India, Oct. 9 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) maintained its dominance in the Nandigram Assembly bypoll in West Bengal, with its candidate Hasirani Rath leading Congress nominee Milan Pradhan, who is backed by former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, by 1,15,589 votes after 14 rounds of counting on Friday.

The Nandigram bypoll assumed political significance as the BJP fielded Rath, the mother of Chandranath Rath, the slain personal assistant of Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, from the high-profile constituency.

Democratic Trinamool Congress candidate Ehteshmul Haque secured just 719 votes, highlighting the faction's limited electoral presence in the state so far.

In another bypoll, in Rejinagar, a Muslim-majority constituency in Mur...