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Mamata Banerjee loses to Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram
May 03, 2021
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Mamata can still be sworn in as chief minister, but she has to win a by-election to continue holding the office. After a close fight, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee finally lost to Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram by a margin of 1,957 votes.
While the counting went down to the wire as expected, Banerjee was pitted against her protégé turned bête noire Suvendu.
Despite her loss, she has shaken the Adihikari citadels of Purba Midnapore, and Paschim Midnapore that many, including the BJP, thought were impregnable. This justified the big-ticket induction of the Adhikari into the BJP and his rising prominence in the party.