Mamata Banerjee wins by 58,389 votes in Bhabanipur. According to the ECI, Mamata Banerjee secured 84,709 votes while BJP's Priyanka Tibrewal bagged 26,320 votes. CMP candidate Srijib Biswas for 4,201 votes.
TMC workers & supporters celebrate outside the residence of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata as she leads by 28,825 votes in Bhabanipur bypolls after 9th round of counting
Mamata Banerjee leading by 25,314 votes after the seventh round of voting in Bhabanipur. The final result will be declared after 21 rounds of counting.
The ruling Trinamool Congress has claimed that Mamata Banerjee will win by more than 50,000 votes. State Cabinet Minister and senior TMC leader Firhad Hakim said, “We are very confident that she will win by more than 50, 000 votes.”
The counting of votes for the West Bengal bypolls will begin in Kolkata at 8 am on Sunday amid heavy security deployment.
A high voting rate at 78.60 pc and 76.12 pc was recorded in Murshidabad's Samserganj and Jangipur seats respectively.
The by-elections will be held in south Kolkata's Bhabanipur, besides Jangipur and Samserganj seats in Murshidabad district.
EC had asked the state government to submit a report on the incident, where it had mentioned that eight people were arrested in the matter.
The suspension was demanded by Bengal BJP Vice President Dilip Ghosh on Monday, following an alleged attack by the Trinamool Congress.
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