2016–2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-elections: Difference between revisions

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>