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Bypolls: TMC confident of clean sweep
The Statesman
|November 23, 2024
With announcement of results of bypolls in six Assemblies in West Bengal scheduled on Saturday, the electoral prospects of the ruling Trinamul Congress and the will be decided.
It remains to be seen if the heinous crime at RG Kar hospital will have any impact on the ballot boxes.
The bypolls in Sitai, Madarihat, Medinipur, Taldangra, Haroa and Naihati in Cooch Behar, Alipurduar, East Midnapore, Bankura and North 24 Parganas districts were held on 13 November with reports of around 70 per cent voter turnout.
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