<p>BJP candidate Mimi Majumder on Friday won the by-election to Badharghat (SC) Assembly constituency defeating her nearest rival, CPI(M)'s Bulti Biswas, by 5,276 votes, officials said here.</p>.<p>Congress nominee Ratan Chandra Das secured the third place, but his vote share increased 18 times compared to what he had got in the Assembly polls in February last year.</p>.<p>The seat fell vacant due to the death of BJP MLA Dilip Sarkar in April. The by-poll was held on September 23.</p>.<p>The BJP candidate bagged 20,487 votes while the CPI(M) nominee secured 15,211 votes. The Congress candidate got 9,105 votes.</p>.<p>Both the BJP and the CPI(M) got fewer votes in comparison to what they bagged in the Assembly elections.</p>.<p>BJP nominee Sarkar had then secured 28,561 votes while the Left party had got 23,113.</p>.<p>Ratan Das of the Congress had contested in the last assembly elections from Badharghat and could secure only 505 votes. This time he bagged 9,105 votes.</p>
<p>BJP candidate Mimi Majumder on Friday won the by-election to Badharghat (SC) Assembly constituency defeating her nearest rival, CPI(M)'s Bulti Biswas, by 5,276 votes, officials said here.</p>.<p>Congress nominee Ratan Chandra Das secured the third place, but his vote share increased 18 times compared to what he had got in the Assembly polls in February last year.</p>.<p>The seat fell vacant due to the death of BJP MLA Dilip Sarkar in April. The by-poll was held on September 23.</p>.<p>The BJP candidate bagged 20,487 votes while the CPI(M) nominee secured 15,211 votes. The Congress candidate got 9,105 votes.</p>.<p>Both the BJP and the CPI(M) got fewer votes in comparison to what they bagged in the Assembly elections.</p>.<p>BJP nominee Sarkar had then secured 28,561 votes while the Left party had got 23,113.</p>.<p>Ratan Das of the Congress had contested in the last assembly elections from Badharghat and could secure only 505 votes. This time he bagged 9,105 votes.</p>