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Mamata's Trinamool retains Howrah Lok Sabha seat
Kolkata, June 5: West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress Wednesday retained the Howrah Lok Sabha seat, with former international footballer Prasun Banerjee defeating the CPI-M's Sridip Bhattacharya by over 27,000 votes.
Congress candidate Sanatan Mukherjee finished a distant third in the June 2 by-election.
Of
the
seven
assembly
segments,
Banerjee
maintained
leads
in
five:
Shibpur,
Bally,
Panchla,
Howrah
Central
and
Howrah
North.
Bhattacharya
was
ahead
in
Howrah
South
and
Sankrail.
The by-poll was necessitated by the death of Trinamool MP Ambica Banerjee April 25. He had polled 37,392 votes over the CPI-M in 2009.
IANS
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