With loss of assembly bypolls to TMC, BJP’s electoral fortunes in Bengal continue to dwindle

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Kolkata: The BJPs electoral fortunes in West Bengal continue to dwindle, with the results of bypolls in four assembly seats indicating a steady erosion of its political strength in the state...

BJP candidates came in second in all four seats, with the Congress losing its deposit in both seats it contested (Raiganj and Bagda) and the CPI(M) its deposit in the two seats it contested (Ranaghat Dakshin and Maniktala)...

In the 2021 assembly polls, BJP won Raiganj, Bagda and Ranaghat Dakshin seats but all three of its MLAs Krishna Kalyani, Biswajit Das and Mukut Mani Adhikari respectively eventually joined the TMC...

In the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections, Krishna Kalyani and Mukut Mani Adhikari lost to BJP candidates in Raiganj and Ranaghat respectively, but were fielded for the assembly bypolls which they won...

In the Lok Sabha polls that concluded last month, the BJP faced a massive blow in West Bengal, winning only 12 seats six less than its 2019 tally as opposed to the TMC, which won 29 of the states 42 Lok Sabha seats...

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