Bypoll Results 2025 Highlights: PDP wins in Budgam; Jubilee Hills shocker for BRS as Cong’s Naveen Yadav wins by 24,729 votes

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha’s Somesh Chandra Soren won from Ghatsila seat in the bypoll. JMM candidate won by a margin of 38,601 votes. BJP’s Babu Lal Soren was the runner-up in the results announced today.

Naupada constituency in Odisha has been swept by BJP candidate Jay Dholakia. Congress Ghasi Ram Manjhi trailed by 83,748 votes.

Peoples Democratic Party won the Budgam assembly seat in the bypoll. PDP’s Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi defeated National Conference’s Aga Syed Mahmood Al-Mosavi by a margin of 4,478 votes.

Congress’ Naveen Yadav took on BRS in its stronghold and emerged victorious from Jubilee Hills by a good margin. After winning, Yadav said, “I am thankful to people who believed in me and made me win by such a big majority.”

It will be an upset for BRS as the party lost its stronghold in Jubilee Hills to Congress. Naveen Yadav V of Congress won by 24,729 votes. BRS candidate Maganti Sunitha Gopinath came in second, followed by BJP’s Deepak Reddy Lankala.

AAP candidate Harmeet Singh Sandhu has won from Tarn Taran constituency. Shiromani Akali Dal’s Sukhwinder Kaur is the runner-up in the bypoll results. AAP candidate won by 12,091 votes.

It is an upset for BRS in Hyderabad’s Jubilee Hills. The constituency was considered a stronghold for the BRS but the bypoll result shows that Congress will claim the seat soon. With just one more counting round to go, Naveen Yadav is ahead with around 24,000 votes. Late sitting MLA Maganti Gopinath’s wife and BRS candidate is on the second position, as per ECI.

Rajasthan’s Anta seat has gone to Congress. The party’s candidate Pramod Jain ‘Bhaya’ won by a margin of over 15,000 votes. BJP’s Morpal Suman is a runner up followed by Naresh Meena on distant third.

Naveen Yadav V of Congress is on his way to win the Jubilee Hills bypoll. Yadav has taken a big lead of more than 21,000 votes over BRS rival Maganti Sunitha Gopinath. The BRS candidate is widow of late Jubilee Hills MLA Maganti Gopinath whose demise necessitated the bypoll.

It has come down to Congress vs BJP in Rajasthan’s Anta constituency. For the longest time, the race was between Independent Naresh Meena and Pramod Jain of Congress. With three more counting rounds to go, Jain is leading with a margin of 14,000+ votes. Behind him is now BJP’s Morpal Suman. Meena is currently trailing by more than 18,000 votes.

Ten rounds of counting are over in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam seat. PDP’s Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi is maintaining the lead over NC by more than 3,300 votes.

The counting of votes is currently underway in 6 regions. On the other hand, the Mizo National Front (MNF) retained the Dampa Assembly seat in Mizoram. MNF Vice-President R Lalthangliana defeated ruling Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) candidate, singer-preacher Vanlalsailova, by a margin of 562 votes.

Lalthangliana, a former state Health Minister, secured 6,981 votes, while Vanlalsailova polled 6,419 votes. The bypoll was necessitated by the death of MNF legislator Lalrintluanga Sailo on July 21.

In Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP registered a commanding victory in the Nagrota Assembly bypoll. BJP candidate Devyani Rana defeated her nearest rival, Harsh Dev Singh of the J&K National Panthers Party, by a margin of over 21,000 votes.

The bye-election was held following the passing of BJP veteran Devender Singh Rana in October 2024.

Odisha’s Naupada seat is seeing BJP candidate Jay Dholakia maintaining a comfortable lead over BJD’s Snehangini Chhuria. Dholakia is ahead by 46,000+ votes after the completion of 14 rounds of counting. 12 more rounds to go for the final result.

With two more counting rounds to go, AAP candidate Harmeet Singh Sandhu is on his way to win from Tarn Taran in Punjab. Sandhu is leading over Shiromani Akali Dal’s Sukhwinder Kaur by more than 11,000 votes.

One more round down in Jubilee Hills and lead remains with Naveen Yadav V of Congress. Four more rounds are remaining at this point and BRS candidate Maganti Sunitha Gopinath is trailing by more than 15,700 votes. BJP candidate Deepak Reddy Lankala is a distant third in the race, trailing by over 50,000 votes.

On Jharkhand’s Ghatila seat, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha is leading in the race. JMM candidate Somesh Chandra Soren is ahead of BJP Babu Lal Soren by more than 7,700 votes. This trend is after the completion of seven rounds of counting. 13 more rounds to go from here.

BJP’s Devyani Rana is the daughter of Devender Rana who had won from Nagrota during the 2024 assembly elections.

On the bypoll election victory, the BJP candidate said, “We are deeply grateful for the warm welcome we received, just as every household and family in Nagrota had blessed Rana Sahab in 2024. Today, people have extended their blessings to us with the same love and support. We dedicate this victory to Rana Sahab as a mark of respect, and we hope to serve the people just as he did…”

Another result is out from the bypoll constituencies. BJP candidate from J&K’s Nagrota Devyani Rana has won by 24,647 votes. Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party (India) candidate Harsh Dev Singh is the runner up from the seat.

The BRS stronghold Jubilee Hills, where late BRS leader Maganti Gopinath achieved a hat-trick victory in the 2023 Assembly elections, might just away if the current ECI trend remains in favour of Congress. READ MORE

Naveen Yadav of Congress is extending his lead in Jubilee Hills constituency. With four out of 10 rounds of counting concluding, BRS candidate Maganti Sunitha Gopinath is trailing by more than 9,500 votes.

With Congress candidate Pramod Jain leading from Anta seat, senior party leader Ashok Gehlot said, “Good news is coming in from Anta. An atmosphere has formed from the beginning itself. I hope that Congress wins with a really good margin.” Jain is leading over Independent candidate and Cong rebel Naresh Meena by more than 7,100 votes.

Ten rounds of counting out of total 16 have finished in Punjab’s Tarn Taran constituency. AAP candidate Harmeet Singh Sandhu is ahead in the race so far with a margin of over 7,000 votes. Shiromani Akali Dal candidate got a good start in the initial counting rounds but she is trailing since last few rounds with Sandhu extending the lead.

Congress rebel-turned-Independent Naresh Meena is trailing by over 6,800 votes in Rajasthan’s Anta seat. The by-election in the constituency was held after sitting BJP MLA from the constituency, Kanwar Lal Meena, was removed after getting convicted in a criminal case.

Meena was formally disqualified from the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly in May. Meena was convicted in a 2005 case linked to the Sarpanch elections, in which he was accused of threatening the then Sub-Divisional Officer at gunpoint. The court had handed him a three-year jail sentence, triggering his removal under the provisions that automatically disqualify convicted lawmakers.

In the Budgam assembly seat in J&K, Peoples Democratic Party candidate Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi is leading over National Conference’s Aga Syed Mahmood Al-Mosavi. The NC is trailing by more than 1,500 votes after the completion of five rounds of counting.

Aam Aadmi Party candidate Harmeet Singh Sandhu from Punjab’s Tarn Taran constituency is racing ahead of Shiromani Akali Dal’s Sukhwinder Kaur after nine rounds of voting. Kaur is trailing by more than 5,500 votes.

Odisha’s Naupada seat is being dominated by the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Jay Dholakia. After nine rounds of counting, Dholakia is leading over BJD’s Snehangini Chhuria by more than 30,000 votes.

After five rounds of counting concluded in Mizoram’s Dampa constituency, Mizo National Front candidate Dr R Lalthangliana won by a margin of 562 votes.

As per the latest trends from the ECI from all the bypoll constituencies, Congress candidates are leading with comfortable margins in both Anta and Jubilee Hills. The BJP candidates are leading in Naupada and Nagrota. JMM candidate is leading in Ghatsila. PDP candidate in Budgam and AAP candidate in Tarn Taran are leading currently.

The bypoll holds particular significance for Independent candidate Naresh Meena, who has now rebelled against the Congress for the third time in three years.

In the 2023 Assembly elections, Meena walked out of the Congress after being denied a ticket and contested from the Chhabra seat in Baran district as an Independent. Though he finished third, his rebellion split the traditional Congress vote — a division that ultimately helped the BJP clinch the seat.

Undeterred, Meena again staked claim to a Congress ticket in last year’s Deoli-Uniara bypoll in neighbouring Tonk. When the party rejected him a second time, he contested independently once more. The outcome stung the Congress: the BJP won again, while Naresh Meena finished second, pushing the Congress candidate, Kastoor Chand Meena, to a distant third place.

Now, in the Anta bypoll, Meena’s fight carries a deeper undertone. A victory would not only mark a personal triumph but also serve as a public validation of his supporters’ belief that the Congress has been sidelining him out of fear that his rising popularity could disrupt the party’s established hierarchy.

In J&K’s Nagrota, Bharatiya Janata Party’s Devyani Rana is now way ahead by 21,424 votes. This is after seven rounds of voting have finished in the constituency, as per ECI.