 "TMC wins Krishanganj, takes massive lead in Bongaon LS seat")
Trinamool Congress today won the bypoll in Krishnaganj Assembly seat by a margin of almost 37,000 votes and took a massive lead in Bongaon Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal.
TMC candidate Satyajit Biswas, who secured 95,397 votes, won the Krishnaganj seat by a margin of 36,960 votes over his nearest rival BJP's Manabendra, who got 58,398 votes.
The CPI(M), which suffered the biggest casualty in the bypolls, secured the third position by securing 37,614 votes. In 2011, the CPI(M) was the first runner up in this seat.
The Congress secured the fourth position.
In Bongaon (SC) Lok Sabha seat, TMC candidate Mamatabala Thakur is ahead of her nearest BJP rival Subrata Saha by 84,000 votes after seventh round of counting.
In this seat too, CPI(M) candidate Debesh Das has been pushed to the third position by the BJP.
The bypolls are considered to be important ahead of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation election this year and Assembly elections in 2016.