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Latest revision as of 02:09, 9 July 2023


By-elections for 5 constituencies of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly were held after the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

Results[edit]

Sovandeb Chattopadhyay resigned from his seat in the Bhabanipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) for CM Mamata Bannerjee to contest the Legislative Assembly by-elections.[1]

In 30 September 2021, the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced a by-election for the Bhabanipur seat. Later, the ECI announced remaining vacant seats for elections on 30 October 2021.

Constituency No. Election Date Date (M.L.A. elected) Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election Source
159 30 September 2021 3 October 2021 Bhabanipur Sovandeb Chattopadhyay[lower-alpha 1] All India Trinamool Congress Mamata Banerjee All India Trinamool Congress [2][3]
7 30 October 2021 2 November 2021 Dinhata Nisith Pramanik[lower-alpha 2] Bharatiya Janata Party Udayan Guha [4][5][6]
86 Santipur Jagannath Sarkar[lower-alpha 2] Braja Kishor Goswami
109 Khardaha Kajal Sinha[lower-alpha 3] All India Trinamool Congress Sovandeb Chattopadhyay
127 Gosaba Jayanta Naskar[lower-alpha 4] Subrata Mondal
Reason for vacancy of their seats:
  1. ↑ Resigned.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Members were elected, but didn't take the official oath, as they chose to continue serving as Members of Parliament (as per parliamentary rules).
  3. ↑ Died before declaration of election results on 2 May 2021.
  4. ↑ Died.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Bhabanipur bypolls: Mamata Banerjee, Priyanka Tibrewal, Srijib Biswas in fray on Sept 30; key facts". www.cnbctv18.com. 29 September 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  2. ↑ "Election Commission declares bypolls, ends Bengal suspense". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 2021-09-04. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-10-02.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. ↑ "WB bypolls: Polling 'peaceful' in Bengal's Bhabanipur, moderate turnout recorded". Deccan Herald. 2021-09-30. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  4. ↑ "Schedule for Bye-elections in Parliamentary/Assembly Constituencies of various States - reg". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  5. ↑ "Bypolls in 4 Bengal assembly seats on October 30". www.thestatesman.com. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  6. ↑ Konar, Debashis (September 29, 2021). "Bhabanipur Byelection 2021: October 30 bypoll in 4 Bengal seats, counting on November 2". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-10-02.

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