13-Jul-2024 09:03 AM
2013
Kolkata, July 13 (Reporter) Counting for the byelection to four assembly seats in Bengal - Maniktala, Bagdah, Ranaghat Dakshin and Raiganj - which went to the polls on July 10, began at 8 AM on Saturday under a massive security blanket.
Byelections were necessitated as Krishna Kalyani from Raiganj, Biswajit Das from Bagdah and Mukut Mani Adhikari from Ranaghat Dakshin gave up their seats to contest the Lok Sabha elections. Though the won these seats in 2021, the MLAs later switched to the Trinamool Congress.
Bypoll in Maniktala was held after the expiry of state minister Sadhan Pandey in February 2022...////...