Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress soared ahead in West Bengal by elections, winning the Noapara Assembly seat and maintaining a steady lead in Uluberia. Trinamool candidate Sunil Singh won the Assembly seat with 1,11,729 votes, followed by CPI(M)’s Gargi Chatterjee with over 30,000 votes, BJP’s Sandip Banerjee with 35000+ votes, Congress’s Goutam Bose gets 10090 and NOTA-3427. In Uluberia Lok Sabha seat too, Trinamool has maintained a steady lead.
Taking to Twitter, the party wrote: “Trinamool wins Noapara Assembly constituency by a margin of 63,000 votes (54% vote share) #BengalBypolls”.
The by-election results were being considered a litmus test for the BJP, which is trying to make a dent in the state ahead of Lok Sabha 2019 elections.
The Uluberia seat fell vacant after the death of Trinamool lawmaker Sultan Ahmed, while Noapara seat felt vacant following the death of Congress MLA Madhusudan Ghose.
In Uluberia, Muslim leaders have dominated the seat for the last four decades.
The by-polls were held on Monday January 29, 2018.
Uluberia witnessed 76 per cent voter turnout, while 75.3 per cent voters turned up during Noapara Assembly seat on Monday.
“Till the end of polling at 5 pm Uluberia Lok Sabha recorded 76.7 per cent polling whereas Noapara recorded 75.3 per cent. The polling was completely peaceful,” said a senior election official.
Bureau Report
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