The ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC), which has been under pressure in West Bengal because of the ongoing protests related to the rape-murder of a trainee doctor at the R.G. Kar Medical College incident, seems to have weathered the storm as far as the bypolls are concerned.
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As per initial counting trends, the TMC candidates are leading in all the six assembly constituencies in the state—Naihati, Haroa, Medinipur, Taldangra, Sitai (SC), and Madarihat (ST), where the sitting MLAs had resigned after winning in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, thus vacating their assembly seats.
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Barring Madarihat, which is in north Bengal and was won by the BJP in the last assembly elections in 2021, all the other five constituencies are in south Bengal, a stronghold of the TMC.
Who is leading in each assembly constituency in West Bengal?
Sitai
It is a Scheduled Caste (SC) constituency. TMC's Sangita Roy is leading by 73,452 votes, a margin of 60,493 votes over her nearest rival, Dipak Kumar Ray of the BJP, who has so far secured 12,959 votes.
Madarihat
It is a Scheduled Tribe (ST) seat, TMC's Jayprakash Toppo is leading by 39,353 votes, ahead of BJP's Rahul Lohar, who has received 21,375 votes. The seat was won by the BJP in the 2021 assembly polls.
Naihati
TMC's Sanat Dey has secured a substantial lead, having received 40,663 votes against BJP's Rupak Mitra's 15,461.
Haroa
TMC's S.K. Rabiul Islam has garnered 48,107 votes, against his rival, Piyarul Islam of the All India Secular Front, who is trailing with 6,441 votes.
Medinipur
TMC's Sujoy Hazra is leading with 32,777 votes, holding a margin of 11,398 votes over BJP's Subhajit Roy (Bunty), who has secured 21,379 votes.
Taldangra
TMC's Falguni Singhababu is ahead with 17,280 votes, maintaining a lead of 6,324 votes over BJP's Ananya Roy Chakraborty, who has received 10,956 votes.