A Trinamool Congress (TMC) supporter wears a glass with photos of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in celebration of her victory. (Photo | ANI) 
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Bengal bypolls: Mamata Banerjee wins Bhowanipore by-election with record margin

#TrinamoolCongress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister #MamataBanerjee has won the Bhowanipore by-election by a margin of 58,832 votes. Earlier, the Election Commission has revealed that she was leading BJP's Priyanka Tibrewal by 52,017 votes after the sixteenth round of counting on Sunday morning Mamata broke her party's victory margin record of 49,936 votes in 2011 Assembly elections, the year she derailed LF's 34-year regime.

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