Counting of votes for the keenly watched Bhabanipur bypoll seat has begun along with the constituencies of Samserganj and Jangipur in West Bengal and Pipili in Odisha.
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West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee is looking at winning the south Kolkata seat by a comfortable margin to make her way to Assembly, months after losing the election to aide-turned-rival Suvendu Adhikari from Nandigram.
Here are the latest updates:
- West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is leading by 42,292 votes after 16th round of counting for the Bhabanipur by-election.
- The Trinamool Congress supremo is ahead by 36,457 votes following 13th round of counting.
- Banerjee has crossed her colleague Shobhandeb Chattapadhyay's winning margin of 28.719 votes from the Bhabanipur seat. She is ahead by 31,645 votes after the 10th round of counting.
- Banerjee now has a leading margin of 34,000 votes following 11th round of counting.
- Banerjee is leading by 25,318 votes after seventh round of counting.
- Banerjee is leading by 12,435 after fourth round of counting.
- Images have started pouring in of celebrations outside the CM's Kalighat residence as her lead against BJP's Priyanka Tibrewal increases.
- Reports suggested Banerjee leading by 6,146 votes after the third round of counting.
{{/usCountry}}- Reports suggested Banerjee leading by 6,146 votes after the third round of counting.
{{/usCountry}}- News agency ANI said Banerjee is leading against BJP candidate Priyanka Tibrewal by 2,377 votes after second round of counting, as per Election Commission data.
- Banerjee is leading with 3,680 votes against BJP candidate Priyanka Tibrewal's 881 votes after first round of counting, as per Election Commission data.
- According to some reports, Banerjee is leading by over 2,500 votes after two rounds of counting.
- Some images from outside a counting centre in Bhabanipur Assembly constituency.
- Priyanka Tibrewal, whom the BJP has fielded against Banerjee, has written to Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court expressing her fears of post-poll violence and sought measures to prevent the same. Read more
- The official Twitter handle of the chief electoral office (CEO) shares images of counting at centres in Bhabanipur.
- Counting begins at 8am at all the four constituencies where the by-election was held on Thursday.
- In Bhabanipur, the counting is being held in 21 rounds. The constituency witnessed a meager 57.09 per cent voter turnout despite a high-voltage campaign by both the ruling camp and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
- The Trinamool Congress has predicted the party supremo's win by a massive margin. Read more
- Banerjee has twice represented the Bhabanipur seat in the Assembly between 2011 and 2021 and looking for a third term through the bypoll.
- Twenty-four companies of central forces have been deployed at the counting centres in Bhabanipur and the entire area has been put under the surveillance of close-circuit cameras.
Read this for more updates on bypolls in all four seats
- The Election Commission has said officials would be allowed to use pen and paper, while the returning officer and observer have been given the permission to bring mobile phones.
- The weather department has predicted an increase in thunderstorms with lightning activity in south Bengal on October 3 and 4. Read more
- The BJP had earlier complained of a lack level-playing field in the seat.
- On the day of polling, Tibrewal had complained of rigging in a booth, but the polling body had said election began late due to delay in a mock drill.