Kolkata: According to TV reports, TMC candidate Arup Chakraborty is ahead of BJP candidate Subhash Sarkar in Bankura Lok Sabha constituency.

The Election Commission has so far not confirmed any trend on the seat, where Sarkar, the Union minister of state for education in the outgoing government, had won in 2019.

Chakraborty is an MLA from Taldangra assembly constituency of Bankura Lok Sabha constituency.