FOR THE ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC), a winning borderline of 10,112 votes successful the 2021 Assembly polls that accrued to 29,000 successful the Lok Sabha predetermination earlier this twelvemonth has present jumped to 1,30,156 successful the bypoll successful the Sitai Assembly seat.
The TMC accrued its winning borderline successful each the six seats that saw byelections. This comes contempt the disapproval faced by the Mamata Banerjee-led authorities authorities aft the R G Kar rape-murder case, isolated from allegations of corruption.
“Our winning borderline and ballot percent person some increased. Organisation is simply a two-way street. On the 1 hand, determination should beryllium effectual leadership, pro-people policies and earnest workers. On the different hand, the radical should person spot successful the party, its leaders and workers. The Trinamool Congress has maintained this. Meanwhile,the opposition, including the BJP, is losing its transportation with the radical successful Bengal,” the TMC’s authorities vice president and spokesperson Jayprakash Majumdar said connected Saturday.
“In summation to this, 9 factors worked successful our favour. R G Kar (case) was a societal contented and radical deed the streets successful protest. The archetypal remedial measurement was taken by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to code the issue. The radical saw that and trusted Mamata Banerjee. That is wherefore we did good successful the 2 municipality seats of Naihati and Medinipur,” added Majumder.
Meanwhile, Dilip Ghosh, 1 of the BJP’s nationalist vice presidents, told mediapersons “The results bash not travel arsenic a surprise. The TMC knows however to bash polling. They employment goons and instrumentality assistance from the constabulary and the administration. However we volition besides person to deliberation however we tin retrieve from this and hole for the assembly polls successful 2026. But I expected a combat successful Madarihat.”
In the 2021 Assembly polls, the 2 northbound Bengal seats of Sitai and Madarihat were won by the TMC and the BJP respectively.
In the Sitai bypoll this time, TMC campaigner Sangita Roy won by 1,30,156 votes. In the aforesaid Assembly conception during the Lok Sabha polls, the TMC had secured triumph by 29,000 votes.
In Madarihat, which was the lone spot held by BJP among each the six, TMC campaigner Jayprakash Toppo won by 30,309 votes. The BJP won the spot successful 2021 assembly polls with a borderline of 29685. In Lok Sabha polls this twelvemonth BJP maintained its pb astatine 9000 votes.
In South Bengal arsenic well, the TMC did good successful presumption of winning margin.
TMC campaigner Sanat Dey doubled the winning borderline compared to 2021, winning by 48,912 votes successful Naihati. In the 2021 Assembly polls, the winning borderline for the TMC was 18,855.
Here, successful the Lok Sabha polls, the TMC got a pb of 15,000 votes from the seat.
TMC campaigner Rabiul Islam won by 1,31,388 votes successful the Haroa Assembly seat. In 2021, the borderline was 80,978. In this Lok Sabha, the TMC got a pb of 1,10,000 votes.
TMC campaigner Falguni Singhababu won by 33,456 votes successful Taldangra Assembly seat. The winning borderline successful 2021 was 12,377. The TMC’s pb successful Lok Sabha was 8,000.
In Medinipur, TMC campaigner Sujoy Hazra won by 33,190 votes. The winning borderline successful 2021 was 24,397 votes. In the Lok Sabha polls, the TMC got a pb of 11,000 votes.