Mamata Banerjee secures Chief Minister’s post with easy win in By-Poll

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New Delhi, Oct 3, 2021: Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Sunday stormed to victory in the Bhabanipur Assembly by-election with a whooping margin of 58,832 votes, securing her place as the Chief Minister of West Bengal.

Her nearest rival, BJP’s Priyanka Tibrewal, managed to get only about 26,000 votes and the CPI(M) Srijib Biswas got about 4,000 votes.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said that she was " hugely indebted to the people of Bhabanipur" as the TMC supremo won the keenly contested by-election in South Kolkata constituency by a record margin of 58,832 votes.

"I thank you all...sisters, brothers, mothers, everyone from India. In 2016, I saw that I got fewer votes in a few wards. 46 per cent of voters are non-Bengali..everyone has voted for me," Mamata Banerjee said. "3,500 central personnel were sent for this election. Bengal was watching it. A lot of conspiracy happened during the election but I thank people," Mamata further said.

“People of Bhabanipur gave a befitting reply to the conspiracy that was hatched in Nandigram. I want to once again thank the people of Bhabanipur and West Bengal for today’s election result,” Mamata Banerjee said.