West Bengal Bypolls: After Noapara, TMC Clinches Uluberia
Elections in West Bengal’s Uluberia and Noapara were necessitated by the death of sitting legislators.
The elections in West Bengal’s Uluberia Lok Sabha constituency and Noapara Assembly constituency – necessitated by the deaths of sitting legislators – were held in a single phase on 29 January. The Trinamool Congress party, in power in the state, emerged victorious in both the seats.
- Trinamool candidate Sunil Singh clinched Noapara seat with over 63,000-vote lead
- In Uluberia Lok Sabha seat, Trinamool candidate Sajda Ahmed emerged victorious
- Uluberia reported 76% voter turnout, while Noapara recorded 75.5%
BJP Emerges Principal Opposition in WB
Cvoter’s Yashwant Deshmukh said that CPM and Congress has had a “complete meltdown” in West Bengal, paving way fr BJP to emerge as the principal opposition to TMC.
TMC Clinches Uluberia
Trinamool Congress candidate Sajda Ahmed won the Uluberia Lok Sabha constituency by 4,74,510 votes. BJP occupied the second position with 2,93,046 votes.
TMC Leads Uluberia By Over 2 Lakh Votes
TMC is currently ahead of the BJP by over 2 lakh votes after eighth round of counting in Uluberia.
Trinamool Congress Leads in Uluberia Assembly Seat
Trinamool candidate Sajda Ahmed has extended her lead over BJP candidate Anupam Mallick in the Uluberia Lok Sabha seat.
TMC's Sunil Singh Wins Noapara Seat
Trinamool candidate Sunil Singh has clinched the Noapara seat with a lead of 63,018 votes, News18 reported.
The vote tally of TMC stands at 1,11,729 while the BJP’s stands at 38,711 votes. The CPI(M) has bagged 35,497 votes, while the Congress is at fourth place with 10,527.
TMC Leads Race in Noapara, Uluberia
After the eleventh round of counting, Trinamool Congress’ Sunil Singh is in the lead in Noapara with more than 77, 000 votes, News18 reports. BJP's Sandeep Banerjee is at the second spot, with 30,220 votes. The two are followed by CIP(M)'s Gargi Chatterjee, with 28,732 votes, and Congress candidate Gautam Bose with 8,405 votes.
The NOTA tally stands at 2,854 so far.
According to News18, a similar result pattern continues in Uluberia assembly seat with Trinamool leading with 40,829 votes, followed by BJP at second place with 17,625 votes, followed by the CPI(M) and the Congress.
TMC Takes a Huge Lead in Noapara
Trinamool Congress’ Sunil Singh is leading the race with more than 51,000 votes in Noapara assembly seat, ANI reports. CPI(M)’s Gargi Chaterjee comes in second with 19,067 votes, while BJP’s Sandip Banerjee trails behind. From the Congress party, candidate Goutam Bose registered 6138 votes. An estimated 186 voters picked NOTA.
Counting For Uluberia & Noapara Constituency Begins
The counting of votes for Uluberia Constituency has begun at the CIPT college. The West Bengal’s Uluberia Lok Sabha constituency witnessed a turnout of over 76 percent while turnout for the Noapara Assembly seat stands at 75.3 percent.
Will Congress Retain Noapara?
In Noapara, the Congress had won the 2016 election as an alliance partner of CPI(M)-led Left Front, securing 79,548 votes. The TMC had bagged 78,453 votes while the BJP had managed to get 23,579 votes.
The TMC candidate for Noapara is Sunil Singh, who was pitted against the CPI(M)‘s Gargi Chatterjee, Goutam Bose of the Congress and Sandip Banerjee of the BJP.
The Fight For Uluberia
The TMC, which has held the Uluberia seat since 2009, fielded Sultan Ahmed's widow, Sajda, for the constituency. Meanwhile, the CPI(M)-led Left Front has nominated Sabiruddin Molla, while the Congress has chosen SK Madassar Hossain Warsi. The BJP, in turn, has backed its district committee leader, Anupam Mallik.
Uluberia, a Muslim-dominated area, made headlines in 2016 when the RSS and the BJP made inroads into the constituency following a communal flare-up at Dhulagarh, around 16km from Uluberia.
The TMC, which has been in power in Uluberia seat since 2009, has fielded Sajda, the wife of sitting TMC MP Sultan Ahmed, whose passing necessitated the poll.
In the 2014 LS polls, the TMC had secured 48 percent votes in Uluberia, while the CPI(M) and the Congress bagged 31 percent and 5.71 percent votes, respectively. The BJP had bagged 11.5 percent votes.
By-Elections Held Due to the Demise of Sitting MLAs
The bypolls in West Bengal were necessitated due to the death of Sultan Ahmed, the sitting TMC MP from Uluberia, and of Madhusudan Ghose, Congress MLA from the Noapara Assembly seat.
(With agency inputs)
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