West Bengal Bypolls
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Fire erupts at Bengal office of Election Commission amid Kaliganj bypoll vote counting | Video
West Bengal | Jun 23, 2025, 01:12 PM ISTAll staff members were safely evacuated, and alert security personnel on duty managed to bring the blaze under control before the fire brigade arrived at the scene.
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West Bengal bypoll result: Trinamool Congress candidate Alifa Ahmed wins Kaliganj seat
West Bengal | Jun 23, 2025, 04:59 PM ISTBengal bypoll results: Trinamool Congress (TMC) registers a resounding victory in the Kaliganj by-election, as Alifa Ahmed secures the seat vacated after the death of her father and former MLA, Nasiruddin Ahmed.
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Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress sweeps Bengal bypolls, BJP fails to open account
Kolkata | Nov 23, 2024, 04:21 PM ISTTMC sweeps all six West Bengal by-elections, including the crucial Madarihat seat, marking a major political victory over the BJP.
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Trinamool dominates West Bengal bypolls, leads in all six constituencies
Kolkata | Nov 23, 2024, 11:56 AM ISTTMC candidates are leading by substantial margins in all six West Bengal bypoll constituencies, reinforcing the party's dominance ahead of the 2024 assembly elections.
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West Bengal Assembly Speaker insists on in-house swearing-in for four new TMC MLAs
West Bengal | Jul 15, 2024, 10:14 PM ISTWest Bengal Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee stated that the swearing-in ceremony for the four new TMC MLAs, post by-polls, should be held within the assembly premises, as per legislative conventions.
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BJP announces candidate for West Bengal assembly bypolls
West Bengal | Aug 16, 2023, 06:45 AM ISTBypolls to seven assembly seats across Uttar Pradesh, Tripura, Kerala, Jharkhand, West Bengal, and Uttarakhand will witness bypolls on September 5.
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West Bengal Civic Polls 2022: Polling underway in Siliguri, Bidhannagar, Chandannagar and Asansol
Elections | Feb 12, 2022, 10:20 AM ISTThe heavy police force has been deployed at every polling booth, polling is being conducted with tight security. Naka checking is also going on and patrolling is also being done in the river by boat.
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Mamata Banerjee at Bhabanipur targets PM Modi: 'Won't let you make India like Taliban'
India | Sep 23, 2021, 02:17 PM ISTBhartiya Janata Party (BJP), Trinamool Congress chief and said BJP is a 'jumla' party.
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Bhabanipur bypolls: BJP candidate Priyanka Tibrewal to file nomination today
Elections | Sep 13, 2021, 01:30 PM ISTTargeting 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.
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'Like Nandigram, BJP will win Bhabanipur also': Shahnawaz Hussain on upcoming by-elections
India | Sep 11, 2021, 12:46 PM ISTBJP 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.
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Congress takes U-turn, says won't contest Bhabanipur bypoll against Mamata Banerjee
Elections | Sep 08, 2021, 01:02 PM ISTThe Congress will neither field any candidate opposite Banerjee nor campaign against her in the run up to the September 30 bypoll, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said.
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Bhabanipur bypolls: Mamata Banerjee to start campaigning from September 8
India | Sep 07, 2021, 06:54 AM ISTThe Mamata Banerjee-led TMC registered a landslide victory in polls winning 213 seats in the 294-member West Bengal assembly.
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TMC leader Mukul Roy commits faux pas, BJP greets it with glee
India | Aug 07, 2021, 03:37 PM ISTEven as there was stunned bewilderment among those present, the former railway minister quickly corrected himself and said "the Trinamool Congress will undoubtedly win the by-elections. BJP will be trounced."
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BJP paid back for insulting Bengal: Mamata Banerjee as TMC sweeps by-polls
Elections | Nov 28, 2019, 01:17 PM ISTTapan Deb Sinha of the TMC won the Kaliaganj seat by defeating his nearest rival Kamal Chandra Sarkar of the BJP by 2,304 votes, EC officials said. The TMC is also leading in two other assembly segments, Kharagpur Sadar and Karimpur, by 15,000 and 28,000 votes respectively.
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West Bengal bypolls: BJP candidate roughed up, over 75% polling
Elections | Nov 25, 2019, 08:38 PM IST"The average voting percentage was 75.48 per cent. The turnout was 77.17 per cent in Kaliaganj, 67.62 in Kharagpur Sadar and 81.23 in Karimpur," the EC said.
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West Bengal bypolls: Litmus test for TMC, BJP ahead of 2021 Assembly elections
Elections | Nov 24, 2019, 01:04 PM ISTIt will be the first electoral contest between the two parties since this year's Lok Sabha polls, which saw the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerging as the main opposition in the state, with 18 of the 42 seats in its kitty, just four less than that of the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC).
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West Bengal bypolls: Trinamool sweeps Noapara, Uluberia seats
Elections | Feb 01, 2018, 04:54 PM ISTThe counting was taken up on Thursday of votes cast on January 29 during the bypolls for both the seats.
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Crucial bypolls in WB, Rajasthan to prove decisive for major parties
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Rajasthan, West Bengal bypolls LIVE: Voting concludes, over 40% voting recorded in Alwar, Ajmer till 3pm
Elections | Jan 29, 2018, 06:23 PM ISTVoting on two Assembly and three parliamentary bypoll seats in Rajasthan and West Bengal began today, the results of whom will be declared on February 1.
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West Bengal: Sabang Assembly bypoll a litmus test for ruling Trinamool Congress, BJP
Elections | Dec 21, 2017, 09:48 AM ISTAround 245,259 voters will exercise their franchise at the bypoll which is being considered as a litmus test for Mukul Roy who recently left Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress to join BJP.