Trinamool Congress’s victory celebrations were either non-existent or muted a day after Mamata Banerjee’s thumping win in the Lok Sabha elections.

The familiar sights and sounds of local clubs blaring party anthems and popular numbers were conspicuous by their absence.

Conversations with leaders at the local level and their bosses suggested that there were clear instructions to avoid any loud display of exuberance on the roads.

The celebrations in Bhowanipore started early on Tuesday as the initial trends emerged. But the thumping beats of “Khela hobe” were muted even before the final results were declared.

The situation was similar in pockets of central Calcutta where local clubs and party supporters kept the celebrations “low key”.

“It has been conveyed to the local clubs and neighbourhoods where people organise celebrations to avoid large gatherings and high-pitched sound,” said a Trinamool leader in Bhowanipore.

On Tuesday, the celebrations started near Ajanta Dhaba on Puddapukur Road around 12.30pm.

“We played the party anthem and the Khela hobe number. People congratulated each other with green abir. But everything was wrapped up by 2pm,” said a resident of the neighbourhood who was part of the celebrations.

Very few pockets of Bhowanipore and Kalighat — old Trinamool bastions and home to chief minister Mamata Banerjee and the party’s national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee — witnessed prolonged celebrations till the evening. The rest of the locality remained quiet.

“We ensured that there was no instigation or incitement. Everything was peaceful,” said a TMC worker in the locality.

Another Trinamool member who is active in central Calcutta said they had plans to celebrate with a “biryani party” where they would invite the party’s winning candidate from Kolkata North, Sudip Bandyopadhyay.

“We will refrain from playing multiple loudspeakers or organising a public rally. We will organise a biryani party for dinner in a few days once Sudip-da is available,” said the TMC leader.

Sources in Kalighat said the police had been instructed to ensure that there was no instigation or incitement that could trigger post-poll violence in the city following Trinamool’s landslide victory across most of Bengal.

As a result, there were almost no victory processions in the heart of central and south Calcutta on Tuesday or Wednesday.

Only a few instances were reported on Tuesday night. In Behala and Parnasree, the police had to intervene and request local clubs to tone down the celebrations.

“They were playing loudspeakers late at night. We went and told them to switch off the sound box citing the inconvenience it was causing to the people in the area,” said an officer in the south-west division of Kolkata Police.

Central forces and all police stations across the city are still on guard, apprehending violence.

A senior officer at the Kolkata Police headquarters in Lalbazar said verbal instructions had been sent that there should be no victory rallies that could trigger violence.