KOLKATA: The ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal lately received the Maheshtala meeting bypoll defeating its nearest rival, the BJP, by means of a margin of 62,827 votes.
TMC candidate Dulal Das secured 104,814 votes in opposition to 41,987 by means of BJP's Sujit Ghosh, Returning Officer Sarmishtha Ghosh said.
Left Front candidate Prabhat Chowdhury, who was also sponsored by means of the Congress, bagged 30,316 votes.
The May 28 bypoll was necessitated following the dying of TMC MLA Kasturi Das. Dulas Das is the husband of the deceased MLA. The TMC has 215 MLAs in the 294-member space.
"This is a victory of Mamata Banerjee and her politics of development," Das said after the victory.
BJP candidate Ghosh, however, expressed satisfaction that he were in a position to increase the vote percentage of his birthday celebration from 14,909 votes in 2016 meeting election to 41,987.
TMC candidate Dulal Das secured 104,814 votes in opposition to 41,987 by means of BJP's Sujit Ghosh, Returning Officer Sarmishtha Ghosh said.
Left Front candidate Prabhat Chowdhury, who was also sponsored by means of the Congress, bagged 30,316 votes.
The May 28 bypoll was necessitated following the dying of TMC MLA Kasturi Das. Dulas Das is the husband of the deceased MLA. The TMC has 215 MLAs in the 294-member space.
"This is a victory of Mamata Banerjee and her politics of development," Das said after the victory.
BJP candidate Ghosh, however, expressed satisfaction that he were in a position to increase the vote percentage of his birthday celebration from 14,909 votes in 2016 meeting election to 41,987.
Bengal: TMC wins Maheshtala assembly bypoll
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