Trinamool Congress, Congress leading in Bengal Assembly bypolls
Dipendu Biswas of TMC, is leading over BJP's Samik Bhattacharya in Basirhat Dakhin seat
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress and Congress are leading in Basirhat Dakhin and Chowringhee Assembly constituencies in West Bengal, bypolls for which were held on September 13.
Dipendu Biswas of Trinamool Congress, is leading over BJP's Samik Bhattacharya in Basirhat Dakhin seat by 10,820 votes after the fourth round of counting.
The seat was won by CPI(M)'s Narayan Mukhopadhyay in 2011. The by-election was caused due to his death. Santosh Pathak of Congress is leading over Nayana Bandyopadhyay of Trinamool Congress in Chowringhee seat by 2000 votes after the third round.
Nayana Bandyopadhyay is the wife of Sudip Bandyopadhyay, leader of the Trinamool Congress parliamentary party. BJP state secretary and spokesman Ritesh Tiwary is also among the contestants from the Chowringhee seat.
The seat was won by Sikha Mitra of Trinamool Congress in the 2011 Assembly elections. The by-election was held as the seat fell vacant after Mitra's resignation from the TMC.
The fate of 14 candidates would be decided on Tuesday, nine in the Chowringhee constituency and five in Basirhat Dakshin in North 24-Parganas district.