Trinamul Congress candidate Krishna Kalyani wins Raiganj assembly seat in Bengal bypoll

TMC candidate Krishna Kalyani on Saturday won the Raiganj assembly seat in a bypoll in West Bengal by a margin of over 50,000 votes over his nearest BJP rival, Election Commission website said.

In Raiganj in Uttar Dinajpur district, Kalyani won by a margin of 50,077 votes over his nearest BJP rival Manas Kumar Ghosh.

Kalyani got 86,479 votes, while Ghosh bagged 36,402.

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