Archive · 10 Oct 2026
BJP’s Hasirani Rath Wins Nandigram by Record Margin
There were by-elections in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu.
In Nandigram, Hasirani Rath won for the BJP.
She received many more votes than her closest rival, Milan Pradhan of the Congress.
The Election Commission said her winning margin was 122,753 votes.
CPI candidate Santi Gopal Giri came third.
In Tamil Nadu, TVK founder C Joseph Vijay congratulated Maragatham Kumaravel and P Sathyabama on their wins.
The article says the Election Commission declared Sathyabama the winner in Dharapuram.
It does not give the Madurantakam result details or vote totals.
The Election Commission declared Hasirani Rath the winner of the Nandigram by-election on Friday.
Rath received 164,427 votes, defeating Congress candidate Milan Pradhan by 122,753 votes.
CPI candidate Santi Gopal Giri finished third with 5,779 votes; other candidates named in the report lost their deposits.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and TVK founder C Joseph Vijay congratulated party nominees Maragatham Kumaravel and P Sathyabama on byelection wins.
In Dharapuram, the Election Commission declared Sathyabama the winner over DMK candidate S Suganya by 9,471 votes; the article gives no Madurantakam vote totals.
- Who
- Hasirani Rath, Milan Pradhan, and Santi Gopal Giri in Nandigram; TVK nominees Maragatham Kumaravel and P Sathyabama in Tamil Nadu.
- What
- Rath won the Nandigram by-election by 122,753 votes; Sathyabama won Dharapuram by 9,471 votes. Vijay also congratulated Kumaravel and Sathyabama on byelection wins.
- When
- The Election Commission declared the results on Friday; no calendar date is stated.
- Where
- Nandigram in Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal, and the Tamil Nadu Assembly constituencies of Dharapuram and Madurantakam.
- Why
- The article reports the election results and Vijay’s congratulations but does not state why the by-elections were held.
- Nandigram winner
- Hasirani Rath (BJP)
- Nandigram votes
- Rath: 164,427; Milan Pradhan: 41,674
- Nandigram winning margin
- 122,753 votes
- Nandigram third-place candidate
- CPI candidate Santi Gopal Giri, with 5,779 votes
- Dharapuram winner
- P Sathyabama (TVK)
- Dharapuram winning margin
- 9,471 votes over DMK candidate S Suganya
- Madurantakam result details
- Vijay congratulated TVK nominee Maragatham Kumaravel, but the article provides no vote count or further result details.