Published 14:09 IST, November 28th 2019

West Bengal bypolls: TMC wins two seats, leads on the other, while BJP trails

As the counting of votes for the bypoll elections in West Bengal are underway, Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) party has won on two of the 3 seats

Reported by: Rishabh Mishra
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As counting of votes for  bypoll elections in West Bengal are underway, Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) party has won on two of three seats. Trends show that BJP has been a close second to TMC in all three constituencies. assembly seats that  elections are being contested on include, Karimpur, Kharagpur Sar, and Kaliaganj.  

Mamata Banerjee reacts to TMC’s le 

Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee reacting to win said that “This is a victory of people. This is a victory of development. Politics of arrogance will t work. People have rejected BJP”. 

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Leing Candidates 

Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate Tapan Deb Singha on Thursday registered a win from Kaliaganj assembly by-election with a margin of over 2,414 votes. As per  news ncy ANI,  TMC candidate Prip Sarkar also won Kharagpur Sar’s  assembly seat in  by-election by a margin of 20,811 votes. On or hand, Bimalendu Sinha Roy of TMC is leing in Karimpur constituency by 23,650 votes.  Gazette tification for se polls was issued on October 30 and last date for filing minations was vember 6. 

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WB bypolls 

Counting of votes began at 8 am on Thursday amid tight security in three Assembly seats of West Bengal where by-polls were held on vember 25, Election Commission officials said. Around 78 per cent of over seven lakh electorate h cast ir votes in by-polls to Kaliaganj, Karimpur, and Kharagpur Sar Assembly seats where 18 candidates were in fray. BJP state vice-president and party's candidate in Karimpur, Jay Prakash Majumdar, was assaulted during polling in constituency. Kharagpur Sar and Karimpur seats fell vacant after general elections as sitting MLAs of two seats Dilip Ghosh (BJP) and Mahua Moitra (TMC) h contested and won Lok Sabha seats.  

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13:22 IST, November 28th 2019