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TMC sweeps bypolls, winning all six seats; snatches Madarihat from BJP
The Statesman
|November 24, 2024
The ruling Trinamul Congress led by Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal made a clean sweep in the bypolls in six Assembly constituencies including Madarihat (S) that had gone to the Opposition BJP in the Assembly elections in 2021 and 2016.
The Madarihat win in particular deals a major blow to the saffron camp in north Bengal ahead of the Assembly polls in the state scheduled to be held in 2026.
On Saturday, with the announcements of phenomenal victories one after another for the TMC at the counting centres for the six constituencies, jubilant ruling party workers started celebrations. Chief minister and Trinamul chairperson Mamata Banerjee in a social media post expressed her gratitude to the people of the state for their continued support to the party, saying: "I would like to thank and congratulate 'Maa, Mati, and Manush' from the bottom of my heart. Your blessing will help us work for the people in the coming days."
This story is from the November 24, 2024 edition of The Statesman.
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