People's victory, Mamata tweets after TMC takes massive lead in Bengal bypolls

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday extended her best wishes to all the candidates of her Trinamool Congress party who have taken lead in the four assembly constituencies in West Bengal, where by-polls were held on October 30. The counting of votes to Khardah, Santipur, Gosaba and Dinhata assembly seats is underway amid tight security.

“This victory is people's victory, as it shows how Bengal will always choose development and unity over propaganda and hate politics. With people's blessings, we promise to continue taking Bengal to greater heights!" Mamata tweeted.

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According to updates, Trinamool Congress's Udayan Guha has been declared the winner of Dinhata assembly constituency in the Coochbehar district. Udayan Guha has won from the Dinhata assembly seat with a massive margin of 163,005 votes, reports said.

Trinamool Congress's Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay, who vacated Bhabanipur seat earlier, has also won from the Khardaha assembly constituency with over 93,000 votes. Chattopadhyay vacated his Bhabanipur seat for Mamata Banerjee to contest as she lost the Nandigram seat to BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari during West Bengal assembly election 2021.

The TMC's Subrata Mondal won the Gosaba assembly by-poll by a massive margin of 1,43,051 votes. Subrata Mondal secured 1,61,474 votes, whereas BJP's Palash Rana, his nearest rival, garnered mere 18,428 votes. 

Meanwhile, the TMC also bagged the Shantipur assembly constituency, with its candidate Braja Kishor Goswami garnering over 60,000 votes from there, an Election Commission of India (ECI) official informed.

The bypolls were necessitated as the BJP MLAs for Dinhata and Santipur resigned to retain their MP seats while the TMC legislators of Kharadah and Gosaba died.

(With agency inputs)