Will West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's chair remain or will she be gone? Didi's fate will be decided in Bhawanipur today. To remain the Chief Minister, it is very important for Mamata Banerjee to win from this seat, although it will not be so easy, because Priyanka Tibrewal of BJP has given her a tough fight. Counting of votes for the by-election to Bhawanipur seat is going on amidst tight security today. Mamta Banerjee seems to be winning the trends so far. Apart from Bhawanipur, the results of the by-elections held in Shamsherganj and Jangipur assembly seats will also be declared. Significantly, after losing the assembly elections from Nandigram seat, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is contesting from this seat.
Bhabanipu
Bypoll Results LIVE:
TMC workers
have started celebrating outside Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's residence
even before the final results are out in Bhawanipur.
Who is
leading by how many votes in Bhawanipur after two rounds of counting
Mamata
Banerjee (TMC) -5333
Priyanka
Tibrewal (BJP) - 2956
Shreejib
Biswas (CPIM) -132
-Bhawanipur
Assembly seat: According to the Election Commission, who got how many votes in
the second round of counting.
Mamata Banerjee
(TMC) -1653
Priyanka
Tibrewal (BJP) - 2075
Shreejib
Biswas (CPIM) -47
After the
first round of counting for the results of the by-elections held in Bhawanipur
assembly seat, the Election Commission has presented the official figures.
Mamata
Banerjee (TMC) - 3680
Priyanka
Tibrewal (BJP) - 881
Shreejib
Biswas (CPIM) - 85
West Bengal
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is leading by nearly 2500 votes after two rounds
of counting from Bhawanipur seat in West Bengal. Not only this, TMC also has
lead in Jangipur and Samserganj.
According to
media reports, Mamta Banerjee is leading in Bhawanipur seat. After the first
round of counting, she is leading over BJP's Priyanka by nearly 2800
votes.
The trends
of Bhawanipur have started coming. Mamata Banerjee is leading the trends in
Bhawanipur.
Counting of
votes is going on in Bhawanipur seat of West Bengal. The counting of votes has
started with the postal ballot. There is a contest between Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee and BJP leader Priyanka Tibrewal in Bhawanipur.
West Bengal:
Counting of votes for Bhawanipur assembly by-election has begun. There is a
tough fight between Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and BJP candidate Priyanka
Tibrewal from Bhawanipur.
If sources
are to be believed, the counting of votes in Bhawanipur seat will start from 8
am. About an hour after the start of the counting, the initial trends will also
start showing. This time more than 57 percent voting has been done in
Bhawanipur assembly constituency.
-Bhawanipur
is an assembly constituency in Kolkata and is considered a Trinamool Congress
stronghold. This is the reason why Mamata Banerjee chose this seat after losing
from Nandigram. 24 companies of central forces have been deployed for the
counting of votes. The counting center is fully equipped with CCTV cameras.
Voting
percentage was normal in the by-election to Bhawanipur assembly seat in West
Bengal on 30 September. A senior Election Commission official said that in the
by-election held on Thursday in Bhawanipur assembly constituency, more than 57
percent voting was done. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is
contesting from this constituency.
In
Bhawanipur seat, Trinamool Congress supremo Banerjee is pitted against Priyanka
Tibrewal of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shrijeev Biswas of the CPI(M).
Mamata, who lost from Nandigram constituency in the assembly elections held
earlier this year, has to win this bypoll to retain the post of chief minister.
The counting of votes will take place today i.e. on October 3.
