Bhabanipur by-election result LIVE: Mamata Banerjee wins, breaks own record

Bhabanipur byelection results 2021 live: In a must-win bypoll, Mamata Banerjee beat her nearest rival with more than 58,000 votes. With this, Banerjee will continue as West Bengal chief minister

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TMC minister who vacated Bhabanipur for Mamata, 3 other leaders to contest Oct 30 by-polls

The Trinamool Congress on Sunday announced that West Bengal Agriculture Minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay, who had vacated the Bhabanipur seat for Banerjee to contest from there, will fight from the Khardah assembly constituency where by-election will be held on October 30.

 

In a statement, the party also named three other candidates - former MLA Udayan Guha for Dinhata, Brajakishore Goswami for Shantipur and local leader Subrata Mondal for Gosaba.

 

The by-polls were necessitated due to deaths and resignations of legislators.

 

The TMC MLAs of Gosaba and Khardaha died, while two BJP MPs - Nishith Pramanik and Jagannath Sarkar - resigned after winning from Dinhata and Shantipur assembly seats to retain their Lok Sabha membership.

 

The names were announced on a day when Mamata Banerjee, also the TMC supremo, won from the Bhabanipur by-poll defeating her nearest BJP rival Priyanka Tibrewal by over 58,000 votes.

 

In a notification, the Election Commission recently said the last day to submit nomination papers is October 8. While the papers will be scrutinised on October 11, the last day to withdraw the nomination is October 16.

9:18 PM

Tamil Nadu CM Stalin greets Mamata Banerjee on her big win

9:10 PM

Sharad Pawar congratulates Mamata Banerjee on winning Bhabanipur bypolls

8:47 PM

Kumaraswamy praises Mamata for 'historic' victory in Bhabanipur by-poll

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Mamata scores landslide victory in Bhabanipur, TMC makes a clean sweep in two other seats

Five months after spearheading TMC to a landslide win in the assembly election, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee scored a personal point with a landslide victory on Sunday in the Bhabanipur by-poll with a record margin of 58,835 votes.

 

Making her victory sweeter, her party's candidates for the other two by-polls in the state, in Jangipur and Samserganj, notched up impressive victories with TMC's Jakir Hossain winning Jangipur by a massive margin of 92,480 votes in a one-sided fight.

 

Banerjee's huge victory, which came after her narrow defeat in Nandigram in the assembly held earlier this year, was expected by most analysts.

 

However, political pundits and voters were watching out for her margin of victory. By notching up an all-time high margin for victory in Bhabanipur in the heart of Kolkata, Banerjee seems to have underlined her popularity in her home state.

 

Banerjee secured 85,263 votes, while her nearest rival, BJP's Priyanka Tibrewal, garnered 26,428 votes. CPI(M)'s Srijib Biswas came a distant third, polling 4,226 votes, the Election Commission said.

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TMC General Secretary Subrata Bakshi collects winning certificate of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

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Mamata Banerjee won Bhabanipur bypolls with help of fake votes: BJP MP

After West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's victory in Bhabanipur bypolls, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Arjun Singh on Sunday said she won the seat with the help of fake votes.

 

Speaking to ANI, Singh said, "This was the first time that opponents were not allowed to campaign in the area of the chief minister. The opponents were attacked. The former state BJP president was beaten. Police stopped people to cast their votes. Police personnel gave votes by making fake voter IDs. Despite this fact, our candidate got around 26,000 votes. I would like to thank people for their support to BJP."

 

Asked about TMC chief Mamata Banerjee's statement that she registered a victory in every ward in Bhabanipur, the BJP MP said, "Where fake voters gave votes in the area of the chief minister, then how does it matter if one gets 50,000 votes or 80,000 votes. From officials to Election Commission, they made a nexus to facilitate fake votes. EC worked in a manipulated manner. The chief minister won with the help of fake votes," said.

7:41 PM

Big win for Mamata Banerjee in Bhabanipur by-poll, retains Bengal CM post

West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, has won the prestige battle at Bhabanipur beating her previous record. Banerjee won the high stakes by-poll, allowing her to continue in office, by a margin of more than 58,000 votes. “We have won Bhabanipur by a margin of 58,835 votes registered victory in every ward of the constituency,” said Banerjee after the poll result was announced Sunday afternoon.

 

“Around 46 per cent of the people in the constituency are non-Bengalis and they have all voted for me,” she added.

 

Her nearest rival, Priyanka Tibrewal, from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), got 26,428 votes while Shrijeeb Biswas from the Communist Party of India (Marxist) managed to get just 4,226 votes. READ MORE...

7:27 PM

'Arise, awake, stop not till goal is reached,' says BJP after Mamata wins Bhabanipur bypolls

Following West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee victory in Bhabanipur bypolls with a record margin, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday said it will continue to fight the regressive politics of Trinamool Congress (TMC).

 

"After being demolished in Nandigram, Mamata Banerjee may have survived in Bhabanipur for now, but it has never happened that a losing candidate chose to thrust herself as the Chief Minister, in violation of all democratic norms and proprietary," said the West Bengal unit of BJP in a statement.

 

The party alleged that the by-election had been declared at the behest of Mamata Banerjee-led government's Chief Secretary amidst the prevailing COVID situation and post-poll violence.

 

"The elections were held under an overbearing state administration, with the dark shadow of fear, intimidation and gloom of the post-poll violence hanging over the electorate. The impartiality of the state administration was evident during the election campaign of BJP candidate who was stopped at various places in the poll-going constituency, disregardingthe basic right of an election candidate to reach out to one's electorate," alleged BJP.

7:24 PM

Stalin congratulates Mamata Banerjee on winning Bhabanipur bypolls

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Sunday congratulated West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for registering a stunning victory from Bhabanipur in the by-elections by a record margin of over 58,000 votes against her nearest rival Priyanka Tibrewal of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

 

"Congratulations to Mamata Banerjee on her resounding victory in the Bhabanipur by-election," Stalin tweeted.

 

The victory has made Mamata Banerjee a member of the State Legislative Assembly and will allow her to continue as Chief Minister of West Bengal.

 

"The massive mandate reconfirms the unassailable confidence that the people of West Bengal have reposed on you, Mamata Banerjee," his tweet further read.

 

According to the Election Commission of India, Mamata Banerjee secured 85,263 votes which are around 71.90 per cent of the total votes connected in the bye-elections.

7:07 PM

Outcome of Bengal by-polls not in line with our expectation: BJP

The West Bengal BJP on Sunday said the results of the three Assembly by-polls in state are not in line with their expectations, and they are accepting the outcome gracefully.

Sukanta Majumdar, the Bengal unit chief of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), said: "We need to understand that a large number of people couldn't come to vote or they were not allowed to come to vote. But one thing we should keep in mind that the chief minister Mamata Banerjee thought that she would wipe out BJP from Bhabanipur but that has not happened."

6:58 PM

'Arise, awake, stop not till goal is reached,' says BJP after Mamata Banerjee wins Bhabanipur bypolls

Following West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee victory in Bhabanipur bypolls with a record margin, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday said it will continue to fight the regressive politics of Trinamool Congress (TMC).

"After being demolished in Nandigram, Mamata Banerjee may have survived in Bhabanipur for now, but it has never happened that a losing candidate chose to thrust herself as the Chief Minister, in violation of all democratic norms and proprietary," said the West Bengal unit of BJP in a statement.

 

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Outcome of three Assembly by-polls in WB aren't in line with our expectation: BJP

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Banerjee wins Bhabanipur constituency as per EC

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Contested election in Mamata Banerjee's stronghold and got more than 25,000 votes: Priyanka Tibrewal