Bengal Assembly by-poll: Trinamool takes huge lead in Maheshtala
Thursday - May 31, 2018 11:54 am ,
Category : INDIA
Bengal Assembly by-poll: Trinamool takes huge lead in Maheshtala
Kolkata May 31 (IANS) West Bengal s ruling Trinamool Congress on Thursday seemed on course to retaining the Maheshtala Assembly seat with an impressive margin while the BJP was in the second spot by displacing the CPI-M.
After 11 rounds of vote count in Monday s by-poll Trinamool candidate Dulal Das has taken a 35 000 plus lead over Bharatiya Janata Party s Sujit Kumar Ghosh.
Left Front nominated Communist Party of India-Marxist aspirant Pravat Chowdhury backed by the Congress was trailing his BJP rival by over 6 000 votes in the triangular contest.
In the 2016 Assembly polls CPI-M s heavyweight candidate Shamik Lahiri had finished runner up to Trinamool s Kasturi Das in the constituency.
The CPI-M led Left Front had entered into an alliance with the Congress then
Kasturi Das s demise has caused the by-election.
Dulal is Kasturi s husband.
--IANS ssp/ksk/vm
After 11 rounds of vote count in Monday s by-poll Trinamool candidate Dulal Das has taken a 35 000 plus lead over Bharatiya Janata Party s Sujit Kumar Ghosh.
Left Front nominated Communist Party of India-Marxist aspirant Pravat Chowdhury backed by the Congress was trailing his BJP rival by over 6 000 votes in the triangular contest.
In the 2016 Assembly polls CPI-M s heavyweight candidate Shamik Lahiri had finished runner up to Trinamool s Kasturi Das in the constituency.
The CPI-M led Left Front had entered into an alliance with the Congress then
Kasturi Das s demise has caused the by-election.
Dulal is Kasturi s husband.
--IANS ssp/ksk/vm
