Mamata Banerjee wins Bhabanipur bypoll, defeats BJP's Priyanka Tibrewal by over 58,000 votes
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has won the Bhabanipur bypoll with a record margin of 58000 votes against her nearest BJP rival Priyanka Tibrewal after the end of 21 rounds of counting of votes on Sunday.
Kolkata/ Berhampore: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has won the Bhabanipur bypoll with a record margin of over 58,000 votes against her nearest BJP rival Priyanka Tibrewal after the end of 21 rounds of counting of votes that began early on Sunday.
Banerjee, the TMC candidate in the Bhabanipur assembly seat in south Kolkata, secured 84,709 votes after the 21 rounds of counting, as per the official data. Her nearest rival, BJP's Priyanka Tibrewal, got 26320 votes while Srijib Biswas of the CPI(M) secured 4201 votes. The margin of Mamata Banerjee's victor can change slightly after the addition of postal ballots.
As per the cumulative Election Commission figures, the TMC is also ahead in Murshidabad's Samserganj and Jangipur constituencies, where votes are being counted for the assembly elections.
