Bengal Byelection Results Highlights: Central forces have been deployed at the counting centres. (File)
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has claimed a resounding win in Bhabanipur bypoll. She was leading by a margin of 58,832 votes. "I have won the Bhabanipur Assembly bypolls with a margin of 58,832 votes and have registered the victory in every ward of the constituency," Ms Banerjee said.
The win was crucial for her to continue as the Chief Minister following the defeat at Nandigram.
The polling was held in Bhabanipur, Jangipur and Samserganj assembly constituencies of the state on September 30.
Twenty four companies of central forces were deployed at the counting centres, and the entire area was put under CCTV surveillance.
The counting was held in 21 rounds for the Bhabanipur constituency, 26 rounds for Samserganj and 24 rounds for the Jangipur constituency at the Sakhawat Memorial School of Kolkata.
Here are the Highlights on Bengal bypolls results today:
Trinamool wins all these seats Bengal
After Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's expected landslide victory from Bhabanipur assembly constituency, Trinamool candidates in Samserganj and Jangipur in Murshidabad district notched impressive wins with Jakir Hossain winning Jangipur by a massive margin of 92,480 votes.
Jangipur's Trinamool Congress nominee Jakir Hossain secured some 1,36,444 votes, while his nearest rival, Bharatiya Janata Party's Sujit Das, polled 43,964 votes in a one-sided electoral battle. Hossain was declared victorious with a margin of 92,480 votes. Except Jane Alam Mian of Revolutionary Socialist Party, no other candidate reached four figures.
In Samserganj, Trinamool candidate Amirul Islam won by a margin of 26,379 votes. He secured 96,417 votes, while his nearest rival, Zaidur Rahaman of the Congress, got 70,038. Murshidabad was earlier seen as a Congress stronghold.
Centre Hatched Conspiracies To Remove Trinamool From Power: Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday alleged that the central government hatched conspiracies to remove Trinamool from power since the start of the elections.
Ms Banerjee's remarks came a short while before the election commission announced her massive victory in the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency.
"I Am Man of the Match In Bhabanipur": BJP's Priyanka TibrewalAfter Mamata Banerjee won Bhabanipur bypolls with 85,263 votes, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Priyanka Tibrewal claimed that she is the ''Man of the Match'' as she secured more than 25,000 votes in the stronghold of West Bengal.
The BJP leader bagged 26,428 votes, as per the Election Commission of India.
"I am ''Man of the Match'' of this game because I contested the election in Mamata Banerjee's stronghold and got more than 25,000 votes. I will continue doing the hard work," Ms Tibrewal told ANI.
Mamata Banerjee wins Bhabanipur seat by 58,832 votes
Mamata Banerjee won a resounding victory in the bypoll, which was crucial for her to continue as the Chief Minister following the defeat at Nandigram. She won with a record margin of 58,832 votes over her BJP rival
"I have won the Bhabanipur Assembly bypolls with a margin of 58,832 votes and have registered the victory in every ward of the constituency," Ms Banerjee said.
"What is most heartwarming is that I have not lost in a single ward in the constituency. Last time, I had trailed in a couple of wards," she said.
Mamata Banerjee leading by 56,388 votes
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is leading by 56,388 votes and has crossed her own 2011 margin.
Mamata Banerjee leads with a margin of 48,782 in round 18 of counting of votes for Bhabanipur bypoll.
Mamata Banerjee leads in Bhabanipur bypoll
Mamata Banerjee leads with a margin of 35,457 in round 13 of counting of votes for Bhabanipur bypoll. BJP's Priyanka Tibrewal gets 15,821 votes.
Mamata Banerjee leads with a margin of 33,982 in round 11 of counting of votes for Bhabanipur bypoll.
Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee leads with margin of 31,645 votes in Bhabanipur bypoll.
BJP's candidate for Priyanka Tibrewal falls behind with 5,719 votes
Mamata Banerjee takes massive lead in BhabanipurWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is leading by 12,435 votes in the Bhabanipur bypoll after the fourth round of counting on Sunday morning, as per the Election Commission.
The Trinamool is also leading in Murshidabad's Samserganj and Jangipur where counting of votes for assembly elections is underway.
Ms Banerjee, the Trinamool candidate in the Bhabanipur seat in south Kolkata, secured 16,397 votes, as per official data after the fourth round of counting.
Mamata Banerjee ahead of BJP rival
Mamata Banerjee ahead of BJP rival Priyanka Tibrewal by 12,000 votes in crucial Bhabanipur battle.
Round Three Bhabanipur counting:
Trinamool's Mamata Banerjee: 9,974 Votes
BJP's Priyanka Tibrewal: 3,828 Votes
CPM's Srijeeb Biswas: 250 Votes
NOTA: 114 Votes
Mamata Banerjee is leading with 6,146 votes.
Mamata Banerjee leading after second round of counting of votes
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is leading in Bhabanipur after second round by 2,500 votes. The numbers include postal ballots.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded 41-year-old Priyanka Tibrewal, a lawyer, against the TMC chief. CPI(M) has fielded Srijib Biswas, who is also a lawyer. Congress did not contest the seat.
Mamata Banerjee's Must-Win By-ElectionMamata Banerjee has to win Bhabanipur bypolls to remain West Bengal Chief Minister, having lost the seat she fought in state polls earlier this year. The Chief Minister has had to contest the by-poll because, despite her own party's tremendous victory in the assembly polls held this March-April, she could not win from Nandigram. The BJP put up a tough fight there through its recruit Suvendu Adhikari, a confidante-turned-foe of the Chief Minister.
Read here. Number of voters in the Bengal constituencies
The bypolls were held for Bhabanipur in South Kolkata and Jangipur and Samserganj seats in the Murshidabad district of the state. As per the election commission, three constituencies have a total electorate of 6,97,164. The total number of voters in Bhabanipur is 20,64,56; of which 1,11,243 are male and 95, 209 are women. There were 287 booths in Bhabanipur, of which the number of main booths were be 269.
Bhabanipur bypoll live: Bhabanipur recorded voter turnout of 57.09 per cent
Bhabanipur assembly seat in West Bengal, from where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is in the fray, recorded a voter turnout of 57.09 per cent during voting on Thursday, according to the state election commission. While Samserganj recorded a voter turnout of 79.92 per cent, Jangipur recorded 77.63 per cent voting.