Bypolls to Dinhata and Shantipur are prestige battles for the saffron party, which is currently grappling with exodus of MLAs and senior leaders.West Bengal Bypolls Results 2021 Live Coverage: The counting of votes for the by-elections held in four assembly constituencies of West Bengal – Dinhata, Shantipur, Khardah and Gosaba – will be held on Tuesday. The four seats witnessed a high voter turnout of 71 per cent on September 30. In Dinhata, TMC’s heavyweight north Bengal leader Udayan Guha is fighting to reclaim the seat which BJP had snatched from him by a whisker in polls held last April.
The by-election at Dinhata were necessitated by the resignation of Nisith Pramanik, now Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, who favoured keeping his Lok Sabha membership over sitting in the opposition in West Bengal’s assembly. Guha, a two-time MLA from Dinhata, is up against BJP’s Ashok Mandal, who as a TMC candidate had defeated him, a Forward Bloc candidate then, in 2006.
Highlights
The TMC has won the bypoll in Cooch Behar district’s Dinhata and is leading with massive margins in the remaining three Assembly constituencies in West Bengal. Former TMC MLA Udayan Guha has won the Dinhata seat by a margin of 1,63,005 votes.
In West Bengal’s Gosaba, TMC is leading by 90,005 votes against BJP, after 10 rounds of counting.
In Dinhata seat, TMC’s Udayan Guha is leading with 62,847 votes against BJP’s Ashok Mondal after eight rounds of counting.
TMC is leading in all the four seats. In two seats - Dinhata and Gosaba, the party’s lead has crossed 30,000 mark.
TMC candidate Sovondeb Chatterjee is leading from Khardaha by 1200 votes after first round of counting.
In Dinhata seat, TMC’s Udayan Guha is leading by 14,666 votes against BJP’s Ashok Mondal after second round of counting. The counting of votes is underway in Bengal. TMC has got 17,758 votes while the BJP has got 3,092 votes.
In Dinhata seat, TMC’s Udayan Guha is leading by 14,666 votes against BJP’s Ashok Mondal after second round of counting. The counting of votes is underway in Bengal. TMC has got 17,758 votes while the BJP has got 3,092 votes.
In Dinhata seat, TMC’s Udayan Guha is leading by 7,652 votes against BJP’s Ashok Mondal after the first round of counting.
Early trends are expected to trickle down by 9 am.
Counting of votes begins in Dinhata, Shantipur, Khardah and Gosaba assembly constituencies