West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress comfortably won the Sabang Assembly constituency by-poll on Sunday.

According to a report by Times of India, Trinamool candidate Gita Rani Bhunia has won by a massive margin of 64,172 votes over her nearest rival Rita Mondal of the Left Front backed CPM candidate.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) aspirant Antara Bhattacharyya is in the third spot.

The Congress, which had won the seat in last year’s assembly polls, was faring poorly, with its nominee Chiranjib Bhowmick in the fourth position.

The by-poll was necessitated due to sitting Congress legislator Manas Bhunia’s resignation, after he crossed over to the Trinamool. He is now a Rajya Sabha member of his new party.

Trinamool candidate Gita Rani is Manas Bhunia’s wife.