The “lies and falsehood” peddled against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee by opposition parties BJP and CPI(M) failed to sway the electorate in West Bengal, the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) claimed on Saturday after sweeping all six assembly seats in the bypolls.

The ruling party saw an increased victory margin in all seats that saw bypolls, which were necessitated after sitting MLAs were elected to the Lok Sabha

TMC candidates are leading in West Bengal bypolls across six constituencies amid ongoing protests related to the RG Kar Medical College incident. With counting underway, TMC’s Sangita Roy and Jayprakash Toppo show significant leads in Sitai and Madarihat,

Ruling TMC leads in all six West Bengal seats. The bypolls, held after the RG Kar rape-murder case, are a test for Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's leadership.

KOLKATA: TMC Saturday swept assembly bypolls in Bengal, the first held after the RG Kar rape-murder. TMC won all six seats that went to vote on Nov 13, taking its tally in the 294-member state assembly to 219.

Bypolls were also held for Lok Sabha seats - Wayanad and Nanded. Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi is contesting from Wayanad, which Rahul Gandhi had won by a big margin in June.