Bypolls for six meeting constituencies in West Bengal had been introduced by the Election Fee of India on Tuesday afternoon. The elections for Sitai (SC), Madarihat (ST), Naihati, Haroa, Medinipur, and Taldangra might be held on November 13 and the counting of votes for these seats might be on November 23, the CEO of ECI, West Bengal stated.
Amongst these six seats, the TMC bagged 5 within the 2021 Meeting elections whereas the BJP gained just one seat.
Sitai (SC) grew to become vacant after TMC MLA Jagadish Chandra Basunia was elected MP from Coochbehar within the Lok Sabha elections this 12 months, defeating former Union Minister (MOS) Nisith Pramanik.
Then again, one other seat in northern West Bengal, Madarihat, was of the BJP chief Manoj Tigga. He resigned from MLAship as he was chosen because the BJP’s MP candidate for Alipuarduar and gained.
The opposite 4 seats are in southern West Bengal. Within the Naihati seat was former state minister Partha Bhowmick, who gained the Lok Sabha election from Barrackpore, defeating BJP candidate and sitting MLA Arjun Singh.
From the Medinipur Lok Sabha seat, TMC candidate June Malia defeated BJP MLA Agnimitra Paul. Malia was previously the MLA of the Medinipur meeting constituency, a place that grew to become vacant after her win.
In Haroa, TMC chief Sk Nurul Islam (Haji) was the MLA. He was elected as MP from the Basirhat seat. Nevertheless, he handed away, and the Basirhat MP seat grew to become vacant as properly.
In Taldangra of Bankura district, TMC chief Arup Chakraborty was an MLA who defeated one other former Union Minister (MOS), Subhas Sarkar, from the Bankura Lok Sabha seat. After he grew to become an MP, the Taldangra meeting seat grew to become vacant.
