Monday, Nov 25, 2024 21:15 [IST]
Last Update: Sunday, Nov 24, 2024 15:40 [IST]
Kolkata, (IANS): With the BJP candidate losing the
Madarihat Assembly constituency, the total tally of the party in the West
Bengal Assembly has come down to 66.
The results were declared on Saturday. On the other hand,
the tally of Trinamool Congress in the 294-seat Assembly has increased to 227.
While the All India Secular Front (AISF) has just one representative in the
Assembly, Congress and the Left Front do not have a single representative.
In the 2021 Assembly elections, BJP won from 77
constituencies. However, within a couple of months after that, the tally
declined to 75.
Two elected BJP legislators namely Nishith Pramanik from
Dinhata constituency in Cooch Behar district and Dr Jagannath Sarkar from
Santipur constituency in Nadia district, both being central ministers then,
resigned as MLAs to retain their ministerial as well as Lok Sabha chairs.
In the bypolls held in the same year, BJP candidates were
defeated in both Dinhata and Santipur.
Thereafter, six more elected BJP legislators namely Mukul
Roy from Krishnanagar (North) in Nadia district, Biswajit Das from Bagda in
North 24 Parganas district, Tanmoy Ghosh from Bishnupur in Bankura, Soumen Roy
from Kaliaganj in North Dinajpur, Krishna Kalyani from Raiganj also in North
Dinajpur and Suman Kanjilal from Alipurduar shifted to the ruling camp one
after another, thus bringing down BJP’s tally in the state Assembly to 69.
In 2023, there was a by-election for the Dhupguri
Assembly constituency in Jalpaiguri district following the sudden demise of the
erstwhile BJP legislator Bishnu Pada Roy. BJP got defeated in that bypoll too
and thus their tally in the Assembly declined to 68 then.
Again, in October 2023, elected BJP legislator from
Kotulpur Assembly constituency in Bankura district Harakali Pratihari shifted
to Trinamool Congress thus bringing down the tally to 67.
And now with the BJP candidate being defeated from
Madarihat in the latest bypolls, its tally in the state Assembly has further
been reduced to 66.
