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Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday thanked the people of the state as her party, the Trinamool Congress, was on the course to bag all the six assembly seats that went to the by-elections. She said the results of the by-elections would help her work for the people. Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate Sangita Roy won by 1.3 lakh votes from West Bengal’s Sitai constituency.
As counting continues for the remaining two seats, TMC General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee congratulated all six party candidates on their performance.
In a post on X, Banerjee wrote, “Congratulations to all six AITC official candidates for their decisive victories in the WB bye-elections, defying the narratives created by the ZAMINDARS, the media, and a section of the Kolkata HC to defame Bengal for their own vested interests. A special thanks to the people of Madarihat for giving us the opportunity to serve you for the first time. I bow before the people of West Bengal for democratically dismantling the Bangla Birodhis, their fake narratives, and reaffirming their trust in us.”
Out of the six seats, Madarihat and Sitai are in northern West Bengal and the other four — Taldangra, Medinipur, Haroa, and Naihati — are in southern West Bengal. In 2021, five of these were bagged by the TMC, while the BJP won in one seat.
Five of the six constituencies are in South Bengal, a TMC stronghold, while Madarihat in the north, previously won by the BJP, remains a key battleground.
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