BJP wins four seats, TMC three in Assembly by-elections

Bhatpara, Darjeeling, Habibpur and Krishnaganj seats went to the BJP, while the TMC won Islampur, Naoda and Uluberia Purba. The Congress won Kandi seat.

“People have given me a bigger responsibility today. I will try to live up to their expectations,” said BJP’s Bhatpara candidate Pawan Singh, the son of BJP’s Barrackpur Lok Sabha candidate Arjun Singh, who won the seat.

Accepting his defeat, former state minister and Trinamool Congress’s Bhatpara candidate Madan Mitra said, “My fight was against Arjun Singh and his dynasty politics. I take full responsibility for the my party’s defeat here.”  BJP’s Darjeeling Assembly seat candidate Neeraj
Zimba described the result as a miracle.

“It is unexpected and a miracle. The people of the hills have voted for the BJP, and I thank all my voters here,” he said.