Bhabanipur bypoll Live Updates: Mamata Banerjee’s prestige at stake; BJP alleges wrongdoings by TMC
The by-polls are being held in south Kolkata's Bhabanipur, besides Jangipur and Samserganj seats in Murshidabad district and Pipili in Odisha. The results of the byelections will be declared on 3 October.
Bhabanipur, Pipli, Jangipur, Samserganj Bypolls Voting LIVE Updates: Polling began at 7 am on Thursday for the by-election to the Bhabanipur seat, where West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is contesting, and two other constituencies amid tight security and stringent COVID-19 measures. The by-polls are being held in south Kolkata’s Bhabanipur, besides Jangipur and Samserganj seats in Murshidabad district and Pipili in Odisha. The results of the byelections will be declared on 3 October.
Bhabanipur bypoll has become a prestigious battle for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is presently not an MLA. Banerjee, who lost from the Nandigram constituency to BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari, in the assembly elections earlier this year, has to win this by-poll to retain the chief minister’s post. Banerjee, who is also the Trinamool Congress supremo, is pitted against BJP’s Priyanka Tibrewal and CPI(M)’s Srijib Biswas in Bhabanipur. Polls had to be countermanded in Jangipur and Samserganj in April following the death of two candidates.
Stringent security arrangements are in place in West Bengal’s Bhabanipur ahead of the assembly by-election. As many as 15 companies of central forces have been deployed. Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) have been imposed within 200 metres of the polling centres.
Bypolls in Bhabanipur, Samserganj, Jangipur, Pipili | LIVE Updates
11:26 am | Odisha: Pipli bypoll voting
24.76 % voter turnout recorded till 11 AM in Pipili Assembly bypoll.
10:15 am | Bhabanipur records 7.57 per cent polling till 9 am
Around 7.57 per cent polling was recorded in the by-election to the Bhabanipur assembly constituency, where West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is contesting, till 9 am on Thursday, Election Commission sources said. During the first two hours, around 16.32 and 17.51 per cent voting was recorded in Samserganj and Jangipur seats in Murshidabad district, they said.
8:28 am | 90-year-old Manobashini Chakrabarty casts her vote in Bhabanipur
#WestBengalBypolls | 90-year-old Manobashini Chakrabarty casts her vote at Mitra Institution polling booth in Bhabanipur pic.twitter.com/mMiAbWOoPx
— ANI (@ANI) September 30, 2021
7:45 am | TMC MLA purposely shut voting machine, wants to capture the booth, alleges Priyanka Tibrewal
Madan Mitra (TMC MLA) has purposely shut the voting machine here as he wants to capture the booth: Priyanka Tibrewal, BJP candidate for Bhabanipur by-poll at polling booth of ward number 72 pic.twitter.com/lFB5hQytTY
— ANI (@ANI) September 30, 2021
