Trinamool Congress' candidate from Bhawanipur and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to start her campaign for Assembly by-polls from tomorrow, according to ANI citing sources.

       "Mamata Banerjee will start her campaign as TMC candidate for the by-election in Bhabanipur constituency from September 8," said sources.

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       The Election Commission has announced to hold by-elections to three assembly seats--Bhabanipur, Jangipur and Samserganj --in West Bengal on September 30. Bhabanipur is the traditional seat of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. TMC on Sunday officially announced that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is the party's candidate for the Bhabanipur assembly.

       The Bhabanipur assembly seat was vacated by West Bengal Agriculture Minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay in May, making way for Mamata Banerjee to contest from the seat. The election on the seat is crucial for Banerjee to win if she has to remain the chief minister of the state.

       Mamata Banerjee was defeated by BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari in the Nandigram assembly constituency in the Assembly polls held earlier this year. She will now contest from Bhabanipur seat which is going to polls on September 30.

       Further, TMC leaders Jakir Hossain and Amirul Islam will be the party's candidates for Jangipur and Samserganj seats respectively.

       Earlier on Monday, sources said the Indian National Congress is unlikely to field a candidate against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the upcoming by-elections.

       The counting of votes will take place on October 3.

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       Following this, the Bhabanipur assembly seat was vacated by West Bengal Agriculture Minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay in May, making way for the West Bengal Chief Minister to contest from the seat.

       The election on the seat is crucial for Banerjee to win if she has to remain the chief minister of the state.

       The Mamata Banerjee-led TMC registered a landslide victory in polls winning 213 seats in the 294-member West Bengal assembly. Despite aggressive campaigning, the BJP lost the polls but emerged as the second-largest party with 77 seats.

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