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Bypoll Results 2022 Updates: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Saturday scripted massive victory after winning the Ballygunge Assembly seat in West Bengal by a margin 20,228 of votes. Babul Supriyo secured 49.69 per cent of the total votes polled, while, CPI(M)’s Saira Shah Halim clinched the second position with 30.06 per cent votes. Shatrughan Sinha, on the other hand, won from Asansol Lok Sabha seat. The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in Bihar won Bochahan Assembly seat — the lone constituency that went for bypolls in the state. RJD candidate Amar Kumar Paswan secured 48.52 per cent votes and emerges as the winner with BJP candidate Baby Kumari in the second position. In thr meantime, Congress candidate Jayshree Jadhav won the Kolhapur North Assembly bypoll in Maharashtra securing 54.25 per cent votes. As per the emerging trends, the Congress was leading in Khairagarh Assembly constituency in Chhattisgarh.
The counting of votes began at 8 am amid tight security. West Bengal’s Ballygunge, Chhattisgarh’s Khairagarh, Bihar’s Bochahan, and Maharashtra’s Kolhapur North are the four assembly constituencies that went to polls. The Lok Sabha seat where voting took place was West Bengal’s Asansol.
In Chhattisgarh’s Khairagarh, the bypoll was necessitated due to the death of Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (J) MLA Devvrat Singh. In Western Maharashtra’s Kolhapur North assembly constituency, the bypoll has been necessitated following the death of sitting Congress MLA Chandrakant Jadhav due to COVID-19 in December 2021. Meanwhile, by-poll to the Bochahan seat in Bihar was necessitated by the death of MLA Musafir Paswan, who had won on the ticket of Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) of Bollywood set designer-turned-politician Mukesh Sahani.
West Bengal Bypoll Results Live: We have created history by winning with a record margin. Its a victory of democracy, the people of Asansol, TMC workers and CM Mamata Banerjee: TMC leader Shatrughan Sinha on his win in Asansol Lok Sabha by-elections
West Bengal Bypoll Results Live: We’re happy as the people of Asansol have welcomed us with open hands. It feels like we are from Asansol only. It can only happen in India where people love each other: Poonam Sinha, wife of Shatrughan Sinha on her husband’s victory in the Asansol Lok Sabha bypolls
West Bengal | TMC candidate Shatrughan Sinha collected his certificate after winning in the Asansol Assembly by-polls. pic.twitter.com/Ja4tlltVoN
— ANI (@ANI) April 16, 2022
West Bengal Bypoll Results Live: TMC candidate Baabul Supriyo collects his certificate after winning in Ballygunge Assembly bypolls.
Congress wins Kolhapur North Assembly seat in Maharashtra bypolls, as per Election Commission. pic.twitter.com/zswk6BWtSA
— ANI (@ANI) April 16, 2022
Shatrughan Sinha after Asansol victory: Mamata Banerjee is country’s favourite and popular leader. She will be a game-changer (in 2024 polls) and we will stay with her where she goes including Bihar: TMC leader Shatrughan Sinha in Asansol, West Bengal
TMC wins Ballygunge Assembly seat in West Bengal bypolls, as per Election Commission. pic.twitter.com/BMZNJ6bniM
— ANI (@ANI) April 16, 2022
Abhishek Banerjee Thanks Voters of Asansol and Ballygunge: “Thank you ASANSOL & BALLYGUNGE for taking a step towards an INDIA that is free from the hate-mongers and the oppressors! With your blessings and love, we promise to deliver. Your well-being has always been our PRIORITY and it’s only going to get better from here,” he said in a tweet.
Abhishek Banerjee Thanks Voters of Asansol and Ballygunge: “Thank you ASANSOL & BALLYGUNGE for taking a step towards an INDIA that is free from the hate-mongers and the oppressors! With your blessings and love, we promise to deliver. Your well-being has always been our PRIORITY and it’s only going to get better from here,” he said in a tweet.
Shatrughan Sinha wins from Asansol: Actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha, Trinamool Congress’s candidate from Asansol Lok Sabha seat, won the bypoll with a huge margin.
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