Bhabanipur Election Result: Mamata Banerjee wins by more than 58,000 votes
India | Oct 04, 2021, 02:02 PM ISTBhabanipur Election Result 2021: Mamata Banerjee wins by a margin of more than 58,000 votes.
Bhabanipur Election Result 2021: Mamata Banerjee wins by a margin of more than 58,000 votes.
A high voting rate at 78.60 pc and 76.12 pc was recorded in Murshidabad's Samserganj and Jangipur seats respectively.
The by-elections will be held in south Kolkata's Bhabanipur, besides Jangipur and Samserganj seats in Murshidabad district.
Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC were also imposed within 200 m of the polling centres where voting will take place on Thursday.
Mamata Banerjee, a resident of Bhabanipur, needs to win in order to hold on to her office. She has contested from Bhabanipur in the past two assembly elections since 2011.
Kishor with an EPIC number of IUI0686683 has been shown as a permanent resident of the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency and has the polling station at Booth No- 222 in Rani Shankari Lane under the constituency.
The BJP, in the representation to the EC, alleged that the police officer "molested and inappropriately manhandled Priyanka Tibrewal".
The PM-CARES FUND bears our national emblem, but the central government has insisted that it is not a government fund, “leaving us all confused”, the CM said, tongue in cheek.
Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), Trinamool Congress chief and said BJP is a 'jumla' party.
The BJP has said it was not allowed by the police to campaign for the Bhabanipur by-election in the area near Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's residence.
Bhabanipur bypoll: Mamata Banerjee is required to win a seat in the state assembly by November 5 in conformity with the constitutional provisions to continue as CM.
Mamata Banerjee is a resident of Bhabanipur. She had won the seat in 2011 and 2016. But this time she had shifted to Nandigram. She lost to BJP's Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram.
Bhabanipur bypoll: BJP leader Priyanka Tibrewal, also a lawyer, filed her nomination at the Survey Building in Alipore.
Bhabanipur bypoll: Polling in Bhabanipur will take place on September 30 and results will be declared on October 3.
Targeting the chief minister over post-poll violence, Priyanka Tibrewal said that the people of the state have the right to live but this right is being taken away by Mamata Banerjee and her party.
"If she has the confidence for winning the seat in the constituency then sit at home, people will vote for you (Mamata Banerjee). She knows that she may lose this constituency just like Nandigram," said Dilip Ghosh.
Tibrewal was on her visit to the Kalighat Temple, Kolkata, where she offered her prayers to Goddess Kali.
BJP has fielded Priyanka Tibrewal, a lawyer by profession as its candidate in the upcoming Bhabanipur bypolls pitting her against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on September 30.
Bhabanipur bypoll: BJP has fielded advocate Priyanka Tibrewal against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Bhabanipur bypoll: Mamata Banerjee will file her nomination today, As per the schedule, polling will take place on September 30 while results will be announced on October 4.
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