West Bengal bypoll results: As it happened

Trinamool Congress on Thursday made a clean sweep in the by-elections to Uluberia Lok Sabha and Noapara assembly seats, while BJP finished second increasing it vote share.

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Kolkata: West Bengal`s ruling Trinamool Congress trounced its opponents to wrest the Noapara assembly seat from the Congress and retained the Uluberia Lok Sabha seat on Thursday with a mammoth margin even as the BJP emerged its main challenger.

Trinamool candidates led convincingly from the outset and consolidated their position after every round during the counting of votes cast on January 29 during the bypolls for both the seats. 

Left Front spearhead Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) not only finished third in both the constituencies, but even forfeited the security deposit at Uluberia. The Congress put up a poor show, taking the fourth position and losing their deposit in both the constituencies.

Updates:

01 February 2018

22:22 IST

Final result - Trinamool Congress on Thursday made a clean sweep in the by-elections to Uluberia Lok Sabha and Noapara assembly seats, while BJP finished second increasing it vote share.

CPI(M)-led Left Front was pushed to the third position while Congress candidates suffered the ignominy of losing security deposits in both the seats, including Noapara which it won in 2016.

TMC candidate Sajda Ahmed trounced Anupam Mallick of BJP by over 4.74 lakh votes in Uluberia Lok Sabha seat in Howrah district. She has secured 7,67,219 votes as against 2,93,018 votes bagged by the BJP candidate. CPI(M) candidate Sabiruddin Mollah finished third securing 1,38,792 votes. Congress candidate Muddasor Hossain Warsi emerged fourth by securing only 23,108 votes.

In Noapara Assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district TMC candidate Sunil Singh emerged victorious securing 1,01,729 votes, while BJP's Sandip Banerjee got 38,711 votes. CPI(M) candidate Gargi Chatterjee was at number three spot with 35,497 votes.

17:16 IST

TMC's Sajda Ahmed wins Uluberia Lok Sabha Constituency by 4,74,510 votes. BJP occupies second position with 2,93,046 votes

12:08 IST

Uluberia bypoll: Trinamool currently leading by 1,22,997 votes

11:09 IST

Uluberia bypoll: After third round of vote count, Trinamool leading with 119385 votes, BJP in second place with 50882

10:48 IST

Noapara bypoll: Trinamool candidate Sunil Singh wins with 1,11,729 votes

10:45 IST

Trinamool Congress leads in Uluberia byelection with 40,829 votes

10:39 IST

West Bengal bypoll: TMC candidate Sajda leading by 23,208 votes in Uluberia whereas BJP is in second place with 17625

10:39 IST

West Bengal bypoll: After 14th round of vote count in Noapara, TMC leading by 66,000 votes; BJP is in second, CPI(M) in third and Congress is in the fourth position

10:27 IST

West Bengal bypoll: TMC leading by 63,000 votes after 13th round of counting in Noapara

10:25 IST

Trinamool Congress leads in Uluberia byelection with 40,829 votes

10:24 IST

Noapara bypoll result: Trinamool Congress leads after 11th round

TMC's Sunil Singh: 77,983
BJP's Sandeep Banerjee: 30,220
CPM's Gargi Chatterjee: 28,732

10:12 IST

West Bengal bypoll: Trinamool Congress leading in Uluberia by 9000 votes

10:11 IST

TMC candidate Sajda is leading by 9,000 votes after the first round of counting in Uluberia bypoll

10:11 IST

After seventh round of counting in Noapara, Trinamool is leading with 32,627 votes

10:10 IST

After fifth round of counting in Noapara, Trinamool is leading by over 26,000 votes; CPI(M) is in second, BJP in third and Congress is in fourth position

10:08 IST

Noapara bypoll results: 

After 8 round, TrinamoolSunil Singh is leading with 35,600 votes, CPI(M) Gargi Chatterjee is in the second position, BJP's Sandip Banerjee third, reports News18.com

Over 75.3 percent in the Noapara Assembly seat voted in bypolls.

10:07 IST

Noapara bypoll: 

Trinamool takes a huge lead after third round of vote count in Noapara bypoll. 

TMC: 27,220 votes
BJP: 7938

Congress, which won the seat last time, is on fourth

09:53 IST

After the eighth round, Trinamool's Sunil Singh is leading with 35,600 votes, Gargi Chatterjee of CPI(M) is on second position, BJP's Sandip Banerjee on third

09:45 IST

Naopara bypoll: After seven rounds of counting, TMC's Sunil Singh gets 51694 votes, CPIM's Gargi Chatterjee gets 19067 votes, BJP's Sandip Banerjee gets 17688 votes and Congress's Goutam Bose gets 6138. 

At least 1866 voters choose NOTA option.

09:24 IST

In West Bengal's Noapara assembly seat, Trinamool leads with over 19,000 votes

08:23 IST

Trinamool Congress is ahead in Noapara Assembly seat

08:10 IST

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08:09 IST

In Noapara, the Trinamool Congress has fielded Sunil Singh, CPI(M) has fielded Gargi Chatterjee and Congress fielded Goutam Bose; BJP's Sandip Banerjee is also in the fray

08:09 IST

Five independent candidates are also in the fray for Uluberia Lok Sabha seat

08:07 IST

The CPI(M)-led Left Front nominated Sabiruddin Molla, the Congress fielded SK Madassar Hossain Warsi and the BJP fielded its district committee leader, Anupam Mallik

08:06 IST

Trinamool, which has held the Uluberia seat since 2009, fielded Sultan Ahmed's widow, Sajda, from the constituency

07:06 IST

West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh claimed that the party state unit lacks farsightedness.

"Some of our leaders cannot think out of the box. Their thinking is limited within a fixed boundary. This is the reason for such an environment within the party. I think there is a lack of vision among the BJP leaders of West Bengal. That is the reason of such problems," he alleged.

07:06 IST

Uluberia - 15,77,396 voters

Noapara - 2,46,522 voters

07:04 IST

In Noapara Assembly seat, Trinamool party has fielded Sunil Singh, the CPI(M) – Gargi Chatterjee and the Congress – Goutam Bose and the BJP – Sandip Banerjee.

07:02 IST

Trinamool, which has held the Uluberia seat since 2009, has fielded Sultan Ahmed's widow, Sajda, from the constituency. 

The Congress fielded S K Madassar Hossain Warsi, while BJP  district committee leader Anupam Mallik is contesting from the seat.

CPI(M)-led Left Front nominated Sabiruddin Molla.

Five independent candidates are also in the fray for the Lok Sabha seat.

07:01 IST

Uluberia seat is likely to witness a contest between the Trinamool and BJP.

07:00 IST

Uluberia Lok Sabha seat witnessed 76 per cent voter turnout, while 75.3 per cent voters turned up during Noapara Assembly seat on Monday.

"Till the end of polling at 5 pm Uluberia Lok Sabha recorded 76.7 per cent polling whereas Noapara recorded 75.3 per cent. The polling was completely peaceful," said a senior election official.