Kolkata: Counting of votes for the Nandigram and Rejinagar Assembly bypolls will begin at 8 am on Friday, with the results likely to indicate the political mood in West Bengal after the BJP replaced the TMC after 15 years in power.
The two bypolls, held on Tuesday, are not a referendum on the four-month-old BJP government, but the results will be closely watched to assess the party's electoral strength after moving from the opposition to the government and how the opposition space is shaping up amid a fragmented political field.