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The ruling TMC in West Bengal, won Kaliagunj and Karimpur seats in bypolls and was ahead in Kharagpur Sadar Assembly segment.
Counting of votes is also underway for Pithoragarh Assembly seat in Uttarakhand. BJP’s Chandra Pant was leading over her nearest rival Anju Lunthi of Congress.
Bypolls were held on November 25 in the Kaliaganj, Karimpur and Kharagpur Sadar Assembly constituencies. Counting of votes started at 8 am amid tight security in the three constituencies.
TMC’s Tapan Deb Sinha won the Kaliaganj seat by defeating his nearest rival Kamal Chandra Sarkar of the BJP by just over 2,300 votes.
Pradip Sarkar of the TMC defeated Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Prem Chandra Jha by a margin of over 20,800 votes in Kharagpur Sadar.