Several candidates in West Bengal win polls by massive margins

A number of candidates who contested in the 42 Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal registered victories by massive margins. Trinamool Congress general secretary and Diamond Harbour candidate Abhishek Banerjee topped the list of nominees winning the election with a massive margin of over 7 lakh votes.

Banerjee bagged 10,43,493 votes and defeated his nearest rival BJP's Abhijit Das (Bobby) by 7,10,930.

TMC's Joynagar candidate Pratima Mondal, who bagged 8,94,312 votes, defeated BJP's Ashok Kandary by a massive margin of 4,70,219 votes, the poll body said.


In Bolpur, TMC candidate Asit Kumar Mal defeated BJP's Piya Saha by a margin of 3,27,253 votes, according to figures released by the Election Commission. Mal got 8,55,633 votes while Saha managed 5,28,380, it added.

In Uluberia, TMC's Sajda Ahmed got 7,24,622 votes and defeated BJP's Arunuday Paul Chowdhury by 2,18,673 votes, the EC stated.

In Bardhaman Purba seat, TMC candidate Sharmila Sarkar bagged 7,20,302 votes and defeated Asim Kumar Sarkar of BJP by a margin of 1,60,572.

TMC Bardhaman-Durgapur candidate Kirti Azad defeated BJP's former West Bengal candidate Dilip Ghosh by 1,37,981 votes. The former cricketer got 7,20,667 votes while Ghosh logged 5,82,686.

Trinamool Congress' Jangipur candidate Khalilur Rahaman bagged 5,44,427 and defeated his nearest rival Murtoja Hossain Bokul of the Congress by 1,16,637 votes, the EC website said.