RS polls: Trinamool wins four seats, Congress one in Bengal

RS polls: Trinamool wins four seats, Congress one in Bengal

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at state assembly after casting vote during Rajya Sabha polls in Kolkata on March 23, 2018. (Photo: IANS)

Kolkata, March 23 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress bagged four seats and the Congress one in the Rajya Sabha polls from West Bengal on Friday.

All four Trinamool candidates -- sitting Rajya Sabha member Nadimul Haque and first time nominees Subhasish Chakraborty, Abir Biswas and Santanu Sen -- emerged victorious in the vote count.

Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi, supported by the Trinamool, also won.

CPI-M candidate Rabin Deb, backed by the Left Front, lost.

--IANS

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