Thumping victory for TMC as Shatrughan Sinha wins Asansol, Babul Supriyo secures Ballygunge seat in bypolls
India Today
The TMC registered a massive victory after Shatrughan Sinha won Asansol Lok Sabha seat and Babul Supriyo won Ballygunge Assembly seat in West Bengal bypolls.
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) has yet again established its political supremacy over rivals in West Bengal. The Mamata Banerjee’s party has retained the Ballygunge assembly constituency with a margin of 20,228 votes. Not only Ballygunge assembly seat, TMC has also registered a thumping victory in Asansol, a Lok Sabha seat that the party has never won.
Actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha emerged triumphant on Saturday and quashed the “outsider” tag accorded to him by the opposition BJP.
With winning the Asansol Lok Sabha constituency, by a margin of 3,03,209 votes, Shatrughan Sinha help the party break jinx as it has never tasted success on the seat since it was formed in the year 1998.
West Bengal | TMC candidate Shatrughan Sinha collected his certificate after winning the Asansol Lok Sabha by-polls. pic.twitter.com/A7sGtnSGVI
Sinha bagged 6,56,358 votes while BJP candidate Agnimitra Paul managed to garner only 3,53,149 votes, according to Election Commission website.
