Bengal By-poll

The coming by-polls in West Bengal are expected to be bellwether for which way the political winds are blowing in Mamata Banerjee's West Bengal after the massive protests over the rape-murder of a Kolkata doctor.

INDIA bloc candidate and Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's wife Kamlesh Thakur today won the Dehra assembly bypoll in Himachal Pradesh while the alliance's AAP secured the Jalandhar West seat and Trinamool Congress took two in West Bengal.

The TMC has tapped into the minority vote in West Bengal, but the Sagardighi by-poll is an aberration. TMC sources say the party is addressing issues that led to this loss, and more changes are likely in the days to come.

The stage is set for a three-cornered contest in the by-poll to the Sagardighi assembly constituency in Murshidabad district on Monday.

Amid the high stake by-poll battle in Tripura, Dr Saha also refuted the opposition charge that he is a 'stop-gap' chief minister and said he would be the face of the party in the 2023 assembly polls.

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.

The Election Commission has barred Trinamool Congress MLA Narendranath Chakraborty from campaigning for by-polls to two constituencies in West Bengal for violating the model code of conduct by allegedly issuing open threats to BJP voters and supporte

Trinamool Congress candidates Shatrughan Sinha and Babul Supriyo on Monday filed their nominations for by-polls to a Lok Sabha and an assembly seat to be held on April 12 in West Bengal.

Fashion-designer-turned-MLA Agnimitra Paul will run against Shatrughan Sinha of the Trinamool Congress in the by-election to the Asansol Lok Sabha constituency, the BJP announced on Friday.

She added that central forces will start arriving in the state for the 12 April by-polls and will have to be accommodated in schools. "So, it will be difficult to conduct examinations," she said.

WB Board Class 12 Exams 2022: The Class 12 board examinations are scheduled to be held from April 2-26, while the by-polls will be held on April 12 and votes will be counted on April 16.

The winning streak of Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee looks set to continue through the by-polls, where her Trinamool Congress is on track to wrest two seats won by the BJP in the April-May state polls. The party is ahead in all four seats.

With four assembly constituencies in West Bengal going to by-polls on Saturday amid tight security and maintenance of Covid protocols, all eyes will be on Dinhata as Trinamool Congress (TMC) heavyweight Udayan Guha is looking to reclaim the seat, whi

Mamata Banerjee is heading for a victory by a record margin in the by-polls for Bhabanipur, a south Kolkata constituency that she has to win to remain the Chief Minister of Bengal.

The coming by-polls in West Bengal are expected to be bellwether for which way the political winds are blowing in Mamata Banerjee's West Bengal after the massive protests over the rape-murder of a Kolkata doctor.

INDIA bloc candidate and Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's wife Kamlesh Thakur today won the Dehra assembly bypoll in Himachal Pradesh while the alliance's AAP secured the Jalandhar West seat and Trinamool Congress took two in West Bengal.

The TMC has tapped into the minority vote in West Bengal, but the Sagardighi by-poll is an aberration. TMC sources say the party is addressing issues that led to this loss, and more changes are likely in the days to come.

The stage is set for a three-cornered contest in the by-poll to the Sagardighi assembly constituency in Murshidabad district on Monday.

Amid the high stake by-poll battle in Tripura, Dr Saha also refuted the opposition charge that he is a 'stop-gap' chief minister and said he would be the face of the party in the 2023 assembly polls.

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.

The Election Commission has barred Trinamool Congress MLA Narendranath Chakraborty from campaigning for by-polls to two constituencies in West Bengal for violating the model code of conduct by allegedly issuing open threats to BJP voters and supporte

Trinamool Congress candidates Shatrughan Sinha and Babul Supriyo on Monday filed their nominations for by-polls to a Lok Sabha and an assembly seat to be held on April 12 in West Bengal.

Fashion-designer-turned-MLA Agnimitra Paul will run against Shatrughan Sinha of the Trinamool Congress in the by-election to the Asansol Lok Sabha constituency, the BJP announced on Friday.

She added that central forces will start arriving in the state for the 12 April by-polls and will have to be accommodated in schools. "So, it will be difficult to conduct examinations," she said.

WB Board Class 12 Exams 2022: The Class 12 board examinations are scheduled to be held from April 2-26, while the by-polls will be held on April 12 and votes will be counted on April 16.

The winning streak of Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee looks set to continue through the by-polls, where her Trinamool Congress is on track to wrest two seats won by the BJP in the April-May state polls. The party is ahead in all four seats.

With four assembly constituencies in West Bengal going to by-polls on Saturday amid tight security and maintenance of Covid protocols, all eyes will be on Dinhata as Trinamool Congress (TMC) heavyweight Udayan Guha is looking to reclaim the seat, whi

Mamata Banerjee is heading for a victory by a record margin in the by-polls for Bhabanipur, a south Kolkata constituency that she has to win to remain the Chief Minister of Bengal.