BJP candidate Hasirani Rath defeated her nearest rival, Congress's Milan Pradhan, by a record margin of 1,22,753 votes in the Nandigram Assembly by-election, with the Election Commission declaring the results on Friday.
Rath, the mother of Chandranath Rath, the slain personal assistant of Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, secured 1,64,427 votes in the politically significant constituency in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district. Pradhan received 41,674 votes.