TMC's Alifa Ahmed maintains a commanding lead of 33,255 votes over BJP's Ashish Ghosh in the Kaliganj by-election after 14 rounds of counting. Mamata Banerjee expressed her gratitude to voters and dedicated the victory to the late legislator Nasiruddin Ahmed.
Mock polling was held at a polling booth in the Kaliganj assembly constituency ahead of voting for the Kaliganj by-elections, which are set to begin at 7 AM.
Bypolls in Kaliganj will be held on June 19 and counting will take place on June 23 to fill in the seat following the death of TMC MLA Nasiruddin Ahamed.