Ruling parties won all five by-elections held in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, results declared Friday showed. The BJP retained Nandigram and took Rejinagar with 76% and 63% of the vote, while the AINRC won Thattanchavady with 61%. In Tamil Nadu, the TVK held Dharapuram and Madurantakam by narrower margins after AIADMK defectors joined it.
Ruling parties sweep bypolls in Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry
Source: The Hindu