West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee Takes Oath as MLA from Bhabanipur
West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee Takes Oath as MLA from Bhabanipur
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West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, Jakir Hossain and Amirul Islam on Thursday, 7 October, took oath as three newly elected the member of the Legislative Assembly, in the presence of West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar.

Shortly after her success, Banerjee had thanked her voters, as well as the Election Commission of India. She also said: "Around 46% of people here (in Bhabanipur) are non-Bengalis. They all have voted for me. People of West Bengal are watching Bhabanipur, which has inspired me."

In the recently concluded by-polls, Mamata Banerjee made victory from Bhabanipur with a margin of over 58,000 votes. She needed to win the election to retain the chief minister's chair. According to the Election Commission of India, Mamata Banerjee bagged 85,263 votes which are around 71.90 per cent of the total votes connected in the bye-elections.

Jakir Hossain was elected from Jangipur and Amirul Islam was chosen from Samserganj assembly seats in West Bengal. Jakir Hossain was declared victorious by a huge margin of 92,480 votes from the Jangipur constituency, while Amirul Islam won from Samserganj by a margin of 26,379 votes.

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