The Assembly election was held in two phases on April 23 and April 29 with a record provisional voter turnout of 92.4%.

However, votes in 293 constituencies are being counted on Monday as the Election Commission has ordered repolling in the Falta Assembly seat citing “severe electoral offences”. The polling there will be held on May 21 and the votes will be counted on May 24.

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Voter roll revision

The elections followed a special intensive revision of electoral rolls by the Election Commission across 12 states and Union Territories, including West Bengal.

As part of the process, about 91 lakh voters, nearly 11.9% of the electorate before the process began, had been removed.

Those removed were allowed to appeal before 19 appellate tribunals. On April 16, the Supreme Court directed that voters cleared by the tribunals be included through supplementary rolls. Additions continued till the eve of voting, with 1,468 names restored a day before the second phase.

There is no clarity on how many pending cases were decided on by the tribunals before polling.