TMC wins four RS seats, LF one in West Bengal

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Press Trust of India Kolkata
Last Updated : Feb 07 2014 | 7:14 PM IST
Four Trinamool Congress candidates and a Left Front nominee were elected in the election to five Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal today.
The victorious Trinamool Congress candidates are filmstar Mithun Chakraborty, painter Jogen Chowdhury and K D Singh and Ahmed Hasan.
The Left Front winner is Ritabrata Banerjee, a student leader belonging to CPI(M).
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee told reporters in the assembly lobby "I am happy that four of our candidates have won. I congratulate them. They will work in the interest of the state as well as the country."
There were six candidates in the fray for five seats.
The Congress-backed Independent A S Malihabadi was defeated.
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First Published: Feb 07 2014 | 7:14 PM IST

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