<p>Trinamool Congress (TMC) achieved a clean sweep in the Assembly by-elections winning all the three seats. TMC emerged victorious in all the poll-bound constituencies of Kharagpur Sadar, Karimpur and Kaliaganj leaving BJP red-faced.</p>.<p>With the exception of Karimpur TMC has never won in Kharagpur and Kaliaganj. TMC’s victory in Kharagpur Sadar resulted into a major embarrassment for state BJP president Dilip Ghosh who was the sitting MLA from the constituency till he became an MP in the Lok Sabha elections.</p>.<p>TMC candidate Pradip Sarkar defeated his nearest rival BJP’s Premchandra Jha with a margin of 20,788 votes in Kharagpur Sadar. The loss came as a major shock to BJP as just six months ago it got a lead of 56,762 votes from the constituency in the Lok Sabha elections. It also won the seat in the 2016 Assembly elections with a margin of 6309 votes.</p>.<p>The ruling party in the state also bagged the Kaliaganj Assembly seat. TMC candidate Tapan Deb Singha defeated his nearest rival BJP’s Kamal Chandra Sarkar in a close contest with a margin of 2414 votes. BJP had a lead of 56,762 votes from Kaliaganj in the Lok Sabha elections.</p>.<p>TMC candidate Bimalendu Sinha Roy trounced his nearest rival BJP Jayprakash Majumdar in Karimpur Assembly seat with a comfortable margin of 24129 Karimpur is a stronghold of TMC which got a lead of nearly 14,000 votes in the Lok Sabha elections. TMC also won the in the 2016 Assembly elections.</p>.<p>Reacting to the development West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that “BJP suffered the consequences of their arrogance of power.”</p>.<p>“BJP has suffered the consequences of their arrogance of power. They paid dearly for insulting people,” said Banerjee.</p>.<p>BJP state president Dilip Ghosh said that perhaps unlike the Lok Sabha elections TMC’s votes did not swing in favour of Bjp in the by-elections.</p>.<p>Several factors led to TMC’s success in the by-elections. First, in Kaliaganj and Karimpur which had a substantial number of minority voters as well as voters who came to India after the Partition. The panic over NRC fueled by off-handed remarks of several state BJP leaders became a key factor to TMC’s victory.</p>.<p>As for TMC’s success in the prestige fight against BJP in Kharagpur Sadar, the faction feud in the saffron party and consequent weakening of its organisation played a key role.</p>.<p>TMC’s victory in Karimpur, however, was rather expected as the party achieved resounding success both in the Lok Sabha and the 2016 Assembly elections from the constituency.</p>.<p>The Left-Congress alliance drew a blank in the Assembly by-elections.</p>
<p>Trinamool Congress (TMC) achieved a clean sweep in the Assembly by-elections winning all the three seats. TMC emerged victorious in all the poll-bound constituencies of Kharagpur Sadar, Karimpur and Kaliaganj leaving BJP red-faced.</p>.<p>With the exception of Karimpur TMC has never won in Kharagpur and Kaliaganj. TMC’s victory in Kharagpur Sadar resulted into a major embarrassment for state BJP president Dilip Ghosh who was the sitting MLA from the constituency till he became an MP in the Lok Sabha elections.</p>.<p>TMC candidate Pradip Sarkar defeated his nearest rival BJP’s Premchandra Jha with a margin of 20,788 votes in Kharagpur Sadar. The loss came as a major shock to BJP as just six months ago it got a lead of 56,762 votes from the constituency in the Lok Sabha elections. It also won the seat in the 2016 Assembly elections with a margin of 6309 votes.</p>.<p>The ruling party in the state also bagged the Kaliaganj Assembly seat. TMC candidate Tapan Deb Singha defeated his nearest rival BJP’s Kamal Chandra Sarkar in a close contest with a margin of 2414 votes. BJP had a lead of 56,762 votes from Kaliaganj in the Lok Sabha elections.</p>.<p>TMC candidate Bimalendu Sinha Roy trounced his nearest rival BJP Jayprakash Majumdar in Karimpur Assembly seat with a comfortable margin of 24129 Karimpur is a stronghold of TMC which got a lead of nearly 14,000 votes in the Lok Sabha elections. TMC also won the in the 2016 Assembly elections.</p>.<p>Reacting to the development West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that “BJP suffered the consequences of their arrogance of power.”</p>.<p>“BJP has suffered the consequences of their arrogance of power. They paid dearly for insulting people,” said Banerjee.</p>.<p>BJP state president Dilip Ghosh said that perhaps unlike the Lok Sabha elections TMC’s votes did not swing in favour of Bjp in the by-elections.</p>.<p>Several factors led to TMC’s success in the by-elections. First, in Kaliaganj and Karimpur which had a substantial number of minority voters as well as voters who came to India after the Partition. The panic over NRC fueled by off-handed remarks of several state BJP leaders became a key factor to TMC’s victory.</p>.<p>As for TMC’s success in the prestige fight against BJP in Kharagpur Sadar, the faction feud in the saffron party and consequent weakening of its organisation played a key role.</p>.<p>TMC’s victory in Karimpur, however, was rather expected as the party achieved resounding success both in the Lok Sabha and the 2016 Assembly elections from the constituency.</p>.<p>The Left-Congress alliance drew a blank in the Assembly by-elections.</p>
