With loss of assembly bypolls to TMC, BJP’s electoral fortunes in Bengal continue to dwindle

TMC wrested Raiganj, Bagda and Ranaghat Dakshin seats from BJP, while retaining Maniktala in assembly bypolls held on 10 July. Mamata Banerjee hailed it as ‘victory of the people’.

File photo of BJP office in Kolkata | Representational image | ANI

Kolkata: The BJP’s electoral fortunes in West Bengal continue to dwindle, with the results of bypolls in four assembly seats indicating a steady erosion of its political strength in the state.

The Mamata Banerjee-led TMC swept all four seats, namely Raiganj, Bagda, Ranaghat Dakshin and Maniktala that went to the polls on 10 July. BJP candidates came in second in all four seats, with the Congress losing its deposit in both seats it contested (Raiganj and Bagda) and the CPI(M) its deposit in the two seats it contested (Ranaghat Dakshin and Maniktala).

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