By-election results highlights: It was good day for BJP and its allies as they won 26 of the 51 Assembly bypolls across the country, While the Congress won in 12 constituencies. the day also saw AIMIM winning their maiden seat in Bihar.
RJD had some thing to smile today, with the party winnning in 2 of the 5 constituencies that went to polls today. While JD(U), AIMIM and an independent candidte won 1 seat each.
While Lok Jan Shakti Party ‘s Prince raj defeated his nearest rival Ashok Kumar of the Congress in Samastipur, NCP’s Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil defeated Udyanraje Pratapsinhmaharaj Bhonsle in Maharashtra’s Satara constituency.
In Uttar Pradesh 11 constituencies went to bypolls, out of which BJP won 7, while its NDA ally Apna Dal (Sonelal) won 1 seat. Samajwadi Party went on two win 3 seats from the state.
By-elections were also held on six assembly seats in Gujarat, two each in Himachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu and four in Assam. Similarly, four seats in Punjab, three in Sikkim, five in Kerala, two in Rajasthan and one seat each in Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Telangana and Puducherry also voted to elect their new representatives to the respective assemblies.
The bypoll on 11 seats of Uttar Pradesh was being seen as a crucial test for the Yogi Adityanath government which has completed 30 months in office. While the BJP was looking to to consolidate its position in the state assembly winning maximum number of seats, Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Congress made the elections a four-cornered contest.
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It is a four-cornered contest on all 11 seats in Uttar Pradesh where by-election voting took place on October 21. The bypolls are being considered as a litmust test for Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath who has completed half of his tenure in office. Similarly in Bihar, where by-elections were held on five assembly constituencies, the BJP-Janata Dal-United combine would want to win maximum number of seats to amid murmurs of fissures in the alliance.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday hailed the Congress victory in the assembly bypolls and termed the SAD defeat in Jalalabad as the rejection of their "negative agenda". "The Akalis clearly failed to learn a lesson from their previous electoral defeats and continued to engage in negative campaigning, including the politicisation of religion," Amarinder Singh said, adding that their defeat in Sukhbir Badal's "self-proclaimed stronghold" of Jalalabad was a "total rejection of their negative agenda".
The Congress is leading in Jhabua bypoll in Madhya Pradesh. At the moment he is leading against BJP's Bhanu Bhuriya by 27, 804 votes.
Aanand Shukla of BJP has defeated Samajwadi party candidate Nirbhay Singh Patel from Manikpur Assembly seat by a margin of 12,840 votes.
Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rajkumar Sahyogi has defeated Abhay Kumar of the BSP by a margin of 25,937 votes on Iglas seat in Aligarh district.
In Govindnagar, BJP candidate Surendra Maithani defeated Karishma Thakur of Congress by a margin of 21,224 votes.
Rashtriya Janata Dal candidate Zafar Alam has defeated Janata Dal-United candidate Arun Kumar from Simri Bakhtiarpur by a margin of over 15,000 votes.
Rajkumar Pal of Apna Dal (Sonelal) has defeated Samajwadi Party candidate Brijesh Verma by over 29,000 votes. Apna Dal (S) is an ally of the BJP in the state.
The ruling Congress has won three seats and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) one seat in Punjab where assembly bypolls were held on four seats.
Rita Chaudhary, Congress candidate from Mandawa, has won assembly by-election defeating BJP's Sushila Sigra
Asserting that the party has done a 'brilliant job' in Haryana in the last five years, senior BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya said that there was a communication gap between the party and voters in the state. "It seems that we couldn't take our message to the voters," Vijayvargiya said.
Congress candidate has extended his lead over BJP rival Bhanu Bhuria by over 22,000 votes on Jhabua assembly seat in Madhya Pradesh.
Ruling BJP is leading on all three assembly seats in Assam where by-elections were held on October 21. In Rangapara constituency, BJP's Rajen Borthakur is leading against Kartik Kurmi of the Congress. Bijoy Malakar is leading from Ratabari seat against Congress' Keshab Prasad Rajak.
Shiromani Akali Dal is set to win Dakha seat and the ruling Congress Jalalabad and Phagwara seats in Punjab. Mukerian seat is witnessing a close contest between the BJP and Congress.
The BJP has won both Dharamshala, Pachhad assembly seats in Himachal Pradesh where bypolls were held on October 21. BJP's Reena Kashyap defeated former minister and Congress candidate Gangu Ram Musafir by a margin of 2,742 votes.
The ruling AIADMK is maintaining a good lead on Vikravandi and Nanguneri constituencies. In Vikravandi, AIADMK's MR Muthamilselvan is ahead of DMK's N Pugazhendhi by over 32,000 votes.
Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate K U Jenish Kumar has won from Konni seat by a margin of over 9,000 votes.
Biju Janata Dal (BJD) candidate Rita Sahu has established a big lead of over 75,000 votes over BJP candidate Sanat Gartia on Bijepur Assembly constituency. Congress candidate Dilip Kumar Panda is trailing at the third position, reports PTI.
Sikkim Krantikari Morcha candidate Prem Singh Tamang has won Poklok-kamrang assembly seat by a margin on 8953 votes. Continue of votes in Gangtok is still underway.
Congress candidate Rajman Benzam leading by 7,336 votes over Lachhuram Kashyap of the BJP in Chitrakot Assembly seat bypoll in Chhattisgarh, reports PTI.
Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party is leading from Satar Parliamentary constituency. NCP candidate Shriniwas Patil has gained a massive lead of over 80,000 votes over BJP's Udayanraje Bhosale.
Bharatiya Janata Party Suresh Chandra Tiwari is leading from Lucknow Cantonment seat by 24867 votes.
Congress-led opposition United Democratic Front has won Ernakulam Assembly seat in Kerala. UDF candidate TJ Vinod defeated LDF candidate by over 4000 votes.
BJP is leading on three of four assembly seats in Assam where by-elections were held on October 21. BJP's Rajen Borthakur is leading Rangapara seat, Bijoy Malakar is ahead from Ratabari seat.
The BJP is leading on two seats in Uttar Pradesh while the Congress, Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party are ahead on one seat each in Uttar Pradesh where by-elections were held on 11 seats.
The ruling BJP and Congress are leading on three seats each in Gujarat where by polls were held on October 21. In Radhanpur, OBC leader and BJP
candidate Alpesh Thakor trailing behind Congress' Raghu Desai by 3,000 votes, PTI reports.
Lok Jan Shakti Party candidate Prince Raj is leading from Samastipur Lok Sabha seat. Raj is ahead of Congress candidate Ashok Kumar by over 9,000 votes.
Congress is trailing from Rangapara Assembly constituency of Assam. BJP candidate Kartik Kurmi is leading by over 14,000 votes.
BJP's Anand Shukla is ahead by over 700 votes from Manikpur seat in Chhattisgarh's Chitrakoot. Both the BJP and ruling Congress are eyeing to grab the Naxal-affected seat.
Samajwadi Party candidate Tanzem Fatima, wife of senior party leader Azam Khan, is leading from Rampur seat by over 5000 votes.
Congress candidate Kantilal Bhuria is leading against BJP's Bhanu Bhuria from Jhabua assembly seat in Madhya Pradesh.
Vikassheel Insaan Party candidate Dinesh Kumar Nishad is leading over RJD candidate Zafar Alam on Simri Bakhtiarpur seat in Bihar.
In Punjab, SAD, BJP are leading on one seat each while the Congress is ahead on two seats where bypolls were held on October 21. SAD is leading from Dakha, BJP from Mukerian. Congress is ahead on Jalalabad and Phagwara seats.
BJP candidate Vishal Nehriya is leading against Congress rival Vijay Inder Karan by over 1100 votes on Dharamshala seat in Himachal Pradesh. Trend for Pacchad seat is awaited.
Independent candidate Chakat Aboh leads over Azet Homtok, also an independent nominee, in Khonsa West Assembly constituency in Arunachal Pradesh by 1,371 votes, reports PTI.
Congress candidate John Kumar has won Kamraj Nagar in Puducherry.
In Uttar Pradesh, BJP is leading on 8 out of 11 seats where assembly bypolls were held on October 21. Samajwadi Party leading from Rampur, Zaidpur seats. Mayawati's BSP is leading on Gangoh seat.
As per official trends from Election Commission, Indian National Congress leading in Kamraj Nagar constituency.
Apna Dal candidate Rajkumar Pal is now leading from Pratapgarh seat with a thin margin for 103 votes. Earlier, Congress was leading from the seat.
In Uttar Pradesh, where bypolls were held on 11 seats, the Congress is ahead on Pratapgarh seat as per initial trends.