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Nandigram Bypoll Result: BJP’s Hasirani Rath Wins by Record Margin
BJP’s Hasirani Rath won the Nandigram bypoll by 1,22,753 votes, the highest margin in the seat’s history, with about 76% of votes. Congress finished second.
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“Nandigram Bypoll Result: BJP’s Hasirani Rath Wins by Record Margin”
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9 Oct 2026
Key Highlights
- Record win: BJP’s Hasirani Rath won Nandigram by 1,22,753 votes, the highest margin in the seat’s history since 1967.
- Vote share: She secured about 75.94% of the votes polled.
- Runner-up: Congress’s Milan Pradhan got 41,674 votes; the CPI was third.
- No TMC candidate: Mamata Banerjee’s party withdrew its candidate and backed Congress.
- Why the bypoll: CM Suvendu Adhikari won both Nandigram and Bhabanipur earlier this year and kept Bhabanipur.
The BJP has won the Nandigram Assembly bypoll in West Bengal’s East Midnapore district by a record margin. Hasirani Rath defeated Congress’s Milan Pradhan by 1,22,753 votes.
The Result
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Hasirani Rath | BJP | 1,64,427 |
| Milan Pradhan | Congress | 41,674 |
| Santi Gopal Giri | CPI | 5,779 |
| Ali Md Sabe Miraj Khan | AISF | 1,607 |
| (Candidate) | Democratic Trinamool Congress (Ritabrata Banerjee-led) | 853 |
Breaking Adhikari’s Own Record
This is the highest margin ever recorded in Nandigram since 1967. The previous record belonged to Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, who won the seat in 2016 as a Trinamool Congress candidate by 81,230 votes.
“Before the bypolls, I predicted that the victory margin for the BJP candidate this time would surpass my own record in 2016. This is what exactly happened,” Adhikari said. He also claimed the margin would not have been possible without the BJP candidate winning a majority of minority votes in the constituency.
