Bypolls results: TMC wins all 3 seats in West Bengal; BJP retains Pithoragarh seat in Uttarakhand
THE TIMES OF INDIA | Nov 28, 2019, 23:22:29 IST
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Bypolls results: TMC wins all 3 seats in West Bengal; BJP retains Pithoragarh seat in Uttarakhand

In West Bengal, the ruling TMC made a clean sweep by winning Kaliagunj, Kharagpur Sadar and Karimpur assembly seats, while the BJP retained the Pithoragarh assembly seat in Uttarakhand.
09:34 (IST) Nov 28
Pithoragarh bypoll: BJP leading by 100 votes after two rounds.
09:22 (IST) Nov 28
Congress takes an early lead in Kharagpur Sadar constituency of West Bengal.
09:18 (IST) Nov 28
Pithoragarh bypoll
BJP candidate is leading by 88 votes after first round of counting
08:55 (IST) Nov 28
Congress nominee Dhitashree Roy, supported by the CPI(M), is pitted against TMC's Tapan Deb Sinha and BJP's Kamal Chandra Sarkar at Kaliaganj.
08:34 (IST) Nov 28
West Bengal bypoll: Counting begins in three constituencies
Counting of votes began at 8 am on Thursday amid tight security in polling centres in three Assembly seats of West Bengal where bypolls were held on November 25, Election Commission officials said.
08:28 (IST) Nov 28
The seat had fallen vacant after the death of sitting MLA and Cabinet Minister Prakash Pant in June. Pant's wife Chandra is taking on Congress' Anju Lunthi in the bypoll.
08:27 (IST) Nov 28
Over 47 per cent of the electorate cast their vote in Pithoragarh assembly bypoll of Uttarakhand on Monday.
08:19 (IST) Nov 28
Although the results to be declared on Thursday will have no bearing on the stability of the West Bengal government, the outcome will be a litmus test for the TMC and the BJP ahead of the 2021 state elections.
08:17 (IST) Nov 28
In Kaliaganj, the bypoll was necessitated following the death of Congress MLA Parmathanath Roy.
08:16 (IST) Nov 28
Kharagpur Sadar and Karimpur seats fell vacant after the general elections as the sitting MLAs contested and won Lok Sabha seats.
08:15 (IST) Nov 28
Bypolls were held for Karimpur, Kharagpur Sadar and Kaliaganj assembly seats.
08:15 (IST) Nov 28
Around 75.34 per cent of over 7 lakh electorate on Monday cast votes in the bypolls to three assembly seats in West Bengal.