<p>Counting of votes began at 8 am on Friday for the by-election to the Dhupguri assembly seat in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district amid tight security, officials said.</p>.<p>The polling for the by-election was held on September 5. A voter turnout of 78 per cent was recorded, they said.</p>.<p>The counting was being held at the Jalpaiguri II campus of the North Bengal University.</p>.West Bengal Assembly picks Poila Boishakh as state’s foundation day, BJP against decision.<p>"The counting of votes began at 8 am. There is a three-tier security around the venue of the counting," an election official said.</p>.<p>The bypoll was necessitated by the death of BJP MLA Bishnu Pada Ray on July 25.</p>.<p>The ruling TMC has fielded college professor Nirmal Chandra Roy, while the BJP has nominated Tapasi Roy, the widow of a CRPF jawan killed in a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir in 2021. The CPI(M) has fielded folk singer Ishwar Chandra Roy, and the Congress supported him.</p>
<p>Counting of votes began at 8 am on Friday for the by-election to the Dhupguri assembly seat in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district amid tight security, officials said.</p>.<p>The polling for the by-election was held on September 5. A voter turnout of 78 per cent was recorded, they said.</p>.<p>The counting was being held at the Jalpaiguri II campus of the North Bengal University.</p>.West Bengal Assembly picks Poila Boishakh as state’s foundation day, BJP against decision.<p>"The counting of votes began at 8 am. There is a three-tier security around the venue of the counting," an election official said.</p>.<p>The bypoll was necessitated by the death of BJP MLA Bishnu Pada Ray on July 25.</p>.<p>The ruling TMC has fielded college professor Nirmal Chandra Roy, while the BJP has nominated Tapasi Roy, the widow of a CRPF jawan killed in a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir in 2021. The CPI(M) has fielded folk singer Ishwar Chandra Roy, and the Congress supported him.</p>