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Bengal bypoll result highlights: TMC's Sovandeb Chatterjee wins Khardah
West Bengal Bypolls Results 2021 Live Updates: Votes will be counted for bye-elections to four assembly constituencies – Dinhata, Shantipur, Khardah, and Gosaba
The counting of votes for four assembly seats in West Bengal is being today. The constituencies of Dinhata, Khardaha, Gosaba (SC), and Santipur went into bypolls on October 30. It’s a direct battle between the primary opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC). The bypoll in Dinhata and Santipur was necessitated after winning candidates from the BJP Nisith Pramanik and Jagannath Sarkar, respectively, chose to not take oath in order to remain in the Parliament....Read More
Meanwhile, the seats of Gosaba and Khardaha fell vacant after the winning TMC candidates died. Kajal Sinha, who won from the Khardaha seat, succumbed to Covid-19 before the Assembly election results were declared in West Bengal on May 2. In Gosaba, TMC veteran Jayanta Naskar, who bagged the seat since 2011 and clinched it for the third time this year, passed away.
TMC fielded Sovandeb Chattopadhyay, who had originally bagged the Bhabanipur seat in Kolkata, from Khardaha. He had vacated Bhabanipur for TMC supremo and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee to contest the bypoll on September 30 after she lost to BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram in the Assembly polls 2021. Joy Saha is taking on Chattopadhyay in Khardaha by the BJP.
In Dinhata, TMC’s Udayan Guha and BJP’s Ashok Mondal are competing against each other. In Santipur, BJP has fielded Niranjan Biswas against TMC’s Brajakishore Goswami. Meanwhile, BJP has fielded Palash Rana, a debutant in elections, against the ruling party’s Subrata Mondal, who is a local leader.
State minister Sovandeb Chattopadhyay wins Khardah with a margin of over 93,000 votes
Sovandeb Chattopadhyay, who vacated the Bhabanipur seat for Mamata Banerjee, wins the Khardah constituency with a margin of over 93,000 votes.
TMC's Udayan Guha wins by a margin of over 163,000 votes
TMC's Udayan Guha declared winner of Dinhata assembly constituency with a margin of 163,005 votes
TMC leading by 155,837 votes in Dinhata
Dinhata assembly constituency
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Round: 18th Round complete
(Total Rounds: 19)
1. AITC - 179910
2. BJP - 24073
3. AIFB - 5961
4. NOTA-3764
Leading Party - AITC leading by 155,837 Votes.
Dinhata: Udayan Guha takes massive lead by over 96,000 votes
Sovandeb Chatterjee leading in Khardah by 18,000 votes
At the end of the fourth round of counting in Khardah, West Bengal minister Sovandeb Chattopadhyay reportedly crossed his nearest opponent by 18,000 votes. BJP candidate Joy Saha has, on the other hand, shifted to the third spot.
TMC's Udayan Guha leading in Dinhata by over 62,000 votes
After eight rounds of counting, Trinamool Congress candidate Udayan Guha was found leading by over 62,000 votes, reported HT Bangla.
TMC leading in all four assembly constituencies
West Bengal minister and veteran TMC leader Sovandeb Chatterjee was also reported to be leading in Khardah assembly, while the party has also taken the lead in the Santipur assembly
TMC's Udayan Guha leading in Dinhata
Trinamool Congress' Udayan Guha was reported to be leading in the Dinhata assembly constituency by more than 38,000 votes, while the party's candidate in Gosaba, Subrata Mondol, was also reported to be leading by more than 20,000 votes.
Who are the candidates in Dinhata?
In Dinhata, TMC’s Udayan Guha and BJP’s Ashok Mondal are competing against each other. The Left Front has fielded Abdur Rauf of the All India Forward Block.
Bengal bypolls: Visuals from Dinhata counting centre
West Bengal: Results of four assembly seats -- Dinhata, Khardaha, Gosaba (SC), and Santipur -- that went into bypolls on October 30 will be announced today; visuals from Dinhata College counting centre.
BJP, TMC locked in tough contest
Santipur and Dinhata seats fell vacant after BJP MP Jagannath Sarkar and Nishith Pramanik resigned from the assembly, respectively.
Whereas, elections on the other two seats are being held as All India Trinamool Congress' (TMC) MLAs Kajal Sinha (Khardaha) and Jayanta Naskar (Gosaba) died due to Covid-19.
