Kolkata: Voting continues for the by-elections in the three assembly seats in West Bengal. The ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the state is getting a tough fight with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). This is the first time since the Lok Sabha elections when these two political parties are facing each other. Out of the 3 seats for which the by-elections are being held, one was occupied by TMC, the other by BJP and the third by Congress.

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The by-elections in 3 seats in Bengal could be a litmus test for the BJP and the ruling TMC in the state, who won 18 seats in West Bengal in the Lok Sabha elections. After the Lok Sabha elections, this by-election is the first test of the ruling TMC party in the state and BJP performed well in the Lok Sabha elections. The seats on which by-elections held are Kharagpur in West Medinipur district, Karimpur in Nadia district and Kaliaganj seat in Uttar Dinajpur.

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Kaliaganj seat has been vacated by the death of Congress MLA Pramathanath Rai, while the state BJP president Dilip Ghosh, who was last elected MLA from Kharagpur seat, resigned after winning the Lok Sabha elections. TMC MLA Mahua Mitra of Karimpur also gave up his seat after winning the Krishnanagar parliamentary seat.

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