India, June 16 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee has approached the Calcutta High Court challenging the outcome of the Bhabanipur Assembly election, a seat she lost to BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari in the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly polls.

Banerjee filed an election petition before the High Court on Tuesday, seeking judicial scrutiny of the result. According to TMC sources, she personally visited the court registry to affirm the petition challenging the outcome of the election.

In the Bhabanipur constituency, Suvendu Adhikari defeated Mamata Banerjee by a margin of 15,105 votes. The seat had long been considered a stronghold of the TMC leader, making the result one of the most significant outcomes of the 2026 W...