Despite the ongoing protest over RG Kar rape case and demands for CM Mamata Banerjee to step down, Trinaamool Congress (TMC) made a clean sweep in six assembly constituencies in West Bengal that went into polls this year.
In the states, bypolls were held in Naihati, Haroa, Medinipur, Taldangra, Sitai (SC), and Madarihat (ST) after several sitting MLAs resigned after winning 2024 Lok Sabha elections. TMC won all the seats. Elections held on November 13 were seen as a crucial test for the ruling party amid a politically charged atmosphere, with protests over the RG Kar issue intensifying.
These elections are seen as an important political test for the state's ruling party as BJP expected to make political gains from the ongoing protest.
In Sitai, a Scheduled Caste (SC) constituency, TMC's Sangita Roy won by 1,65,984 beating her nearest rival, Dipak Kumar Ray of the BJP by over 1,30,636 votes.
In Madarihat, a Scheduled Tribe (ST) seat, TMC's Jayprakash Toppo won over BJP's Rahul Lohar by 28168 votes. The seat was won by the BJP in the 2021 assembly polls. Despite the BJP's hopes of retaining its northern seat in Madarihat, the party is currently trailing behind TMC in all constituencies.
In Naihati, TMC's Sanat Dey won the seat bagging 78,772 votes against BJP's Rupak Mitra's 29,495.
In Haroa, TMC's SK Rabiul Islam has garnered 1,57,072 votes to win the seat
TMC's Sujoy Hazra won in Medinipur with 1.15,104 votes, 33,996 more than BJP's Subhajit Roy (Bunty), who has secured 81108 votes.
In Taldangra, TMC's Falguni Singhababu has polled 98,926 votes, 34082 more than BJP's Ananya Roy Chakraborty, who has received 64844 votes.
Among the six constituencies, five are situated in South Bengal, a TMC stronghold, while Madarihat, located in North Bengal, emerged as a crucial battleground after being won by the BJP in the 2021 assembly elections.
