Statesman News Service
MALDA, May 14: Speculation runs deep in the North and South Malda constituencies over the possible winners. With a day left until election results, anticipation is high among the supporters of the various political parties.
Going by the people's choice, Miss Mausam Noor of the Congress seems to be the favourite from the North Malda seat, although the Left disagrees. “By our estimate, Mr Sailen Sarkar of the CPI-M should win the North Malda seat by at least 15,000 votes,” claimed Mr Ambar Mitra, CPI-M district secretariat member. Mr Mitra, who is also Mr Sarkar's election agent, added: “We may lose the South Malda seat but the margin would come down from that of the last elections.”
The Congress camp is upbeat about Miss Noor. “The CPI-M's calculations regarding North Malda will not come true as the people of the constituency have cast votes in favour of Miss Mausam Noor. It is expected that she would win the seat by a margin of one lakh votes or more,” claimed Mr Sanjib Chakraborty, a resident of English Bazaar town.
The CPI-M's calculations are different. They feel that Miss Noor would lead in five Assembly segments of North Malda, but the red bastions of Gazole and Habibpur would ultimately give the CPI-M the advantage. The CPI-M also believes that the Congress candidate from South Malda Mr AH Khan Choudhury would lead at Mothabari and Manikchak Assembly segments of the Lok Sabha seat, but that the CPI-M candidate Dr Abdur Razaaque would make up for the loss at English Bazaar, Farakka and Samserganj - the last two segments being in Murshidabad district.
Though the English Bazaar Congress MLA Mr Krishnendu Choudhury and others said that Mr Khan Choudhury would win the seat by over 40,000 votes, the CPI-M claim that Mr Khan Choudhury would face a tough fight, as the BJP would secure a certain percentage of votes in both constituencies.
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