Sustaining its momentum from its triumph within the Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal, the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) swept all 4 Meeting bypolls within the state Saturday, wresting three seats from the BJP.
The BJP, which noticed its Lok Sabha ballot tally decline within the state, didn’t make a turnaround, as all its candidates misplaced the bypolls, coming distant second, whereas the Left-Congress alliance candidates misplaced their deposits in three of the 4 seats.
In Kolkata’s Maniktala, the TMC’s Supti Pande gained the by-election with a margin of 62,312 votes in opposition to the BJP’s Kalyan Chaubey. Pande not solely retained the seat that her late husband Sadhan Pande had gained thrice (in 2011, 2016 and 2021), but additionally elevated the victory margin. Sadhan Pande, the deceased state minister, had gained in 2021 by a margin of over 20,000 votes.
In North Dinajpur’s Raiganj, the TMC’s Krishna Kalyani gained by 50,077 votes. That is the primary time the TMC has gained this seat. Within the 2021 Meeting polls, Krishna Kalyani had gained this seat, however on a BJP ticket. He later switched to the TMC and unsuccessfully contested from the Raiganj Lok Sabha seat on its ticket. Earlier than the Lok Sabha polls, he had resigned because the BJP MLA, ensuing within the bypoll, wherein the TMC once more made him its candidate. Whereas Kalyani acquired 86,479 votes, the BJP’s Manas Kumar Ghosh polled 36,402 votes.
TMC candidates Supti Pande and Mukut Mani Adhikari. (PTI)
In Nadia’s Ranaghat-Dakshin seat, the TMC’s Mukut Mani Adhikari gained with a margin of 39,048 votes. In 2021, Adhikari, then with the BJP, had gained this seat. Like Kalyani, he too had joined the TMC after the Meeting polls, with out resigning as an MLA. Like Kalyani, he too solely resigned to contest the Lok Sabha polls, unsuccessfully, on the TMC ticket. He was once more made a TMC candidate within the bypoll, wherein he garnered 1,13,533 votes as in comparison with the BJP’s Manoj Kumar Biswas, who acquired 74,485 votes.
Within the Bagdah constituency in North 24 Parganas district, the TMC’s Madhuparna Thakur gained by 33,455 votes. Whereas Thakur bagged 1,07,706 votes, the BJP’s Binay Kumar Biswas acquired 74,251 votes. The bypoll was necessitated following the resignation of BJP MLA Biswajit Das.
The Bagdah bypoll end result has additionally come as a lift for the TMC because it has wrested the seat from the BJP, which had gained it in 2021. The TMC had gained it in 2011 and 2016. The victory additionally assumes significance because the seat falls within the space dominated by the Matua group, a big part of which backed the BJP within the final two Lok Sabha polls.
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The Mamata Banerjee-led TMC described the bypoll outcomes as a “huge success” for the celebration, and mentioned the folks of Bengal have as soon as once more rejected the BJP. “The folks had rejected the BJP within the final Lok Sabha polls. The identical end result has been repeated within the bypolls. The allegation that bypolls weren’t free and truthful are simply excuses by the BJP to cover its personal failures and shortcomings. The BJP has misplaced the election and other people’s belief. It’s excessive time they accepted the very fact and moved on,” mentioned TMC chief Kunal Ghosh.
The bypoll outcomes come over a month after the TMC’s spectacular efficiency within the Lok Sabha polls, wherein it bagged 29 seats out of 42 as in opposition to the BJP’s 12 seats. Within the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the TMC had acquired 22 seats as in comparison with the BJP’s 18.
The BJP mentioned it will replicate over the outcomes. “We’ll introspect over our efficiency to know why the folks didn’t vote in favour of our candidates. Nevertheless, the TMC didn’t permit free and truthful elections to happen. There have been reviews of numerous electoral malpractices,” mentioned state BJP spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya.
About 63% polling was recorded within the bypolls held on Wednesday. Whereas the TMC mentioned it was peaceable, the BJP alleged the ruling celebration staff had indulged in electoral malpractices like rigging and false voting to win the by- elections.
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