West Bengal Bypoll Results Highlights: Big Win For TMC With A Clean Sweep On All 4 Seats In Fray
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North 24 Parganas, West Bengal: TMC winning candidate from Bagda Assembly seat, Madhuparna Thakur tells ANI, "It is not only my win but Mamata Banerjee's win too. It is a win for all the workers and voters. I have seen there are a lot of issues with bridges and roads in this constituency. So, I will work on that. I will stay here for the people..."
On the bypolls in the state, BJP leader Shankar Ghosh says, "We are waiting for the final result. We will wait and thereafter we will scrutinize all the booth results. Then we can say what is the drawback from our side. But as you know, from day one we have always tried to explain the terror politics done by the ruling party TMC and that also affects the polling result... If there is any kind of gap from our organisational part we will try to overcome it..." (ANI)
TMC leading candidate from Maniktala Assembly constituency, Supti Pandey says, "I am grateful to every councillor, all my team leaders, block presidents and on top of that CM Mamata Banerjee..."
TMC’s Madhuparna Thakur won against her rival Binay Kumar Biswas of the BJP in the Bagda Assembly seat in North 24 Parganas district.
Mukut Mani Adhikari of TMC won against BJP nominee Manoj Kumar Biswas in the Ranaghat Dakshin seat in North 24 Parganas district.
Mukut Mani Adhikari of TMC was ahead of BJP nominee Manoj Kumar Biswas by 30,081 in the Ranaghat Dakshin seat in North 24 Parganas district.
TMC’s Madhuparna Thakur was leading by 20,884 votes over her rival Binay Kumar Biswas of the BJP in the Bagda Assembly seat in North 24 Parganas district.
TMC’s nominee Supti Pandey was leading by 28,781 votes in Maniktala in Kolkata over her nearest rival Kalyan Chaubey of the BJP.
The Trinamool Congress candidate Krishna Kalyani won the Raiganj Assembly seat by nearly 50,000 votes. TMC is also leading from the other three seats in state.
Nadia, West Bengal: Mukut Mani Adhikari, TMC bypoll candidate from Ranaghat Dakshin said, " After 5 rounds of counting, our party is leading in Ranaghat Dakshin constituency with a margin of 13,402 votes...the kind of love and blessings we have got from common people, in the next 6 rounds (of counting) our margin of votes is going to increase further."
After the third round of counting, TMC is leading in all four assembly seats--Raiganj, Ranaghat Dakshin, and Bagda.
After first round of counting, TMC is leading in all four assembly seats in West Bengal.
West Bengal: Counting of votes of Ranaghat Dakshin Assembly by-polls commences in Nadia District. BJP candidate Manoj Kumar Biswas visits the counting center.
The counting of votes for bye-elections held in Raiganj, Ranaghat Dakshin, Bagda, and Maniktala assembly seats started on Saturday. Bypolls to four assembly constituencies in West Bengal were held on July 10. According to Election Commission, a voter turnout of 62.71 per cent was recorded till 5 pm on Wednesday. The counting of votes will be done on Saturday, following which the results will be declared.
Byelections were held in four Assembly seats in West Bengal, including, Raiganj, Ranaghat Dakshin, Bagda, and Maniktala.
Out of the four constituencies, Raiganj witnessed the highest turnout at 67.12 per cent. This was followed by Ranaghat Dakshin, which witnessed 65.37 per cent voting. Two other constituencies, Bagdah and Maniktala recorded at 65.15 per cent and 51.39 per cent voter turnout, respectively.
A voter turnout of 62.71 per cent was recorded till 5 pm on Wednesday. The counting of votes will be done on Saturday, following which the results will be declared.
The results of by-elections in four assembly constituencies in West Bengal are set to be declared today. The Mamata Banerjee-led TMC will be eyeing an increase in the number of Assembly seats in the state despite lower voter turnout in bypolls and allegations of violations. The by-polls were held on July 10.
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Bypolls to four assembly constituencies in West Bengal were held on July 10. According to Election Commission, a voter turnout of 62.71 per cent was recorded till 5 pm on Wednesday. The counting of votes will be done on Saturday, following which the results will be declared.
Out of the four constituencies, Raiganj witnessed the highest turnout at 67.12 per cent. This was followed by Ranaghat Dakshin, which witnessed 65.37 per cent voting. Two other constituencies, Bagdah and Maniktala recorded at 65.15 per cent and 51.39 per cent voter turnout, respectively.
The need for bypolls at Raiganj was necessitated as Krishna Kalyani from Raiganj, Biswajit Das from Bagdah and Mukut Mani Adhikari from Ranaghat Dakshin gave up their seats to contest the Lok Sabha elections. Despite BJP winning these seats in 2021, the MLAs later switched to the TMC.
Bypoll in Maniktala were held after the death of state minister Sadhan Pandey in February 2022. Altogether there are around 10 lakh electorates in the four assembly segments.
Amidst the polling, a few sporadic incidents of violence were reported from Maniktala, Bagdah, and Ranaghat Dakshin, The BJP accused TMC activists of assaulting its booth agents and preventing its candidates from visiting polling stations.
BJP candidates Binay Kumar Biswas and Manoj Kumar Biswas from Badgah and Ranaghat Dakshin respectively had claimed that they were not allowed to visit some booths.
BJP's candidate from Maniktala Kalyan Chaubey also faced protests. He was allegedly greeted with go back slogans by TMC activists when he tried to enter a booth in the constituency. TMC, however, denied these allegations and called them "baseless".
Besides this, the BJP also filed a complaint with the Election Commission, alleging irregularities in the three constituencies including
While Ranaghat Dakshin, Maniktala in Kolkata, and Bagdah in North 24 Parganas are situated in Bengal's southern part, Raiganj, is situated in north Bengal's Uttar Dinajpur district.
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