Kolkata South Seat

Mamata Banerjee, still smarting from her defeat in Nandigram, won a record victory today from her regular seat in South Kolkata, Bhabanipur.

A moderate turnout was recorded in the by-election to the Bhabanipur assembly seat, where West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is contesting to retain her post, as polling in the high-profile constituency in south Kolkata passed off peacefully

The West Bengal BJP on Tuesday released what could be its final list of candidates for the upcoming Assembly polls. It has 13 names - but no Mithun Chakraborty. From Rashbbehari, the seat many believed was reserved for the 'Dada' of Bengali cinema, the party has fielded retired Lieutenant General Subrata Saha, who was in charge of Kashmir during cr...

After a spate of violence in the third and fourth phase of the panchayat polls in West Bengal, the voters will exercise their franchise in the fifth and last phase today. Almost 65 lakh people will cast their vote in four districts - North and South Dinajpur, Cooch Behar and Jalpaiguri. The number of seats being contested today is 8342.

The Trinamool Congress retained its stronghold Kolkata South Lok Sabha seat in a bypoll on Sunday, with party candidate Subrata Bakshi trouncing his nearest of India-Marxist (CPI-M) opponent by a massive margin of over 2.30 lakh votes.

The Kolkata South Lok Sabha constituency, which has elected West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee half a dozen times at a stretch, is all set to see a first time MP as it goes to bypolls Wednesday.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Bannerjee is contesting the Bhowanipore Assembly seat in Kolkata today which falls under Kolkata South Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency. The state's PWD minister and Trinamool Congress leader Subrata Bakshihad recently vacated the seat to enable Mamata Banerjee to fight from this constituency.

Mamata Banerjee, still smarting from her defeat in Nandigram, won a record victory today from her regular seat in South Kolkata, Bhabanipur.

A moderate turnout was recorded in the by-election to the Bhabanipur assembly seat, where West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is contesting to retain her post, as polling in the high-profile constituency in south Kolkata passed off peacefully

The West Bengal BJP on Tuesday released what could be its final list of candidates for the upcoming Assembly polls. It has 13 names - but no Mithun Chakraborty. From Rashbbehari, the seat many believed was reserved for the 'Dada' of Bengali cinema, the party has fielded retired Lieutenant General Subrata Saha, who was in charge of Kashmir during cr...

After a spate of violence in the third and fourth phase of the panchayat polls in West Bengal, the voters will exercise their franchise in the fifth and last phase today. Almost 65 lakh people will cast their vote in four districts - North and South Dinajpur, Cooch Behar and Jalpaiguri. The number of seats being contested today is 8342.

The Trinamool Congress retained its stronghold Kolkata South Lok Sabha seat in a bypoll on Sunday, with party candidate Subrata Bakshi trouncing his nearest of India-Marxist (CPI-M) opponent by a massive margin of over 2.30 lakh votes.

The Kolkata South Lok Sabha constituency, which has elected West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee half a dozen times at a stretch, is all set to see a first time MP as it goes to bypolls Wednesday.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Bannerjee is contesting the Bhowanipore Assembly seat in Kolkata today which falls under Kolkata South Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency. The state's PWD minister and Trinamool Congress leader Subrata Bakshihad recently vacated the seat to enable Mamata Banerjee to fight from this constituency.