Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union Minsiter Babul Supriyo was defeated by Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate Aroop Biswas in the Tollygunge assembly constituency.
The results declared by the Election Commission showed Supriyo losing to Biswas by a margin of 50,080 votes.
Across the state, the Trinamool has taken a lead in 215 constituencies out of 292 seats contested. The BJP is a distant second with leads in 75 seats. All candidates of the Left Front and Congress were trailing.
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The Tollygunge seat, falling in the South 24 Parganas district, has been held by TMC's Biswas since 2006. Biswas is the state Minister for North Bengal Development.
Supriyo has been a Lok Sabha member from Bengal's Asansol since 2014. He is also the Union Minister of States for Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
Banerjee’s TMC has been fighting to keep the BJP’s surge at bay. The saffron party has shown a dramatic electoral rise in the state over the last few years.
Counting of votes for the assembly polls is also underway across Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of Puducherry.
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