Dhupguri Bypoll Result 2023 Highlights: TMC Wins Seat By Over 4,000 Votes
Dhupguri Bypoll Result 2023 Highlights: The bypoll saw a three-way fight between TMC, BJP, and Congress-backed CPI(M).
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The Trinamool Congress wrested the Dhupguri Assembly seat from the BJP, with its candidate Nirmal Chandra Roy winning it by a margin of over 4,500 seats. By-election to the Dhupguri seat in Jalpaiguri district was held following the death of sitting BJP MLA Bishu Pada Ray earlier this year.
CPI (M)'s Ishwar Chandra Roy contesting as the candidate of the Congress-Left alliance, while the ruling Trinamool Congress has fielded Nirmal Chandra Roy, a professor at the Dhupguri Girls College.
The BJP has nominated Tapasi Roy, the widow of CRPF jawan Jagannath Roy who was martyred in a terror attack at Lawaypora in J&K on March 25, 2021.
In Dhupguri constituency, personnel of the central armed police forces and state police are guarding the strong room on the second campus of North Bengal University in Jalpaiguri, an official said.
The polling for the Dhupguri by-election was held on September 5, amid tight security arrangements. Around 76 per cent of 2.6 lakh eligible voters exercised their franchise in the byelection.
The bypoll to the seat was necessitated by the death of its sitting BJP MLA, Bishu Pada Ray, earlier this year. Roy had come to Kolkata to participate in the monsoon session of the Assembly. He was admitted to a city hospital after he complained of the chest pain. He died soon after being admitted to the hospital.
He was elected in 2021 after defeating the Trinamool Congress MLA Mitali Roy.
Dhupguri, a scheduled caste-reserved seat, has nearly 50 per cent Rajbanshi people and 15 per cent minority population. The BJP had snatched the constituency from the TMC in the 2021 assembly polls.
Polling for bypolls in six other assembly constituencies in five other states was held on the same date and counting will also be held on September 8.
The seven assembly constituencies are Dumri in Jharkhand, Boxanagar and Dhanpur in Tripura, Ghosi in Uttar Pradesh, Bageshwar in Uttarakhand, Puthuppally in Kerala and Dhupguri in West Bengal.
Dhupguri Bypoll Result 2023 LIVE: TMC Wins Seat By Over 4,000 Votes
The Trinamool Congress wrested the Dhupguri Assembly seat from the BJP, with its candidate Nirmal Chandra Roy winning it by a margin of over 4,000 seats.
Dhupguri Bypoll Result 2023 LIVE: TMC's Nirmal Chandra Roy Extends Lead, Ahead By Nearly 4,000 Votes
Round 6 of counting has ended and TMC has further extended its lead over BJP in Dhupguri bypoll and is ahead by over 3,500 votes. TMC candidate Nirmal Chandra Roy, a college professor, is leading with 62,602 votes. BJP's Tapasi Roy has received 58,829 votes, as per latest EC numbers. Ishwar Chandra Roy of CPI(M) is at the third spot with 8229 votes.
Dhupguri Bypoll Result 2023 LIVE: TMC's Nirmal Chandra Roy Ahead By Nearly 1,000 Votes
After Round 5 of counting, TMC has extended its lead over BJP in Dhupguri bypoll and is ahead by nearly 1,000 votes. TMC candidate Nirmal Chandra Roy, a college professor, is leading with 50,441 votes. BJP's Tapasi Roy has received 49,479 votes, as per latest EC numbers. Ishwar Chandra Roy of CPI(M) is at the third spot with 5590 votes.
Dhupguri Bypoll Result 2023 LIVE: TMC's Nirmal Chandra Roy Maintains Lead After Round 4 Of Counting
After Round 4 of counting, TMC has maintained its lead over BJP in Dhupguri bypoll. TMC candidate Nirmal Chandra Roy, a college professor, is leading with 39,160 votes. BJP's Tapasi Roy is close behind and has received 38,806 votes, as per latest EC numbers. The difference between TMC and BJP is just 354 votes. Ishwar Chandra Roy of CPI(M) is at the third spot with 4076 votes.
Dhupguri Bypoll Result 2023 LIVE: TMC's Nirmal Chandra Roy Overtakes BJP By Slender Margin
Well, the tables have turned now and after Round 3 of counting, TMC has taken a slender lead over BJP in Dhupguri. The ruling TMC, which has fielded Nirmal Chandra Roy, is leading with 28,886 votes. BJP's Tapasi Roy is close behind and has received 28,785 votes, as per latest EC numbers. The difference between TMC and BJP is just 101 votes. Ishwar Chandra Roy of CPI(M) is at the third spot with 3153 votes.
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