Results for bypolls to West Bengal ande Uttarakhand Assembly constituencies will be announced today.
The Trinamool Congress was leading by a comfortable margin in all three seats in assembly by-polls in West Bengal. "Politics of arrogance will not work. People have rejected the BJP," Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said congratulating her party members.
Counting for the bypolls to three West Bengal Assembly constituencies and one Uttarakhand Assembly constituency will be announced on Thursday. In West Bengal, elections were held in Karimpur, Kharagpur Sadar and Kaliaganj constituencies, while in Uttarakhand, a bye-election took place in Pithoragarh constituency.
In West Bengal, there are tensions between the Trinamool Congress and BJP over an attack on a BJP candidate during voting on Monday.
BJP's Karimpur candidate, Jay Prakash Majumdar, was heckled, assaulted and kicked into bushes by the side of the road by Trinamool supporters during polling.
Despite the violence, the assembly segments recorded an impressive overall voter turnout.
"The average voting percentage was 75.48 per cent. The turnout was 77.17 per cent in Kaliaganj, 67.62 per cent in Kharagpur Sadar and 81.23 per cent in Karimpur," the Election Commission had said.
| West Bengal & Uttarakhand ByPoll Election Results 2019 |
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| State | West Bengal | West Bengal | West Bengal | Uttarakhand |
| Constituency | Kaliaganj | Karimpur | Kharagpur Sadar | Pithoragarh |
| Leading | Tapan Deb Singha | Bimalendu Sinha Roy | Pradip Sarkar | Chandra Pant |
| Party | TMC | TMC | TMC | BJP |
| Previous Winner | Cong | TMC | BJP | BJP |
| Status | Gains | Holds | Gains | Holds |
Here are the LIVE updates on West Bengal and Uttarakhand Bypolls:
BJP leading in PithoragarhThe BJP is leading by more than 1,000 votes in the by-election to Pithoragarh assembly seat in Uttarakhand, an official said on Thursday. After the fifth round of counting, BJP's Chandra Pant was ahead of her nearest rival Anju Lunthi of the Congress by 1,197 votes, the official said.
Counting of votes for Pithoragarh seat where the bypoll was held on November 25 began at 8 am on Thursday. The bypoll was necessitated after the death of sitting BJP MLA and cabinet minister Prakash Pant in June this year. Mr Pant's wife Chandra is taking on Lunthi in a straight contest on the seat. Samajwadi Party's Manoj Bhatt is also in the fray.
Mamata Banerjee Congratulates TMC For "Winning All Three Seats" West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC Chief Mamata Banerjee has congratulated her party for "winning all three seats" in the bypolls. It must be noted that there is no confirmation of the final results from the reporters.
TMC Wins KaliaganjThe Trinamool Congress has won the Kaliaganj seat. The party is leading at the other two places.
PTI, quoting an EC official, reports that TMC has won the seat by 2,304.
Pithoragarh Bypoll
BJP's Chandra Pant is leading by 1200 votes.
TMC Leads In All 3 Seats
Leads show ruling TMC is leading in all three seats. The Kharagpur Lok Sabha seat had sent BJP to Parliament in May. Same is the case in the Kaliaganj seat in Raiganj Lok Sabha, which was also won by the BJP in May.
About Pithoragarh By-PollCounting of votes polled for Pithoragarh assembly by-poll in Uttarakhand began on Thursday.
Polling to the seat was held on November 25 with 47.48 per cent of voters casting their vote.
The seat fell vacant after the death of sitting BJP MLA and Cabinet Minister Prakash Pant in June this year.
Mr Pant's wife Chandra is taking on Congress' Anju Lunthi in a bid to retain the seat for the BJP.
Samajwadi Party's Lalit Mohan Bhatt is the third contestant in the fray.
BJP leads in two seats, TMC in one: PTI
The BJP gained leads over its rivals in Kharagpur Sadar and Kaliaganj Assembly seats while the ruling TMC was ahead in the Karimpur Assembly segment after the third round of counting of votes for the by-polls in West Bengal, EC officials said on Thursday.
BJP's Prem Chandra Jha was leading over his nearest rival Chittaranjan Mandal of the Congress-CPI(M) alliance by 915 votes in Kharagpur Sadar seat.
In the Kaliaganj Assembly segment, the saffron party's Kamal Chandra Sarkar was ahead of his nearest rival Tapan Deb Sinha of the TMC by 1,800 votes.
TMC's Bimalendu Singha Roy was leading over his nearest rival Jay Prakash Majumdar of the BJP by 14,000 votes in Karimpur Assembly seat.
Counting of votes began at 8 am on Thursday amid tight security in three Assembly seats of West Bengal where by-polls were held on November 25.
Bengal bypoll: Trinamool, BJP, Cong lead in one seat eachThe BJP was ahead in Kaliaganj, ruling Trinamool Congress was leading in Karimpur, while the Congress was occupying the pole position in Kharagpur Sadar after the first round of counting on Thursday for the West Bengal Assembly bypolls.
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Karimpur Seat
In Karimpur the CPI(M)-Congress candidate Gholam Rabbi is in the reckoning against Majumdar and the ruling TMC's Bimalendu Singha Roy.
Kharagpur Sadar
The seat was vacated by BJP MLA Dilip Ghosh after winning Medinipur Lok Sabha seat earlier this year. BJP's Prem Chandra Jha is contesting against Chittaranjan Mandal of the Congress-CPI(M) alliance and Pradip Sarkar of the TMC.
Counting begins
The counting has started for the three seats of West Bengal and one seat in Uttarakhand.
Kaliaganj Seat
The Kaliaganj seat felt vacant after the death of the sitting MLA in May. Congress' Dhitashree Roy is contesting against TMC's Tapan Deb Sinha and BJP's Kamal Chandra Sarkar in Kaliaganj.
Counting begins at 8 am.
The counting for the West Bengal and Uttarakhand by-elections is scheduled to start at 8.00 am.