Kolkata: Despite a setback in Bhawanipore, BJP Having managed to hold onto some of her traditional vote base in the posh areas of Kolkata, Priyanka Tibrewal ensured a lead in at least 31 polling stations and remained close to the Trinamool Congress in nearly a dozen booths.
However, in terms of total numbers, Tibrewal managed to hold a lead on 11% of the booths in Bhawanipur constituency, as against 32% five months ago.
Ward 63 saw minimal erosion of BJP votes in areas including Lord Sinha Road, Camac Street, Theater Road, Pretoria Street, Wood Street and Hungerford Street. This ensured an edge in 13 polling booths out of 27 booths in the ward as compared to 16 polling stations last time. Compared to most skyscrapers, the area has been a BJP base for over a decade.
In booths like 14, 19, 20, 24 and 27, the Trinamool Congress got almost half of what the BJP got. “Most of these are high-rise areas where people turned out to vote despite intimidation. In other areas they stayed away from voting,” Tibrewal said.
“Despite the organizational weaknesses in the pockets of Bhawanipur, we worked hard throughout the year in the wards where we managed to garner some leads. Interestingly, we could not secure leads in those booths where polling percentage was very high Sajal GhoshChief election agent of Tibrewal.
Ward 74 includes posh residential areas like Belvedere Road, Alipore Road and Raja Santoshi Mohan Road.
Of the 40 polling stations in the area, Tibrewal had a lead in 11 booths compared to 21 five months ago. In at least four booths, the BJP got almost twice as much as the TMC.
In Ward 70, where the BJP had managed to gain a lead since the 2011 assembly elections, it lost from the Jadu Babu Bazar – Elgin Road area. The area has a cosmopolitan demographic. Marwari, Gujarati and Sindhi population. “Many of them did not come to vote. We were also prevented from preaching in these areas. Party’s national vice-president Dilip Ghosh had to face opposition from the local people here.
Five months back, Ward 70 had ensured leads in 22 booths, while this time it could get leads in only four booths.
TMC leader’s house in Ward 72 Subrata BakshiBJP managed to make a lead in two booths as compared to 10 last time. “Threats were made and our party workers were not allowed to function properly.
Similar was the situation in wards like 71 where Ghosh was attacked during election campaign Naveen Mishra, Member of State Executive Committee of BJP.
However, in the settlements of people from the economically weaker sections, BJP sources indicated, welfare projects such as Laxmi Bhandar had an impact.
However, in terms of total numbers, Tibrewal managed to hold a lead on 11% of the booths in Bhawanipur constituency, as against 32% five months ago.
Ward 63 saw minimal erosion of BJP votes in areas including Lord Sinha Road, Camac Street, Theater Road, Pretoria Street, Wood Street and Hungerford Street. This ensured an edge in 13 polling booths out of 27 booths in the ward as compared to 16 polling stations last time. Compared to most skyscrapers, the area has been a BJP base for over a decade.
In booths like 14, 19, 20, 24 and 27, the Trinamool Congress got almost half of what the BJP got. “Most of these are high-rise areas where people turned out to vote despite intimidation. In other areas they stayed away from voting,” Tibrewal said.
“Despite the organizational weaknesses in the pockets of Bhawanipur, we worked hard throughout the year in the wards where we managed to garner some leads. Interestingly, we could not secure leads in those booths where polling percentage was very high Sajal GhoshChief election agent of Tibrewal.
Ward 74 includes posh residential areas like Belvedere Road, Alipore Road and Raja Santoshi Mohan Road.
Of the 40 polling stations in the area, Tibrewal had a lead in 11 booths compared to 21 five months ago. In at least four booths, the BJP got almost twice as much as the TMC.
In Ward 70, where the BJP had managed to gain a lead since the 2011 assembly elections, it lost from the Jadu Babu Bazar – Elgin Road area. The area has a cosmopolitan demographic. Marwari, Gujarati and Sindhi population. “Many of them did not come to vote. We were also prevented from preaching in these areas. Party’s national vice-president Dilip Ghosh had to face opposition from the local people here.
Five months back, Ward 70 had ensured leads in 22 booths, while this time it could get leads in only four booths.
TMC leader’s house in Ward 72 Subrata BakshiBJP managed to make a lead in two booths as compared to 10 last time. “Threats were made and our party workers were not allowed to function properly.
Similar was the situation in wards like 71 where Ghosh was attacked during election campaign Naveen Mishra, Member of State Executive Committee of BJP.
However, in the settlements of people from the economically weaker sections, BJP sources indicated, welfare projects such as Laxmi Bhandar had an impact.
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