Bhabanipur Bypoll Results Today: TMC chief Mamata Banerjee is leading by 58,389 votes after all 21 rounds of counting in Bhabanipur bypolls, according to the official Election Commission data. Banerjee received 84,709 votes against BJP’s Priyanka Tibrewal who has got 26,320 votes. The by-election is a litmus test for Banerjee who is contesting the seat to continue as the chief minister of West Bengal.
There will be 21 rounds of counting of votes in the Bhabanipur constituency. The Election Commission has arranged for a three-tier security system, called in 24 companies of central forces and have already deployed them at the counting centre.
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The election on September 30 saw a modest turnout of 53.32 per cent. Two other Assembly seats in the state, which went to polls on the same day, however, reported a higher turnout. Samserganj recorded 78.60 per cent voter turnout, while Jangipur 76.12 per cent till 5 pm, as per Election Commission data. Voting was largely peaceful, and no major incident of violence or electoral malpractice was reported, EC officials said.
Bypoll to Bhabanipur was necessitated following the resignation of Trinamool Congress MLA Sovandeb Chattopadhyay to facilitate Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s election to the assembly. Banerjee lost in Nandigram, as per the results of the assembly election declared by the EC in May. According to the constitutional provision, a person has to get elected within six months of taking oath as a chief minister or a minister. She took oath as chief minister for the third consecutive term on May 5.
Official EC figures after 21 rounds of counting
Mamata Banerjee – 84,709 votes
Priyanka Tibrewal – 26,320 votes
Srijib Biswas – 4,201 votes
After 20 rounds, Mamata Banerjee is leading by 56,388
TMC: 82,068
BJP: 25,680
Offiical EC figures after 19 rounds of counting in Bhabanipur
TMC: 76,413
BJP: 24,396
TMC – 67,260 votes
BJP – 21,882 votes
Mamata Banerjee is leading by a margin of 45,738 votes.
Official EC figures after 16 rounds of counting in Bhabanipur
TMC 62,760
BJP 20,468
Mamata Banerjee leads BJP’s Priyanka Tibrewal by 42,292 votes
Election Commission writes to West Bengal Govt, asking it to ensure that no victory celebration/procession takes place during or after the counting of votes for by-elections; asks it to take all necessary steps to ensure that post-poll violence doesn’t happen.
After 11th round of counting, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee leads by 34,000 votes in Bhabanipur Assembly by-election
Bhabanipur Bypoll Results: Mamata Banerjee cruises towards big win, leads BJP’s Priyanka Tibrewal by over 31,000 votes
After 10 rounds, Mamata leads by 31,645 votes
TMC – 42,122
BJP – 10,477
CPIM – 1,234
After eighth round of counting, Mamata Banerjee is ahead by 27,508 votes in Bhabanipur. In Samserganj, TMC is leading by 5,190 votes.
TMC 28,355
BJP 4398
CPM 398
Mamata leads 23,957 votes
Bhabanipur Bypoll Results: Mamata Banerjee’s TMC leading with more than 12,000 votes, reports News18.
Official figures from the Election Commission after the third round for Bhabanipur Bypoll Results
TMC 9974
BJP 3828
CPIM 250
Bhabanipur Bypoll Results: Mamata Banerjee leading by 4,600 votes after third round of counting.
West Bengal CM & TMC chief Mamta Banerjee is leading with 3680 votes against BJP candidate Priyanka Tibrewal’s 881 votes after first round of counting of votes for Bhabanipur Assembly by-election, as per Election Commission data
Official figures from the Election Commission after the first round for Bhabanipur Bypoll Results
TMC – 3,689
BJP – 881
CPIM – 85
TMC candidate Mamata Banerjee is leading by 2,800 votes after the first few rounds of counting of postal ballots.
Mamata Banerjee is currently leading by 2,500 votes after two rounds of counting. There will be a total of 21 rounds of counting in Bhabanipur.
Bhabanipur Bypoll Results: EVM votes will be counted after postal ballots in which Mamata Banerjee is leading BJP’s Priyanka Tibrewal.
Bhabanipur Bypoll Results: West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee is leading by 775 after the postal ballot round, reports News18.
The postal ballots will be counted first. The Election Commission has said there will be 21 rounds of counting for the Bhabanipur bypoll results.
Tibrewal has written to the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court seeking preventive measures in connection with possible post-poll violence after results are declared. In the letter, Priyanka Tibrewal has sought strict orders to the Kolkata Police to take all precautionary measures to prevent any kind of violence post declaration of bye-election result.
West Bengal Bypoll Results: Prohibitory orders under Section 144 CrPC have been imposed within 200 metre radius of the counting centres at all three constituencies that went to the polls on September 30.
The BJP had lodged a complaint with the Election Commission against TMC ministers Firhad Hakim and Subrata Mukherjee for allegedly “influencing voters” in Bhabanipur constituency. It also alleged that the TMC had brought in several fake voters to various polling booths.
BJP’s Priyanka Tibrewal doesn’t seem very hopeful of a victory, but has accused the TMC of booth capturing and buying votes.
The initial trends are expected soon. While the TMC expects an easy victory, the BJP hopes to turn the tide in Bhabanipur.
Cabinet Minister and senior TMC leader Firhad Hakim, who campaigned for Banerjee almost every day last one month, asserted, “We are very confident that she will win by more than 50, 000 votes”.
On the other hand, BJP’s national vice-president and the party’s former Bengal chief, Dilip Ghosh said, “The BJP will give a very good fight in Bhabanipur. If there is any violence after result, the government will have to look into it, otherwise the CBI is there.”
Counting of votes in Bhabanipur begins
As per the election commission, three constituencies have a total electorate of 6,97,164. The total number of voters in Bhabanipur is 20,64,56; of which 1,11,243 are male and 95, 209 are women. There were 287 booths in Bhabanipur, of which the number of main booths were be 269.
Twenty four companies of central forces have been deployed at the counting centres, and the entire area will be put under CCTV surveillance. Officials will only be allowed pen and paper and only the returning officer and observer are allowed to use phones, officials informed.
Priyanka Tibrewal who unsuccessfully contested the West Bengal Assembly polls from Entally, is also a practicing advocate in the Calcutta High Court and the Supreme Court. She was also one of the petitioners who moved the Calcutta HC over the post-poll violence in the state.