However, what came as a surprise was the massive margin by which TMC candidate Sangeeta Roy defeated BJP’s Dipak Kumar Roy. Ms Roy secured victory by 1,30,636 votes in the bypoll.
While confident of her win, Ms Roy did not anticipate breaking any records. The bypoll result in Sitai is second only to the record margin achieved by TMC’s Udayan Guha in Dinhata. Interestingly, Mr Guha had previously lost the 2021 general election in Dinhata to BJP’s Nisith Pramanik by just 53 votes.
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