KOLKATA: The ruling Trinamool Congress has registered a massive victory in the by-elections to Uluberia Lok Sabha and Noapara Vidhan Sabha seats in the state, however, they faced tough competition as the Bharatiya Janta Party managed to replace CPM as the runners-up to both the seats. TMC's Uluberia candidate and former MP Sultan Ahmed's widow Sajda Ahmed won by over 4.74 Lakh votes over rival BJP candidate Anupam Mallick, the ruling party's Noapara candidate and Garulia municipality chairman Sunil Singh secured 63,018 more votes than BJP candidate Sandeep Banerjee.
TMC secured almost 61 per cent of the polled votes, roping in around 7.67 Lakh votes in Uluberia while BJP gained 23 per cent of the votes garnering around 2.93 Lakh votes. The party gartnered 1.11 Lakh votes in Noapara, cashing in on 57 per cent votes, while the BJP garnered 20 per cent votes secured 38,711 votes. The CPM bagged 1.38 Lakh votes in Uluberia and 35,497 votes in Noapara. Sajda Ahmed said, “People are with TMC and this is the result of my late husband's hard work in the constituency. I will stay with the people and try to complete the pending works by the next two and a half years.”
Education Minister Partha Chatterjee said, “As long as people are with us nobody can dislodge us. There is an unwritten alliance between the opposition parties.”
