By-election results 2018 LIVE: Results for four Lok Sabha seats are out. BJP has won the Palghar seat in Maharashtra but face stunning defeat in Kairana, Uttar Pradesh. Sharad Pawar’s NCP has bagged Bhandara-Gondia.These results are crucial as the polling in these areas were held days after Karnataka election 2018.
On May 28, by-elections were held in four Lok Sabha constituencies – Kairana, Palghar, Bhandara-Gondia, Nagaland. The Kairana bypoll was necessitated after the death of sitting BJP MP Hukum Singh. In Bhandara-Gondiya, BJP MP Nana Patole quit the party last December to join Congress. And the seat in Palghar Constituency fell vacant after the death of BJP MP Chintaman Vanga due to a heart attack. Amongst these, Kairana, Bhandara-Gondiya, and Palghar by-elections were tainted with the controversy over faulty EVMs and VVPAT machines. Re-election was also held on some polling booths in UP and Maharashtra on May 30.
As per the latest news, BJP has won in Palghar, RLD has stunned the saffron party in Kairana, NCP has managed to win in Bhandara-Gondia
BJP wins Palghar bypoll Lok Sabha constituency in Maharashtra by 29572 votes.
"Would like to thank all parties who supported us, thank Akhilesh ji, Mayawati ji, Rahul ji, Sonia ji, CPIM, AAP and others. Jinnah hara, Ganna jeeta," says RLD leader Jayant Chaudhary on party leading in Kairana Lok Sabha bypoll.
Kairana- RLD is leading
Palghar- BJP is leading
Bhandara-Gondia- NCP is leading
Nagaland- NDPP (BJP ally) is leading
"There is outrage across the country due to increase in price of petrol & diesel. Constant rise in the price of fuel is also a reason for such poll results.Therefore, hike should be immediately rolled back," said senior JD(U) leader KC Tyagi.
"Many EVMs were faulty, names of about 50-60,00 people were missing from voter list. Also, within 12 hours of voting ending, EC changed vote percentage. So all this is very doubtful," Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said on BJP leading in Palghar bypoll.
In Nagaland, BJP ally Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) leading over Naga People's Front (NPF) by 34, 669 votes.
Polling for both, the Palghar and Bhandara-Gondiya Lok Sabha seats, in Maharashtra on May 28 were marred by reports of malfunctioning of EVMs and voter-verifiable paper audit trails (VVPATs). However, no re-polling was ordered in the Palghar Lok Sabha constituency.
A Shiv Sena MP has cast aspersions over `overnight' increase in the voting percentage of the May 28 bye-poll for the Palghar Lok Sabha constituency in Maharashtra. Poll officials, however, said such a revision was normal. "The voting percentage in Palghar, as confirmed by the polling officer, was 46.5 earlier. It increased to 52.3 in the morning. How is this possible unless there is some major problem with the system," Sena MP Arvind Sawant said while speaking
to reporters.
A Shiv Sena MP has cast aspersions over `overnight' increase in the voting percentage of the May 28 bye-poll for the Palghar Lok Sabha constituency in Maharashtra. Poll officials, however, said such a revision was normal. "The voting percentage in Palghar, as confirmed by the polling officer, was 46.5 earlier. It increased to 52.3 in the morning. How is this possible unless there is some major problem with the system," Sena MP Arvind Sawant said while speaking
to reporters.
RLD candidate has taken a lead of over 40,000 in Uttar Pradesh's Kairana.
CPI(M) candidate Saji Cherian has continued to extend leads by 16,282 Votes.
Shiv Sena leaders are set to meet even as BJP is leading in Palghar and Bhandara-Gondia
It was a battle between two ladies in the high-profile Kairana Lok Sabha seat. As per the latest trends, RLD's Tabassum Hasan seems to be winning the battle against BJP candidate Mriganka Singh
Naga People's Front (NPF) is leading by over 11,000 votes in Nagaland Lok Sabha by-poll. Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) candidate is trailing.
"This is the victory of truth. I still stand by what I said, there has been a conspiracy and we do not want any future elections to be conducted on EVM machines. The path for united opposition is clear in 2019," said RLD's Tabassum Hasan on her lead in trends of Kairana Lok Sabha by-poll
After seventh round of counting, BJP is galloping towards much-needed victory. BJP candidate Rajendra Gavit is leading by 17417 votes against Shiv Sena's Sriniwas Wanaga, son of late BJP MP Chintaman Wanaga.
Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) candidate Tabassum Hasan is leading by over 55,000 votes against BJP's Mriganka Singh.
NPF candidate C Apok Jamir has taken lead in only Lok Sabha seat in Nagaland
BJP's Gavit Rajendra Dhedya leading from Palghar Lok Sabha seat by over 14,000 votes over Shiv Sena candidate in Maharashtra.
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BJP's Gavit Rajendra Dhedya leading from Palghar Lok Sabha seat by over 10,000 votes over Shiv Sena's candidate in Maharashtra
NCP candidate is leading from Maharashtra's Bhandara-Gondiya by 3100 votes, BJP nominee stands at second.
BJP candidate Gavit Rajendra Dhedya leading from Palghar Lok Sabha seat by over 6000 votes in Maharashtra, according to ANI.
The Lok Sabha bypoll was necessitated following the resignation of Neiphiu Rio from the Lok Sabha to contest the Nagaland Assembly election in February. Mr Rio is presently the chief minister of the state.
BJP candidate Gavit Rajendra Dhedya has taken lead over Shiv Sena nominee in Palghar Lok Sabha seat in Maharashtra
First round of counting is completed and tabulation is underway. Early trends show that RLD candidate Tabassum Hasan has received 3700 votes whereas BJP's Mriganka Singh has received 3746 votes, said Indra Vijay Singh, Collector, Shamli.
As many as 25 candidates were in the fray for the two LS seats- 18 in Bhandara-Gondia and seven in Palghar.
The by-election in Palghar was necessitated due to death of sitting BJP MP Chintaman Wanaga. The Bhandara-Gondia seat was vacated after BJP's Nana Patole resigned from the party and quit his Lok Sabha membership.
Abhimanyu Kale, the district collector of Gondia, was transferred on Tuesday after the Lok Sabha bye-election there was marred by large scale complaints of malfunctioning of the EVMs.
While BJP is trailing in Palghar, it is leading in another seat in Maharashtra, i.e Bhandara-Gondia
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led TMC candidate Dulal Chandra Das is leading by over 10,000 votes from Maheshtala assembly constituency, after second round of counting.
The elections were held in Legislative Assemblies of Shahkot (Punjab), Tharali (Uttarakhand), Ampati (Meghalaya), Chengannur (Kerala), Jokihat (Bihar), Gomia (Jharkhand), Silli (Jharkhand), Maheshtala (West Bengal), Noorpur (Uttar Pradesh), Palus Kadegaon (Maharashtra) on May 28. Apart from these, polling was held in RR Nagar in Bengaluru.
Samajwadi Party is leading from Noorpur Assembly constituency in Uttar Pradesh in early trends. Initially, BJP candidate was ahead in this seat.
BJP, which is a ruling party in Jharkhand, is ahead in Silli assembly constituencies, as per the latest trends
Lalu Prasad Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) is ahead in Jokihat in Bihar, as per the latest trend.
Congress is leading in Karnataka's RR Nagar seat. The polling was suspended by EC. Congress, which has already formed the government after stitching an alliance with Janata Dal (Secular), will certainly relish this victory, if it happens.
Congress candidate is leading in Shahkot Assembly constituency in Punjab.
Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) candidate Tabassum Hasan, whose candidature has been backed by BSP, SP and Congress, has taken lead against BJP nominee in high-profile Kairana Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh, according to early trends.
Early trends are showing that BJP is leading in Noorpur in Uttar Pradesh. Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress is ahead in Maheshtala in West Bengal