Sabang By-Election Result 2017: Trinamool Congress Candidate Leading With Over 10,000 Votes; CPM Trailing at 2nd Spot

The Trinamool Congress is leading in the Sabang Assembly seat by-election in West Bengal with 46,835 votes. The CPI(M) is trailing at the second spot with 27,452 votes. The BJP is trailing with 19,590 votes, the Congress with 11,954 votes. The NOTA option has received 962 votes.

Voting on December 21 witnessed 74.89 percent polling. The opposition CPI(M) and BJP had accused the ruling Trinamool Congress of driving away their election agents from the polling booths, which was denied by TMC leader and Rajya Sabha MP Manas Bhunia. State BJP president Dilip Ghosh criticized TMC for resorting to terror during the polls.

The Trinamool had fielded Gita Rani Bhunia, wife of Manas Bhunia, a former Congress MLA who had defected to the Mamata Banerjee-led party earlier this year necessitating the by-election. Bhunia had won the seat in last year's assembly polls.

The BJP had nominated Antara Bhattacharya, while the Congress has fielded Chiranjib Bhowmick, a local leader. Rita Mandal of the CPI(M) is contesting as a Left Front candidate.

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