The Bharatiya Janata Party will hold the swearing-in ceremony for the new Chief Minister of West Bengal on May 9, party's state president Samik Bhattacharya confirmed on Tuesday. The announcement follows the BJP's sweeping victory in the state assembly elections, where it won 206 seats—more than a two-thirds majority—ending the Trinamool Congress's 15-year rule under Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee lost her Bhabanipur seat to BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, underscoring the scale of the political shift. The BJP's win marks the first time since 1972 that West Bengal will be governed by a party also in power at the Centre, aligning state and federal leadership.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing party workers after the results, called for an end to political violence in the state, stating, 'Today, when the BJP has won, the talk should not be of revenge, but of change; not of fear, but of the future.' He urged all political parties to embrace a new era of peace and development.

The BJP has not yet officially named the incoming Chief Minister, though speculation points to Suvendu Adhikari. Final appointments and cabinet formations are expected to be announced ahead of the May 9 oath-taking ceremony.