TMC steamrolls to a massive first win in Asansol, snatches Ballygunge

The TMC bagged 56.62 per cent of the votes polled, while the BJP got 30.46 per cent votes. The by-poll saw a huge swing of 21 per cent votes in favour of the TMC from the saffron camp's kitty

Just weeks ahead of the first anniversary of its landslide win in the West Bengal assembly polls, the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC Saturday steamrolled to a massive win in the by-polls to Asansol Lok Sabha constituency by a mammoth margin of over 3 lakh votes coupled with a creditable victory in the prestigious Ballygunge assembly constituency.
 

The TMC had fielded veteran actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha from the industrial town which has a fair sprinkling of voters whose roots lie in Bihar, from where the septuagenarian too hails. However the all-time record margin of victory in this constituency took everyone by surprise, especially