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Rejinagar Bypoll Counting Begins After 78% Turnout
People in Rejinagar voted in an Assembly by-election on October 6.
The election happened under tight security.
About 78 out of every 100 eligible voters cast ballots there.
The seat became empty after Humayun Kabir chose to represent Nowda instead of Rejinagar.
His son, Golam Nabi Azad, is running for AJUP.
Sakharav Sarkar is the BJP candidate, and several other parties also have candidates.
Vote counting is scheduled to start at 8 a.m.
on October 9.
The article does not give the results.
Counting for the Rejinagar and Nandigram West Bengal Assembly by-elections is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. on October 9, 2026.
Polling in the by-elections took place on October 6 under tight security.
Rejinagar recorded a voter turnout of 78 per cent.
The Rejinagar seat became vacant after AJUP chief Humayun Kabir retained Nowda, one of two seats he won in April's Assembly election.
Candidates include AJUP's Golam Nabi Azad, BJP's Sakharav Sarkar, two TMC nominees, Congress's Mohammad Abdullahil Kafi and CPI(M)'s Syed Asad Ali.
- Who
- Candidates include Golam Nabi Azad of AJUP, Sakharav Sarkar of the BJP, two TMC nominees, Mohammad Abdullahil Kafi of Congress and Syed Asad Ali of CPI(M).
- What
- Vote counting for the Rejinagar Assembly by-election is scheduled to begin.
- Where
- Rejinagar, West Bengal, India.
- When
- Counting is scheduled for 8 a.m. on October 9, 2026; polling took place October 6.
- Why
- The seat became vacant after Humayun Kabir, who won Rejinagar and Nowda in April, chose to keep the Nowda seat.
Key facts
- Counting time
- Scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. on October 9, 2026
- Polling date
- October 6, 2026
- Rejinagar turnout
- 78 per cent
- Vacated seat
- Rejinagar Assembly constituency
- Reason seat became vacant
- Humayun Kabir retained Nowda after winning both Rejinagar and Nowda in April
- AJUP candidate
- Golam Nabi Azad
- Other listed candidates
- Sakharav Sarkar (BJP), Rabiul Alam Chowdhury and Safiuzzaman Sheikh (TMC), Mohammad Abdullahil Kafi (Congress), and Syed Asad Ali (CPI(M))
Sources
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