Bhabanipur By-Election 2021 Result HIGHLIGHTS: Mamata Banerjee Leads Priyanka Tibrewal With Over 58K Votes
Bhabanipur Assembly, WB By-election 2021 Result HIGHLIGHTS: The poll body has arranged for a three-tier security system, called in 24 companies of central forces for counting of votes.
TMC workers & supporters are celebrating in Kolkata as CM Mamata Banerjee leads in Bhabanipur Assembly bypoll.
"There is no base of any other party other than TMC here. The party & Didi work for the people. We will form Govt in Delhi in 2024," says CM's brother Kartik
While Mamata Banerjee leads in Bhabanipur with over 58,000 votes, Election Commission writes to the West Bengal chief secretary, directs him to prohibit all celebrations over election results
TMC has begun celebrations outside Mamata Banerjee's residence as the West Bengal CM is leading with 28,825 votes in Bhabanipur
According to the latest trends, after the fourth round of counting, Mamata Banerjee is leading Priyanka Tibrewal in Bhabanipur bypoll with 24,000 votes
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee is leading BJP candidate Priyanka Tibrewal by 12,435 votes in Bhabanipur Assembly bypolls, as per Election Commission data
As Mamata Banerjee leads in Bhabanipur, TMC has begun its victory celebrations.
As per the latest official data released by Election Commission, West Bengal CM & TMC chief Mamta Banerjee is leading with 3680 votes against BJP candidate Priyanka Tibrewal's 881 votes after first round of counting of votes for the Bhabanipur Assembly by-election.
Odisha: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) candidate Rudra Pratap Maharathy is leading after the first round of counting of votes for Pipili Assembly bypolls, as per data available on Election Commission of India's website
According to the early morning trends after the second round of counting Mamata Banerjee is leading with over 2,800 votes. TMC is also ahead in Samserganj and Jangipur seats.
Odisha | Counting of votes begins for by-elections in Pipli Assembly constituency; visuals from counting centre in Puri city "In Pipli, we've deployed 5 platoons of forces along with an additional SP & 2 DSPs," says Dr Kanwar Vishal Singh, SP, Puri
Counting of votes begins for by-elections in Bhabanipur, Jangipur, and Samserganj Assembly constituencies CM & TMC chief Mamata Banerjee and BJP's Priyanka Tibrewal are in the fray from Bhabanipur
BJP candidate Priyanka Tibrewal, who contested for Bhabanipur assembly bypoll, writes a letter to the acting Chief Justice of Calcutta HC, requesting him "to take preventive measures from any kind of violence post-Bhabanipur Assembly constituency bypoll results"
Cabinet Minister and senior TMC leader Firhad Hakim, who campaigned for Banerjee almost every day last one month, asserted, “We are very confident that she will win by more than 50, 000 votes”.
On the other hand, BJP’s national vice-president and the party’s former Bengal chief, Dilip Ghosh said, “The BJP will give a very good fight in Bhabanipur. If there is any violence after result, the government will have to look into it, otherwise the CBI is there.”
The counting of votes will begin at 8 am today and the initial trends are expected to trickle down in the first hour itself. There will be 21 rounds of counting of votes in the Bhabanipur constituency.
Background
The voting for Bhabanipur bypolls took place on Thursday, September 30 and the D-Day is here to decide Mamata Banerjee's fate if she will be able to retain the West Bengal Chief Minister's chair or not.
The counting of votes to the crucial by-poll to the Bhabanipur seat in south Kolkata will be held today amid tight security.
Votes will also be counted for the by-polls held in Jangipur and Samserganj assembly constituencies in the Murshidabad district of the state and one constituency in Odisha.
A moderate turnout was recorded in the by-election to the Bhabanipur assembly seat, where West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is contesting to retain her post, as polling in the high-profile constituency in south Kolkata passed off peacefully on Thursday.
Around 53.32 per cent turnout was recorded in the seat till 5 PM.
A high voting rate at 78.60 per cent and 76.12 per cent was recorded in Murshidabad's Samserganj and Jangipur seats respectively, where polls had to be countermanded during the April-May assembly elections following the death of two candidates.
A total of 6,97,164 voters were eligible to exercise their franchise in the three constituencies.
Banerjee, who is also the Trinamool Congress supremo, is pitted against BJP's Priyanka Tibrewal and CPI(M)'s Srijib Biswas in Bhabanipur. Banerjee, a voter of the constituency, cast her vote at Mitra Institution school in the area.
The Bhabanipur by-poll has become a prestige battle for Banerjee, who is presently not an MLA and has to become a member of the state legislature by November 5.
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