<page_title> Malda (Lok Sabha constituency) </page_title> <section_title> By-election 2006 </section_title> <table> <cell> Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury <col_header> Candidate </col_header> </cell> <cell> 437,161 <col_header> Votes </col_header> </cell> <cell> CPI(M) <col_header> Party </col_header> </cell> <cell> Sailen Sarkar <col_header> Candidate </col_header> </cell> <cell> 353,770 <col_header> Votes </col_header> </cell> </table>
In the by-election, Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury defeated Sailen Sarkar of CPI(M).