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Kaliaganj (West Bengal) Assembly Bye-Election Results 2019 Live: Trinamool Congress wins by 2,304 votes

Kaliaganj (West Bengal) Assembly Bye-Election Results 2019 Live: Get all the updates on Kaliaganj assembly constituency bye-election results on indianexpress.com. Kaliaganj assembly constituency went to polls on November 25.

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election, election results, by election result, election results live, election results 2019, west bengal by election, west bengal by election result, west bengal by election results 2019, west bengal election, west bengal election result, west bengal election result 2019 Kaliaganj Bye-Election Results 2019: Kaliaganj constituency went to polls on November 25.

Kaliaganj (West Bengal) Assembly Bye-Election Results 2019 Live: The Trinamool Congress Thursday won the Kaliaganj bye-election, which was necessitated after the death of sitting Congress MLA Parmathanath Roy. TMC’s candidate Tapan Deb Singha defeated his nearest rival BJP’s Kamal Chandra Sarkar by a margin of 2,304 votes. Congress candidate Dhitashri Roy came third.

The results come as a blow to the Congress, as the Kaliaganj seat has been its strong hold, and it hoped to retain it after the death of its MLA.

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Of the three seats in West Bengal that went to polls on Monday — Karimpur and Kharagpur Sadar were the other two — Kaliaganj, with a 2.69 lakh electorate, recorded 77.17 per cent voter turn out, an official said.

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As the results to the bypoll were declared, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee dedicated the victory to the people of West Bengal. She also targeted the BJP for its “arrogance” and for “insulting” the people of the state.

“We dedicate this victory to the people of Bengal. The BJP is getting paid back for its arrogance of power and for insulting the people of Bengal,” Mamata was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.

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