The bye-elections in 4 constituencies of West Bengal (Kaliaganj, Kharagpur Sadar, Karimpur) and Uttarakhand (Pithoragarh) were held on Monday, November 25. The results for the same will be declared today.
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2:00 PM | TMC’ Pradip Sarkar defeats BJP hope Prem Chandra Jha by a margin of 20,811 votes in Kharagpur Sadar assembly seat
12:15 PM | In Pithoragarh BJP leading by 1,856 votes after 8th round
11:55 AM | Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee reacts to bypoll results, says This is the response of the people of Bengal to BJP’s arrogance
This is the response of the people of Bengal to BJP’s arrogance. It is clear now that we will win all three seats including the Kharagpur seat for the first time: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on by-polls
11:45 AM | TMC candidate Tapan Deb Singha wins Kaliaganj assembly bypolls by 2,304 votes
11:00 AM | TMC is leading in Kaliganj by over 3000 votes
10:20 AM | BJP candidate Chandra Pant leads in the Pithoragarh seat by a slender margin of a mare 44 votes at the moment
While, in Kaliaganj, BJP contestant Kamal Chandra Sarkar was leading over his Trinamool Congress rival. In Karimpur, Trinamool Congress candidate Bimalendu Sinha Roy is leading the pack.
The Kaliaganj seat fell vacant after the incumbent Congress legislator Pramathanath Roy passed away. Kharagpur Sadar went to the hustings as the sitting MLA — BJP’s Dilip Ghosh — was elected to Lok Sabha from Medinipur constituency earlier this year.
Likewise, the Karimpur constituency in Nadia district had to go for the by-poll with its lawmaker Trinamool’s Mahua Moitra winning the Lok Sabha battle from Krishnnanagar.
During the general elections, the BJP led in the Assembly segments of Kharagpur Sadar and Kaliaganj, while the Trinamool was ahead in Karimpur.
