Kolkata
Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate Nirmal Chandra Roy has emerged victorious in the by-elections for the Dhupguri assembly constituency in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district. He secured a win over BJP’s Tapasi Roy by a significant margin of more than 4,500 votes. The Congress-backed CPI (M) candidate trailed behind in third place. In the 2021 West Bengal assembly elections, BJP’s Bishnu Pada Roy had defeated Trinamool Congress’s sitting MLA Mitali Roy by a margin of 4,355 votes. However, in the by-polls, the Trinamool Congress managed to surpass this victory margin. The electoral contest remained closely fought from the outset and throughout the counting process. In the early rounds, the BJP candidate held a slight lead, but by the conclusion of the fourth round, the Trinamool Congress candidate took the lead. The lead changed hands again after the fifth round, but ultimately, after the counting of the tenth round, the Trinamool Congress candidate was declared the winner. Trinamool Congress’s national general secretary and party MP, Abhishek Banerjee, congratulated the people of Dhupguri for choosing a politics of development over division and intolerance. He also commended the party workers for their efforts and reiterated the party’s commitment to promoting all-round development in Dhupguri.
