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By-election was held for eight assembly constituencies alongside the [[2019 Indian general election in West Bengal|2019 Lok Sabha election]]. BJP won four out of the eight seats, whereas AITC won three seats and INC won on one seat.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2019-05-23|title=Saffron Surge in West Bengal Bypolls as Well, 4 out of 8 for BJP|url=https://www.thequint.com/elections/west-bengal-bypolls-saffron-surge-bjp-wins-four-out-of-eight|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-21|website=TheQuint|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Press Trust of India|date=May 24, 2020|title=BJP wins Darjeeling assembly bypolls, Congress bags Kandi|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha-2019/story/bjp-wins-darjeeling-assembly-bypolls-congress-bags-kandi-1533259-2019-05-24|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-21|website=India Today|location=Kolkata|language=en|publication-place=New Delhi}}</ref> Later [[Kaliaganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kaliaganj]], [[Karimpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Karimpur]] and [[Kharagpur Sadar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kharagpur Sadar]] were won by [[All India Trinamool Congress|TMC]] candidates.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-11-28|title=West Bengal, Uttarakhand bye-election results 2019 highlights: Clean sweep for TMC, BJP takes Pithoragarh|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/west-bengal-uttarakhand-bye-election-results-2019-live-updates-bjp-congress-tmc-left-6140064/|access-date=2020-11-21|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> | By-election was held for eight assembly constituencies alongside the [[2019 Indian general election in West Bengal|2019 Lok Sabha election]]. BJP won four out of the eight seats, whereas AITC won three seats and INC won on one seat.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2019-05-23|title=Saffron Surge in West Bengal Bypolls as Well, 4 out of 8 for BJP|url=https://www.thequint.com/elections/west-bengal-bypolls-saffron-surge-bjp-wins-four-out-of-eight|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702043610/https://www.thequint.com/elections/west-bengal-bypolls-saffron-surge-bjp-wins-four-out-of-eight |archive-date=2019-07-02 |access-date=2020-11-21|website=TheQuint|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Press Trust of India|date=May 24, 2020|title=BJP wins Darjeeling assembly bypolls, Congress bags Kandi|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha-2019/story/bjp-wins-darjeeling-assembly-bypolls-congress-bags-kandi-1533259-2019-05-24|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129112501/https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha-2019/story/bjp-wins-darjeeling-assembly-bypolls-congress-bags-kandi-1533259-2019-05-24 |archive-date=2020-11-29 |access-date=2020-11-21|website=India Today|location=Kolkata|language=en|publication-place=New Delhi}}</ref> Later [[Kaliaganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kaliaganj]], [[Karimpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Karimpur]] and [[Kharagpur Sadar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kharagpur Sadar]] were won by [[All India Trinamool Congress|TMC]] candidates.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-11-28|title=West Bengal, Uttarakhand bye-election results 2019 highlights: Clean sweep for TMC, BJP takes Pithoragarh|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/west-bengal-uttarakhand-bye-election-results-2019-live-updates-bjp-congress-tmc-left-6140064/|access-date=2020-11-21|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> | ||
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During the timeframe of 2016 and 2021, various by-elections were held for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.
The first by election was held in November 2016.[1]
2016
| Assembly Constituency | Winner | Runner up | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Candidate | Party | |||
| Manteswar | Saikat Panja[1] | AITC | Md. Osman Gani Sarkar | CPIM | ||
2017
By-elections were held for Kanthi Dakshin and Sabang in 2017.[2][3]
| Assembly Constituency | Winner | Runner up | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Candidate | Party | |||
| Kanthi Dakshin | Chandrima Bhattacharya | AITC | Sourindra Mohan Jana | BJP | ||
| Sabang | Geeta Rani Bhunia | AITC | Rita Mandal (Jana) | BBC | ||
2018
By-election was held for Noapara[4] and Maheshtala.[5]
| Assembly Constituency | Winner | Runner up | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Candidate | Party | |||
| Noapara | Sunil Singh | AITC | Sandip Banerjee | BJP | ||
| Maheshtala | Dulal Chandra Das | AITC | Sujit Kumar Ghosh | BJP | ||
2019
By-election was held for eight assembly constituencies alongside the 2019 Lok Sabha election. BJP won four out of the eight seats, whereas AITC won three seats and INC won on one seat.[6][7] Later Kaliaganj, Karimpur and Kharagpur Sadar were won by TMC candidates.[8]
| Assembly Constituency | Winner | Runner up | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Candidate | Party | |||
| Islampur | Abdul Karim Chowdhary | All India Trinamool Congress | Dr. Saumyaroop Mandal | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| Darjeeling | Neeraj Zimba | Bharatiya Janata Party | Binay Tamang | Gorkha Janmukti Morcha | ||
| Habibpur | Joyel Murmu | Amal Kisku | All India Trinamool Congress | |||
| Naoda | Sahina Mumtaz Begum | All India Trinamool Congress | Sunil Kumar Mondal | Indian National Congress | ||
| Kandi | Shafiul Alam Khan | Indian National Congress | Goutam Roy | All India Trinamool Congress | ||
| Krishnaganj | Ashis Kumar Biswas | Bharatiya Janata Party | Pramatha Ranjan Bose | |||
| Bhatpara | Pawan Kumar Singh | Madan Mitra | ||||
| Uluberia Purba | Idris Ali | All India Trinamool Congress | Pratyush Mandal | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| Karimpur | Bimalendu Sinha Roy | Jayprakash Majumdar | ||||
| Tapan Deb Singha | Kamal Chandra Sarkar | |||||
| Kharagpur | Pradip Sarkar | Prem Chandra Jha | ||||
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "West Bengal bypolls on November 19, TMC names candidates". The Indian Express. 2016-10-18. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
- ↑ "Bengal By-Election Result 2017: Trinamool's Chandrima Bhattacharya Wins Kanthi, BJP Comes Second". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
- ↑ Scroll Staff. "Bye-elections: TMC bags West Bengal's Sabang seat, BJP wins in Arunachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
- ↑ "WB by-poll: TMC wins Noapara seat". ANI News. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
- ↑ Taneja, Nidhi (2018-05-30). "Maheshtala Assembly Bypoll Results: TMC registers huge win, beats nearest rival BJP by over 60,000 votes". www.indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
- ↑ "Saffron Surge in West Bengal Bypolls as Well, 4 out of 8 for BJP". TheQuint. 2019-05-23. Archived from the original on 2019-07-02. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
- ↑ Press Trust of India (May 24, 2020). Written at Kolkata. "BJP wins Darjeeling assembly bypolls, Congress bags Kandi". India Today. New Delhi. Archived from the original on 2020-11-29. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
- ↑ "West Bengal, Uttarakhand bye-election results 2019 highlights: Clean sweep for TMC, BJP takes Pithoragarh". The Indian Express. 2019-11-28. Retrieved 2020-11-21.