TMC wins Kanthi Dakshin, BJP beats left, Congress in West Bengal

TMC won the seat in West Bengal's Kanthi Dakshin but BJP overtaking the left and the Congress became the highlight of the results

All India Trinamool Congress' candidate Chandrima Bhattacharya won the Kanthi Dakshin seat in the bypolls on Thursday. With a steady lead from start, the TMC was confident of a victory. What caught the eye on result day was the Bharatiya Janata Party's performance in the poll overtaking left parties and the Congress. Bhattacharya won with a huge margin of 42,526 votes while the BJP's Sourindra Mohan Jana emerged his closest rival.

The TMC retained power in the seat but what came as a surprise was BJP leaving the Left and Congress behind ringing in the new wave of politics in Bengal. BJP's Mohan Jana polled a massive 52,843 while Communist Party's Uttam Pradhan got a mere 17,423 votes. The Congress was pushed to the fourth place with a humiliating 2,270 votes.

After 11 rounds of counting, it became clear that the fight was truly between the BJP and the TMC, rendering Congress and Left parties non-players. The bypoll becomes important for the BJP to establish itself as a force to reckon with in the future. The BJP practically promoted itself as the biggest competitor TMC has in Bengal.

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