Bengal Bypolls

The Election Commission on Monday announced bypolls to 13 assembly constituencies across seven states, including four in West Bengal, on July 10.

The ruling Trinamool Congress wrested the Dhupguri assembly seat in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on Friday from the BJP in a by-election, an Election Commission official said.

A week after the INDIA alliance said it will contest next year's Lok Sabha election "together", the "as far as possible" addendum has become evident in bypolls in Kerala, Uttarakhand and Bengal, where INDIA members are fighting each other.

A former Trinamool legislator defected to the BJP on Sunday after being snubbed for a crucial by-election to the seat she once held.

Former TMC MLA of Dhupguri Mitali Roy on Sunday morning joined the BJP, two days before the by-election in the seat.

The Congress on Thursday secured a seat in the present Bengal assembly as its candidate Bayron Biswas won the Sagardighi bypoll, defeating the nearest rival of the TMC by 22,980 votes.

Congress candidate Bayron Biswas was leading in the Sagardighi assembly seat in West Bengal's Murshidabad district where counting of votes was underway for a by-election, according to the Election Commission (EC).

The counting of votes for bye-elections to one assembly constituency each in Arunachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and two assembly seats in Maharashtra began on Thursday.

Bypolls are being held in Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand and West Bengal today amid tight security. The bypolls were necessitated in Erode (East) Assembly constituency (Tamil Nadu) and West Bengal's Sagardighi assembly constituency after the death of the sitt

Three years after his parliamentary poll defeat in home state Bihar, actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha emerged triumphant on Saturday in neighbouring West Bengal's Asansol Lok Sabha bypoll, quashing the "outsider" tag accorded to him

Babul Supriyo's life has been one roller coaster ride - from a city banker who rose to be a BJP Minister at the Centre after a chance meeting with yoga guru Ramdev, he suddenly found himself out in the cold after losing an assembly poll last year.

Trinamool Congress leader Babul Supriyo won the Ballygunge assembly by-poll on Saturday, defeating his nearest rival of the CPI(M), Saira Shah Halim, by a margin of 20,228 votes.

Trinamool Congress has won big in Asansol Lok Sabha and Ballygunge assembly seats, the most keenly watched among the five by-polls for which votes were counted today. Lalu Yadav's party has won in Bihar and Congress in Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra.

One of Bengal's largest cities, Asansol, will vote for its MP in Lok Sabha bypolls next week and the main rivals are an "outsider" and a candidate who calls herself the "daughter" of the city.

The BJP has targeted the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal over a video in which a party legislator is seen asking Trinamool workers to threaten BJP supporters against voting in the upcoming bypoll in Asansol Lok Sabha seat.

The Election Commission on Monday announced bypolls to 13 assembly constituencies across seven states, including four in West Bengal, on July 10.

The ruling Trinamool Congress wrested the Dhupguri assembly seat in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on Friday from the BJP in a by-election, an Election Commission official said.

A week after the INDIA alliance said it will contest next year's Lok Sabha election "together", the "as far as possible" addendum has become evident in bypolls in Kerala, Uttarakhand and Bengal, where INDIA members are fighting each other.

A former Trinamool legislator defected to the BJP on Sunday after being snubbed for a crucial by-election to the seat she once held.

Former TMC MLA of Dhupguri Mitali Roy on Sunday morning joined the BJP, two days before the by-election in the seat.

The Congress on Thursday secured a seat in the present Bengal assembly as its candidate Bayron Biswas won the Sagardighi bypoll, defeating the nearest rival of the TMC by 22,980 votes.

Congress candidate Bayron Biswas was leading in the Sagardighi assembly seat in West Bengal's Murshidabad district where counting of votes was underway for a by-election, according to the Election Commission (EC).

The counting of votes for bye-elections to one assembly constituency each in Arunachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and two assembly seats in Maharashtra began on Thursday.

Bypolls are being held in Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand and West Bengal today amid tight security. The bypolls were necessitated in Erode (East) Assembly constituency (Tamil Nadu) and West Bengal's Sagardighi assembly constituency after the death of the sitt

Three years after his parliamentary poll defeat in home state Bihar, actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha emerged triumphant on Saturday in neighbouring West Bengal's Asansol Lok Sabha bypoll, quashing the "outsider" tag accorded to him

Babul Supriyo's life has been one roller coaster ride - from a city banker who rose to be a BJP Minister at the Centre after a chance meeting with yoga guru Ramdev, he suddenly found himself out in the cold after losing an assembly poll last year.

Trinamool Congress leader Babul Supriyo won the Ballygunge assembly by-poll on Saturday, defeating his nearest rival of the CPI(M), Saira Shah Halim, by a margin of 20,228 votes.

Trinamool Congress has won big in Asansol Lok Sabha and Ballygunge assembly seats, the most keenly watched among the five by-polls for which votes were counted today. Lalu Yadav's party has won in Bihar and Congress in Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra.

One of Bengal's largest cities, Asansol, will vote for its MP in Lok Sabha bypolls next week and the main rivals are an "outsider" and a candidate who calls herself the "daughter" of the city.

The BJP has targeted the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal over a video in which a party legislator is seen asking Trinamool workers to threaten BJP supporters against voting in the upcoming bypoll in Asansol Lok Sabha seat.