Bengal Assembly Bypolls

Babul Supriyo's life has been one roller coaster ride - from a city banker who rose to be a BJP Minister at the Centre after a chance meeting with yoga guru Ramdev, he suddenly found himself out in the cold after losing an assembly poll last year.

Trinamool Congress leader Babul Supriyo won the Ballygunge assembly by-poll on Saturday, defeating his nearest rival of the CPI(M), Saira Shah Halim, by a margin of 20,228 votes.

Trinamool Congress has won big in Asansol Lok Sabha and Ballygunge assembly seats, the most keenly watched among the five by-polls for which votes were counted today. Lalu Yadav's party has won in Bihar and Congress in Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra.

CPI(M) candidate Saira Shah Halim on Saturday said that she is contesting the upcoming Ballygunge Assembly bypolls in a bid to end communal politics and to build a syncretic culture.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday named Shatrughan Sinha as TMC's candidate for bypoll to Asansol parliamentary seat, and Babul Supiyo as nominee for Ballygunge assembly byelection.

The winning streak of Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee looks set to continue through the by-polls, where her Trinamool Congress is on track to wrest two seats won by the BJP in the April-May state polls. The party is ahead in all four seats.

Bypolls to three Lok Sabha and 29 Assembly seats - across 13 states - were held today. Votes will be counted on Tuesday.

With four assembly constituencies in West Bengal going to by-polls on Saturday amid tight security and maintenance of Covid protocols, all eyes will be on Dinhata as Trinamool Congress (TMC) heavyweight Udayan Guha is looking to reclaim the seat, whi

Ahead of Assembly By-Elections 2021 in West Bengal, Congress on Thursday announced Raju Pal as a candidate from the Santipur constituency, said All India Congress Committee.

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar today said he will administer the oath to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as a member of the state assembly on October 7.

Trinamool Congress on Sunday announced that West Bengal Agriculture Minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay will fight from the Khardah assembly constituency where by-election will be held on October 30.

After Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's expected landslide victory from Bhabanipur assembly constituency, Trinamool candidates in Samserganj and Jangipur in Murshidabad district notched impressive wins.

Mamata Banerjee, still smarting from her defeat in Nandigram, won a record victory today from her regular seat in South Kolkata, Bhabanipur.

Mamata Banerjee is heading for a victory by a record margin in the by-polls for Bhabanipur, a south Kolkata constituency that she has to win to remain the Chief Minister of Bengal.

A moderate turnout was recorded in the by-election to the Bhabanipur assembly seat, where West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is contesting to retain her post, as polling in the high-profile constituency in south Kolkata passed off peacefully

Babul Supriyo's life has been one roller coaster ride - from a city banker who rose to be a BJP Minister at the Centre after a chance meeting with yoga guru Ramdev, he suddenly found himself out in the cold after losing an assembly poll last year.

Trinamool Congress leader Babul Supriyo won the Ballygunge assembly by-poll on Saturday, defeating his nearest rival of the CPI(M), Saira Shah Halim, by a margin of 20,228 votes.

Trinamool Congress has won big in Asansol Lok Sabha and Ballygunge assembly seats, the most keenly watched among the five by-polls for which votes were counted today. Lalu Yadav's party has won in Bihar and Congress in Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra.

CPI(M) candidate Saira Shah Halim on Saturday said that she is contesting the upcoming Ballygunge Assembly bypolls in a bid to end communal politics and to build a syncretic culture.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday named Shatrughan Sinha as TMC's candidate for bypoll to Asansol parliamentary seat, and Babul Supiyo as nominee for Ballygunge assembly byelection.

The winning streak of Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee looks set to continue through the by-polls, where her Trinamool Congress is on track to wrest two seats won by the BJP in the April-May state polls. The party is ahead in all four seats.

Bypolls to three Lok Sabha and 29 Assembly seats - across 13 states - were held today. Votes will be counted on Tuesday.

With four assembly constituencies in West Bengal going to by-polls on Saturday amid tight security and maintenance of Covid protocols, all eyes will be on Dinhata as Trinamool Congress (TMC) heavyweight Udayan Guha is looking to reclaim the seat, whi

Ahead of Assembly By-Elections 2021 in West Bengal, Congress on Thursday announced Raju Pal as a candidate from the Santipur constituency, said All India Congress Committee.

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar today said he will administer the oath to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as a member of the state assembly on October 7.

Trinamool Congress on Sunday announced that West Bengal Agriculture Minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay will fight from the Khardah assembly constituency where by-election will be held on October 30.

After Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's expected landslide victory from Bhabanipur assembly constituency, Trinamool candidates in Samserganj and Jangipur in Murshidabad district notched impressive wins.

Mamata Banerjee, still smarting from her defeat in Nandigram, won a record victory today from her regular seat in South Kolkata, Bhabanipur.

Mamata Banerjee is heading for a victory by a record margin in the by-polls for Bhabanipur, a south Kolkata constituency that she has to win to remain the Chief Minister of Bengal.

A moderate turnout was recorded in the by-election to the Bhabanipur assembly seat, where West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is contesting to retain her post, as polling in the high-profile constituency in south Kolkata passed off peacefully