Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) Counting of the millions of votes polled in staggered elections in West Bengal began Friday morning, with the ruling Left Front widely tipped to be crushed by the Trinamool Congress.

 
 The vote count for the 294-seat assembly started at 8 a.m. in 87 centres across the state.
 
 The counting would decide the destiny of 1,792 candidates but the main fight is between the Left Front led by the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and the Trinamool, whose chief ally is the Congress.