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Kolkata: West Bengal is all set for one of its most eye-catching by-elections Sunday, when state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee seeks her maiden entry into the state assembly.
The 56-year-old Trinamool Congress chief is seeking election from the Bhawanipore constituency, from where the sitting lawmaker, state PWD Minister Subrata Bakshi, resigned to make way for Banerjee.
Banerjee is being considered the clear favourite, as the voters in the area have been traditional supporters of her party, and the by-election takes place only four-and-half months after Trinamool's spectacular success in the state assembly polls.
Bhawanipore assembly segment is also part of Banerjee's Kolkata South Lok Sabha constituency, which has been electing her since 1991.
She is the second chief minister of the state who is eyeing a by-poll victory to enter state assembly. Earlier, Siddharth Shankar Ray, during his tenure as the chief minister, was elected to the state assembly in a by-election in the early 1970s.
A maximum of 212,545 voters in 262 polling stations will decide Banerjee's fate as she takes on the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) candidate, Nandini Mukherjee, a computer science professor.
The 56-year-old Trinamool Congress chief is seeking election from the Bhawanipore constituency, from where the sitting lawmaker, state PWD Minister Subrata Bakshi, resigned to make way for Banerjee.
Banerjee is being considered the clear favourite, as the voters in the area have been traditional supporters of her party, and the by-election takes place only four-and-half months after Trinamool's spectacular success in the state assembly polls.
Bhawanipore assembly segment is also part of Banerjee's Kolkata South Lok Sabha constituency, which has been electing her since 1991.
She is the second chief minister of the state who is eyeing a by-poll victory to enter state assembly. Earlier, Siddharth Shankar Ray, during his tenure as the chief minister, was elected to the state assembly in a by-election in the early 1970s.
A maximum of 212,545 voters in 262 polling stations will decide Banerjee's fate as she takes on the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) candidate, Nandini Mukherjee, a computer science professor.
