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:
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.
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.
After 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.
Around 46% of people here (in Bhabanipur) are non-Bengalis. They all have voted for me. People of West Bengal are watching Bhabanipur, which has inspired me: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata pic.twitter.com/INNblPQYEv
- ANI (@ANI) October 3, 2021
#WATCH | West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee greets her supporters outside her residence in Kolkata as she inches closer to victory in Bhabanipur Assembly bypoll pic.twitter.com/S1FlBYTXAG
- ANI (@ANI) October 3, 2021
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.
#WATCH | 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 pic.twitter.com/XlZhaJPB0n
- ANI (@ANI) October 3, 2021
Mamata Banerjee ahead of BJP rival Priyanka Tibrewal by 12,000 votes in crucial Bhabanipur battle.
West Bengal: TMC supporters celebrate outside CM Mamata Banerjee's residence in Kolkata as she leads in the Bhabanipur Assembly by-election pic.twitter.com/roWsaX9moK
- ANI (@ANI) October 3, 2021
#UPDATE | West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee leads BJP candidate Priyanka Tibrewal by 2,377 votes after second round of counting of votes for Bhabanipur Assembly bypolls, as per Election Commission data
- ANI (@ANI) October 3, 2021
West Bengal CM & TMC chief Mamta Banerjee is leading with 3680 votes against BJP candidate Priyanka Tibrewal's 881 votes after first round of counting of votes for Bhabanipur Assembly by-election, as per Election Commission data
- ANI (@ANI) October 3, 2021
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West Bengal: Counting of votes begins for by-elections in Bhabanipur Assembly constituency; outside visuals from Sakhawat Memorial Govt Girls' High School counting centre pic.twitter.com/5so3lzD9pH
- ANI (@ANI) October 3, 2021
West Bengal: Counting of votes begins for by-elections in Bhabanipur, Jangipur, and Samserganj Assembly constituencies
- ANI (@ANI) October 3, 2021
CM & TMC chief Mamata Banerjee and BJP's Priyanka Tibrewal are in the fray from Bhabanipur
Mamata 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.
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 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.
