Uttarakhand Congress President Karan Mahara celebrates with party workers after party's victory in the State Assembly by-elections, in Dehradun, Saturday
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Counting of votes to begin for bypolls to 13 Assembly seats across 7 states
Voting for the bypolls to respective Assembly seats had taken place on July 10.
List of seats where results will be declared
Madhya Pradesh: Amarwara
Uttarakhand: Badrinath, Manglaur
Punjab: Jalandhar West
West Bengal: Bagda, Raiganj, Maniktala, Ranaghat Dakshin
Himachal Pradesh: Dehra, Hamirpur, Nalagarh
Tamil Nadu: Vikravandi
Bihar: Rupauli
Bengal bypolls: Counting begins for 4 assembly seats
Kolkata: Counting of votes for the bypolls held in four assembly seats in West Bengal began on Saturday, amid tight security arrangements, an Election Commission official said.
The counting of votes commenced at 8 am.
"We have made adequate security arrangements in and around the counting centres. Apart from the state police, central forces are also deployed," the official told PTI.
The bypolls for Maniktala, Bagdah, Ranaghat Dakshin and Raiganj assembly seats were held on July 10.
Raiganj witnessed the highest voter turnout at 71.99 per cent, followed by Ranaghat Dakshin at 70.56 per cent, Bagdah at 68.44 per cent and Maniktala at 54.98 per cent.
Counting begins for Rupauli assembly bypoll in Bihar
Patna: Counting of votes began on Saturday for the by-election to the Rupauli assembly seat in Bihar’s Purnea district, officials said.
The counting of votes commenced at 8 am.
The voter turnout was 52.75 per cent in the July 10 bypoll.
The by-election was necessitated by the resignation of sitting MLA Bima Bharti, who had won the seat for JD(U) several times but quit the party recently to contest the Lok Sabha election on an RJD ticket.
Following her loss in the parliamentary election, she contested the bypoll as an RJD candidate.
The RJD hopes that Bharti will win the seat.
Pappu Yadav, the Independent MP from Purnea, announced his support for Bharti.
Altogether 11 candidates were in the fray in the bypoll, in which the JD(U) had fielded Kaladhar Prasad Mandal, who had contested the 2020 assembly polls from the seat as an Independent.
Punjab bypoll: Counting of votes for Jalandhar West assembly seat underway
Jalandhar: Counting of votes for the Jalandhar West assembly bypoll in Punjab was underway on Saturday.
Polling in the seat took place on Wednesday and a voter turnout of 54.98 per cent was recorded, a sharp drop from the 67 per cent the assembly segment saw in the 2022 state elections.
Votes are being counted at a centre set up at the Lyallpur Khalsa College for Women here and the process began at 8 am, officials said.
The Jalandhar West (Reserve) assembly constituency saw a multi-cornered contest among major political outfits like the ruling AAP in Punjab, the Congress and the BJP.
Fifteen candidates were in the fray.
The seat fell vacant after Sheetal Angural resigned as the AAP legislator and joined the BJP in March.
The AAP fielded Mohinder Bhagat, the son of former minister and former BJP MLA Bhagat Chunni Lal, for the bypoll.
The Congress placed its bet on Surinder Kaur, a former senior deputy mayor and a four-time municipal councillor of Jalandhar.
The BJP fielded Angural, who had won this seat in the 2022 Punjab assembly polls on an AAP ticket.
Though the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) had fielded Surjit Kaur for the bypoll, the Sukhbir Badal-led outfit later withdrew its support and disowned her. She was picked as the party's candidate by a panel, two members of which rebelled against Badal.
The SAD had also announced support Bahujan Samaj Party nominee Binder Kumar for the bypoll.
However, a section of SAD leaders, who revolted against Badal, supported Surjit Kaur in the bypolls.
The counting of votes for the 13 Assembly seats spread across 7 states is underway.
Himachal Pradesh bypolls: Counting of votes underway for three assembly seats
Shimla: Counting of votes for the bypolls to three assembly seats in Himachal Pradesh was underway on Saturday.
Polling was held for the Dehra, Hamirpur and the Nalagarh assembly constituencies on Wednesday.
Thirteen candidates, including of the BJP and the Congress, were in the fray.
The Nalagarh assembly constituency had recorded the highest polling at 79.04 per cent, followed by Hamirpur (67.72 per cent) and Dehra (65.42 per cent).
The overall voting percentage of the three bypolls was 71 per cent, according to the data of the state election department.
The seats fell vacant after the three Independent legislators Hoshiyar Singh (Dehra), Ashish Sharma (Hamirpur) and K L Thakur (Nalagarh), who had voted in favour of the BJP in the Rajya Sabha polls held on February 27, resigned from the state assembly on March 22 and joined the party the next day.
Their resignations, however, were accepted by the assembly speaker on June 3, and the seats were declared vacant, necessitating the by-elections.
The BJP fielded all the three former MLAs from their respective seats.
The Congress fielded Kamlesh Thakur, wife of Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, from Dehra, repeated its candidate Pushpinder Verma from Hamirpur and gave ticket to five-time Indian National Trade Union Congress president, Himachal Pradesh unit, Hardeep Singh Baba, from Nalagarh.
Though the bypolls will not make much difference in the 68-member House as the Congress has a majority with 38 MLAs. The BJP has 27 members.
The entry of Kamlesh Thakur has made the elections interesting as the prestige of the chief minister is at stake in Dehra.
BJP candidate from Himachal Pradesh's Dehra Assembly constituency, Hoshyar Singh is currently leading as per initial trends by ECI.
Uttarakhand bypolls: Counting of votes underway for two assembly seats
Dehradun: Counting of votes for the bypolls to the Manglaur and the Badrinath assembly constituencies in Uttarakhand was underway on Saturday.
Voting took place on both the seats on Wednesday.
A representative image of a person casting vote.
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The bypoll to the Manglaur seat was marred by violence that left four people injured, even as a 67.28 per cent polling was recorded in the constituency. The voter turnout in Badrinath was 47.68 per cent and polling there remained peaceful.
The counting of votes began at 8 am.
The Manglaur bypoll was necessitated following the death of sitting BSP MLA Sarwat Karim Ansari in October last year. The Badrinath seat fell vacant after sitting Congress MLA Rajendra Bhandari resigned and switched to the BJP in March.
The BSP fielded Ansari's son Ubedur Rehman against Congress nominee Qazi Nizamuddin in Manglaur.
Gujjar leader and BJP nominee Kartar Singh Bhadana was also in the fray from the Muslim and Dalit-dominated constituency which has been held either by the BSP or the Congress in the past.
In Badrinath, there was a direct contest between BJP's Rajendra Bhandari and Congress newcomer Lakhpat Singh Butola.
The other two candidates in the fray in Badrinath were former CRPF officer Himmat Singh of the Sainik Samaj Party and Naval Khali, a journalist who is contesting as an Independent candidate.
Punjab bypoll: AAP candidate Bhagat leading from Jalandhar West seat
Chandigarh: AAP candidate for the Jalandhar West assembly bypoll Mohinder Bhagat was leading against his nearest rival and Congress nominee Surinder Kaur, according to initial trends.
Bhagat was ahead of Kaur by 6,336 votes after two rounds of counting of votes that began at 8 am at the Lyallpur Khalsa College for Women here.
BJP candidate Sheetal Angural was at the third spot, according to the trends.
The bypoll was necessitated after the seat fell vacant following the resignation of Angural as the AAP legislator. He joined the BJP in March.
Polling in the seat took place on Wednesday and a voter turnout of 54.98 per cent was recorded, a sharp drop from the 67 per cent the assembly segment saw in the 2022 state elections.
Kalyan Chaubey, BJP's candidate from Maniktala in West Bengal alleged that rigging took place in 89 out of 277 booths
Kalyan Chaubey, BJP's candidate from Maniktala in West Bengal alleged that rigging took place in 89 out of 277 booths. "People were deployed outside residential complexes so they could not come out to cast their votes," alleged Chaubey.
As per initial trends by ECI, BJP candidate from Himachal Pradesh's Dehra Assembly constituency, Hoshyar Singh is currently leading. (ANI)
As per initial trends by ECI, BJP candidate from Himachal Pradesh's Dehra Assembly constituency, Hoshyar Singh is currently leading.
Congress candidate from Himachal Pradesh's Hamirpur Assembly constituency, Pushpinder Verma is currently leading. AAP candidate from Punjab's Jalandhar West Assembly constituency, Mohinder Bhagat is currently leading.
JD(U) candidate from Bihar's Rupauli Assembly constituency, Kaladhar Prasad Mandal is currently leading.
Congress candidate from Uttarakhand's Mangalur Assembly constituency, Qazi Mohammad Nizamuddin is currently leading
Vikravandi bypoll in Tamil Nadu: DMK takes early lead
Vikravandi (Tamil Nadu): The DMK on Saturday took early lead in the Vikravandi Assembly constituency, where the counting of votes polled in the July 10 bypoll was underway.
According to reports, DMK nominee Anniyur Siva was leading ahead of his nearest PMK rival, C Anbumani, by about 5,000 votes.
Counting of votes began at 8 am with postal ballots being taken up first.
The by-election was necessitated due to the death of DMK legislator N Pugazhenthi in April this year.
The DMK-led alliance had won all 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu and the lone Puducherry segment in the just concluded Parliamentary elections.
Himachal bypolls: CM's wife and Congress candidate Kamlesh Thakur trailing in Dehra; party in lead in Hamirpur
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's wife and Congress candidate for the Dehra assembly bypoll Kamlesh Thakur was trailing by 557 votes against the BJP's nominee for the seat on Saturday, officials said.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's wife Kamlesh Thakur
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Dehra was one of the three assembly constituencies in the state where by-election was held on Wednesday. The others being Hamirpur and Nalagarh.
BJP's Hoshiyar Singh was ahead of Kamlesh Takhur after three rounds of counting of votes that began at 8 am, the officials said.
In the Hamirpur assembly seat, Congress' Pushpinder Verma was ahead by 200 votes against his nearest rival and BJP candidate Ashish Sharma after the first round of counting, the officials said.
Thirteen candidates were in the fray from the three seats.
The Nalagarh assembly constituency had recorded the highest polling at 79.04 per cent, followed by Hamirpur (67.72 per cent) and Dehra (65.42 per cent).
The overall voting percentage of the three bypolls was 71 per cent, according to the data of the state election department.
The seats fell vacant after the three Independent legislators Singh (Dehra), Sharma (Hamirpur) and K L Thakur (Nalagarh), who had voted in favour of the BJP in the Rajya Sabha polls held on February 27, resigned from the state assembly on March 22 and joined the party the next day.
Their resignations, however, were accepted by the assembly speaker on June 3, and the seats were declared vacant, necessitating the by-elections.
The BJP fielded all the three former MLAs from their respective seats.
The Congress fielded Kamlesh Thakur from Dehra, repeated its candidate Pushpinder Verma from Hamirpur and gave ticket to five-time Indian National Trade Union Congress president, Himachal Pradesh unit, Hardeep Singh Baba, from Nalagarh.
Though the bypolls will not make much difference in the 68-member House as the Congress has a majority with 38 MLAs. The BJP has 27 members.
TMC takes early lead in Bengal Assembly bypolls
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress candidates have taken an early lead over their rivals in by-polls held in four assembly seats in West Bengal, where counting began on Saturday morning, TV channels reported.
The bypolls for Maniktala, Bagdah, Ranaghat Dakshin, and Raiganj assembly seats were held on July 10.
The TMC flag.
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However, there was no official word from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, as the EC website showed counting in progress.
Bengali news channel TV9 Bangla showed TMC leading in Maniktala in Kolkata, Ranaghat Dakshin, and Bagdah in North 24 Parganas, which are in South Bengal, and Raiganj in North Bengal's Uttar Dinajpur district.
Another news channel, ABP Ananda, also broadcasted similar trends.
The BJP secured Ranaghat Dakshin and Bagdah seats in the 2021 assembly polls. The Raiganj seat was won by the saffron party in the last assembly elections. The Maniktala seat was secured by the TMC in 2021 but became vacant after former state minister Sadhan Pandey died in February 2022.
JD(U) candidate leading in Rupuli bypoll in Bihar
Purnea: JD(U)'s Kaladhar Prasad Mandal was leading by 2,433 votes over his nearest rival, an independent candidate, in the by-election to the Rupauli Assembly seat in Bihar's Purnea district on Saturday, according to the election commission of India.
After the first round of counting, the JD(U) candidate secured 6,588 votes, while independent candidate Shankar Singh got 4,155 votes, according to the latest information uploaded on the Election Commission's website.
Kaladhar Prasad Mandal.
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RJD's Bima Bharti is in the third position by securing 2,359 votes after the conclusion of the first round of counting.
The counting of votes commenced at 8 am.
The by-election was necessitated by the resignation of sitting MLA Bima Bharti, who had won the seat for JD(U) several times but quit the party recently to contest the Lok Sabha election on an RJD ticket. Following her loss in the parliamentary election, she contested the bypoll as an RJD candidate
Punjab bypoll: AAP's Mohinder Bhagat leading in Jalandhar West seat
Chandigarh, Jul 13 (PTI) AAP candidate for the Jalandhar West assembly bypoll in Punjab Mohinder Bhagat was leading against his nearest rival and Congress nominee Surinder Kaur, according to initial trends.
Bhagat was ahead of Kaur by 11,778 votes after four rounds of counting of votes that began at 8 am at the Lyallpur Khalsa College for Women here.
BJP candidate Sheetal Angural was at the third spot, according to the trends.
BSP nominee Binder Kumar was at the fourth spot while SAD candidate Surjit Kaur at fifth.
The bypoll was necessitated after the seat fell vacant following the resignation of Angural as the AAP legislator. He joined the BJP in March.
Polling in the seat took place on Wednesday and a voter turnout of 54.98 per cent was recorded, a sharp drop from the 67 per cent the assembly segment saw in the 2022 state elections.
Congress leading on Dehra, Hamirpur and Nalagarh seats of Himachal Pradesh. Congress is also leading on Badrinath and Manglaur seats of Uttarakhand
HP bypolls: Congress leading in all three assembly seats
Shimla: Congress candidates, including Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's wife, are in the lead in all three assembly constituencies in the state where bypolls were held earlier this week, officials said on Saturday.
The counting of votes for the by-elections in Dehra, Hamirpur and Nalagarh, held on Wednesday, began at 8 am.
Sukhu's wife Kamlesh Thakur was leading by 1,815 votes against her nearest rival and BJP candidate Hoshiyar Singh in the Dehra assembly seat after the sixth round of counting, the officials said.
In the Hamirpur assembly seat, Congress' Pushpinder Verma was ahead by 1,707 votes against BJP candidate Ashish Sharma after the third round of counting, they said.
Congress candidate Hardeep Singh Bawa was also leading by 1,571 votes after the second round against the BJP candidate K L Thakur in the Nalagarh assembly seat, the officials said.
Thirteen candidates were in the fray from the three seats.
The Nalagarh assembly constituency had recorded the highest polling at 79.04 per cent, followed by Hamirpur (67.72 per cent) and Dehra (65.42 per cent).
The overall voting percentage of the three bypolls was 71 per cent, according to the data of the state election department.
The seats fell vacant after the three Independent legislators Singh (Dehra), Sharma (Hamirpur) and K L Thakur (Nalagarh), who had voted in favour of the BJP in the Rajya Sabha polls held on February 27, resigned from the state assembly on March 22 and joined the party the next day.
Their resignations, however, were accepted by the assembly speaker on June 3, and the seats were declared vacant, necessitating the by-elections.
The BJP fielded all the three former MLAs from their respective seats.
The Congress fielded Thakur from Dehra, repeated its candidate Verma from Hamirpur and gave ticket to five-time Indian National Trade Union Congress president, Himachal Pradesh unit, Bawa, from Nalagarh.
Though the bypolls will not make much difference in the 68-member House as the Congress has a majority with 38 MLAs. The BJP has 27 members.
Out of 13 Assembly seats, Congress is leading on 5 seats, TMC is leading on 4 seats, BJP, DMK, AAP and JDU are leading on one seat each.
Counting of votes underway for Vikravandi Assembly by-poll, Tamil Nadu.
Counting of votes underway for Vikravandi Assembly by-poll, Tamil Nadu, Saturday, July 13, 2024.
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Security personnel stand guard during counting of votes for Manglaur Assembly by-poll, in Haridwar, Saturday, July 13, 2024.
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Security personnel carry ballot papers during counting of votes for Vikravandi Assembly by-poll, Tamil Nadu, Saturday, July 13, 2024.
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Mukut Mani Adhikari, TMC bypoll candidate from Ranaghat Dakshin said, "After 5 rounds of counting, our party is leading in Ranaghat Dakshin constituency with a margin of 13,402 votes..."
AAP's Mohinder Bhagat wins Jalandhar West assembly bypoll by defeating BJP's Sheetal Angural by margin of over 37,000 votes: Officials.
Mohinder Bhagat, the AAP candidate for the bypoll to the Jalandhar West assembly seat in Punjab.
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HP bypolls: Congress leading in two assembly seats, BJP in one
Shimla: Congress candidates, including Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's wife, are in the lead in the two assembly constituencies of Dehra and Nalagarh, while the BJP candidate is ahead in Hamirpur, officials said on Saturday.
The counting of votes for the by-elections in all the three assembly constituencies, held on Wednesday, began at 8 am.
Sukhu's wife Kamlesh Thakur was leading by 6,115 votes against her nearest rival and BJP candidate Hoshiyar Singh in the Dehra assembly seat after the eighth round of counting, the officials said.
Congress candidate Hardeep Singh Bawa was also leading by 3,548 votes after the fifth round against the BJP candidate K L Thakur in the Nalagarh assembly seat, they officials said.
In the Hamirpur assembly seat, BJP's Ashish Sharma, who was trailing in the first four rounds against Congress' Pushpinder Verma, was now ahead by 743 votes after the fifth round.
Thirteen candidates were in the fray from the three seats.
The Nalagarh assembly constituency had recorded the highest polling at 79.04 per cent, followed by Hamirpur (67.72 per cent) and Dehra (65.42 per cent).
The overall voting percentage of the three bypolls was 71 per cent, according to the data of the state election department.
The seats fell vacant after the three Independent legislators Singh (Dehra), Sharma (Hamirpur) and K L Thakur (Nalagarh), who had voted in favour of the BJP in the Rajya Sabha polls held on February 27, resigned from the state assembly on March 22 and joined the party the next day.
Their resignations, however, were accepted by the assembly speaker on June 3, and the seats were declared vacant, necessitating the by-elections.
The BJP fielded all the three former MLAs from their respective seats.
The Congress fielded Kamlesh Thakur from Dehra, repeated its candidate Verma from Hamirpur and gave ticket to five-time Indian National Trade Union Congress president, Himachal Pradesh unit, Bawa, from Nalagarh.
Though the bypolls will not make much difference in the 68-member House as the Congress has a majority with 38 MLAs. The BJP has 27 members.
AAP wins Jalandhar West seat of Punjab. Out of 12 Assembly seats, Congress is leading on 5 seats, TMC is leading on 4 seats, BJP and DMK leading on one seat each. Independent candidate Shankar Singh leading on Rupauli seat of Bihar (ANI)
Our candidate who contested in 2022, won the election but he resigned and joined BJP. Today, he is in third-fourth place and AAP is winning again. This means that people of Punjab are liking (Punjab CM) Bhagwant Mann's work: Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj
Congress candidates leading in Manglaur, Badrinath seats of Uttarakhand
Dehradun: Congress candidates for the Badrinath and Manglaur assembly bypolls in Uttarakhand were leading in both the seats on Saturday, officials said.
The counting of votes for the by-elections in the two assembly constituencies, held on Wednesday, began at 8 am.
Congress' Qazi Nizamuddin was ahead by 87,365 votes against the BJP's Kartar Singh Bhadana in the sixth round of counting in Manglaur.
Congress flag.
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BSP's Ubaidur Rahman, who was behind Nizamuddin at the second spot in the initial rounds of counting, is now trailing at the third spot in the seat. The seat was with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) but fell vacant after Rahman's father and sitting MLA Sarwat Karim Ansari died in October 2023.
In the Badrinath assembly seat, Congress' Lakhpat Singh Butola was leading by 1,935 votes against BJP's Rajendra Bhandari in the seventh round of counting. The seat fell vacant after Bhandari resigned from the Congress and the state assembly to join the BJP just before the Lok Sabha polls earlier this year.
DMK continues to be ahead in Vikravandi Assembly segment
Vikravandi (Tamil Nadu): The ruling DMK continues to lead in the Vikravandi Assembly constituency, where count of votes, polled on July 10 byelection, is underway.
When the fifth round of vote-count concluded, Anniyur Siva alias A Sivashanmugam of the DMK secured 31,151 votes, and he was leading by a margin of 19,668 votes over his nearest rival Pattali Makkal Katchi's C Anbumani, who got 11,483 votes.
Tamil nationalist party Nam Tamilar Katchi candidate K Abinaya was in the third place with 2,275 votes. Counting of votes began at 8 am and postal ballots were taken up first. The by-election was necessitated due to the death of DMK legislator N Pugazhenthi in April this year.
The main opposition AIADMK and DMDK boycotted the July 10 bypoll. The DMK-led alliance had won all 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu and the lone Puducherry segment in the just concluded Parliamentary elections.
Himachal CM Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu's wife Kamlesh wins Dehra bypolls by 9399 votes
TMC candidates ahead in all 4 assembly seats in Bengal by-polls
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress candidates were ahead of their rivals in by-polls held in four assembly seats in West Bengal, where counting began on Saturday morning, according to the Election Commission of India website.
The by-polls for Maniktala, Bagda, Ranaghat Dakshin and Raiganj assembly seats were held on July 10.
TMC's nominee Supti Pandey was leading by 28,781 votes in Maniktala in Kolkata over her nearest rival Kalyan Chaubey of the BJP, while in Raiganj in Uttar Dinajpur district, Trinamool Congress candidate Krishna Kalyani was ahead of Manas Kumar Ghosh of the saffron party by 50,023 votes.
Shreya Pande daughter of TMC candidate Supti Pande at a counting centre for the Manicktala Assembly bypolls, in Kolkata, Saturday, Jul 13, 2024.
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TMC's Madhuparna Thakur was leading by 20,884 votes over her rival Binay Kumar Biswas of the BJP in the Bagda assembly seat in North 24 Parganas district.
Mukut Mani Adhikari of TMC was ahead of BJP nominee Manoj Kumar Biswas by 30,081 in Ranaghat Dakshin seat in North 24 Parganas district.
The BJP secured Ranaghat Dakshin, Bagda, and Raiganj segments in the 2021 assembly polls.
The Maniktala seat was bagged by the TMC in 2021 but became vacant after former state minister Sadhan Pandey died in February 2022.
Despite the BJP winning the other three seats in 2021, the MLAs later switched to the TMC.
The by-polls were necessitated as Krishna Kalyani from Raiganj, Biswajit Das from Bagda and Mukut Mani Adhikari from Ranaghat Dakshin gave up their seats to contest the Lok Sabha elections.
TMC's Krishna Kalyani wins the Raiganj Assembly seat in West Bengal by a margin of 50,077 votes, defeating BJP's Manas Kumar Ghosh: ECI
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TMC's Madhuparna Thakur wins the Bagda Assembly constituency in Bengal by defeating BJP's Binay Kumar Biswas by a margin of 33,455 votes: ECI
Himachal Pradesh CM's wife Kamlesh Thakur holds a roadshow in Shimla after winning the Dehra assembly seat.
HP bypolls: Congress' Hardeep Singh Bawa wins Nalagarh assembly seat by margin of 8,990 votes, say officials
HP bypolls: BJP's Ashish Sharma wins Hamirpur assembly seat
Shimla: BJP's Ashish Sharma won the bypolls to the Hamirpur assembly seat in Himachal Pradesh by defeating his nearest rival and Congress candidate Pushpender Verma by a margin of 1,571 votes on Saturday, officials said.
Of the three seats, where bypolls were held the in the state on Wednesday, the BJP only won this constituency. Dehra and Nalagarh were won by the Congress, the ruling party in Himachal Pradesh.
While Sharma polled 27,041 votes, Verma secured 25,470 votes.
However, Sharma's margin has shrunk significantly as compared to the 2022 assembly elections. As an Independent candidate, Sharma then had defeated Verma by 12,899 votes.
Hamirpur is the home district of Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and the parliament constituency of BJP leader Anurag Thakur.
Hate defeated & love won in Ayodhya in Loksabha .. Again Hate defeated & love won in Badrinath today: Manickam Tagore, Congress In charge for Andhra Pradesh
Out of 13 Assembly seats, Congress won two seats, leading on 2. TMC won 3 seats, leading on 1 seat. AAP won the Jalandhar West seat in Punjab.
Here are a few pictures of celebrations after candidates of political parties emerged victorious in Assembly bypolls.
AAP leaders Sanjay Singh and Sandeep Pathak celebrate party's victory in Punjab's Jalandhar West Assembly by-poll, in New Delhi, Saturday, July 13, 2024.
TMC supporters celebrate as party candidate Supti Pandey from Maniktala constituency leads during counting of votes for Assembly by-election, in Kolkata, Saturday, July 13, 2024.
TMC supporters celebrate with Shreya Pandey, daughter of party candidate Supti Pandey, as she leads from Maniktala constituency during counting of votes for Assembly by-election, in Kolkata, Saturday, July 13, 2024.
DMK workers celebrate as party candidate Anniyur Siva leads on Tamil Nadu's Vikravandi seat.
As Cong leads in seats in Uttarakhand, Ex CM says it's 'warning' for BJP
Congress candidates for the Badrinath and Manglaur assembly bypolls in Uttarakhand were leading in both the seats on Saturday.
Speaking to presspersons, former Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat said that Congress will bring a change in 2027 in the state.
“We are winning in Himachal (Pradesh) as well. People have made up their minds. The message that we are getting from Manglaur and Badrinath will be strengthened by 2027. We will bring a change in 2027 in Uttarakhand. This win of Congress is a warning for BJP,” he said.
MP Congress chief says election was rigged as BJP candidate is leading in Amarwara seat
Madhya Pradesh Congress President Jitendra Patwari said that election was rigged in Amarwara seat.
"..Our workers had worked had and there was change in people too but despite that, if BJP won the bypolls, that means election was rigged. People should see that and understand...this is a danger to democracy...," he told news agency ANI.
BJP did not respect people's mandate: Vikramaditya Singh
Congress candidate Vikramaditya Singh
Congress leader Vikramaditya Singh said that BJP did not respect people's mandate and tried to topple the state government in Himachal Pradesh.
" This is the people's mandate that the BJP did not respect the votes they gave in the 2022 elections. The way they were toppling the elected govts in other states, they tried to do the same in Himachal Pradesh as well but the people of Himachal Pradesh are educated...this time they have given a clear mandate to Congress and strengthened our govt in the state...The Congress party will perform well in the state in the next elections as well," he told news agency ANI.
Congress' Lakhapat Singh Butola wins Badrinath bypoll
Congress candidate Lakhapat Singh Butola wins Badrinath bypoll in Uttarakhand, news agency PTI reported on Saturday.
Butola defeated BJP's Rajendra Bhandari by 5,224 votes. The byelections for Badrinath took place on July 10. As per Election Commission data, Badrinath had recorded a voter turnout of 49.80 per cent.
'Will work to keep my promises': TMC candidate after winning Raiganj seat
TMC candidate Krishna Kalyani after winning the Raiganj seat said that he will work to keep his promises in the future.
"We have won with 50,077 votes in Raiganj seat in West Bengal. I will work to keep my promises in the future," he said.
Watch | Congress workers celebrate after winning Badrinath Assembly seat
Party workers celebrate as Congress candidate Lakhapat Singh Butola leads from Badrinath Assembly seat in the by-elections.
BJP wins Amarwara seat in neck-and-neck contest
After the completion of all 21 rounds of voting, BJP candidate Kamlesg Pratap Shah won the Amarwara assembly seat in Madhya Pradesh with 83105 votes, with nearest rival and Congress candidate Manas Kumar Ghosh trailing by over 3,027 votes.
Congress wins Manglaur seat with 31,727 votes
Congress candidate Qazi Mohammad Nizamuddin, who secured 31,727 votes, has won the Manglaur seat in Uttarkhand.
Independent candidate jolts RJD, JD(U) in Bihar's Rupauli
The ruling JD(U) and opposition RJD were pushed to margin in the electoral race in Rupauli assembly seat of Bihar on Saturday, as Independent candidate Shankar Singh won the seat with 68070 votes. JD(U) candidate Kaladhar Prasad Mandal came second while RJD candidate Bima Bharti was pushed to third position.
Reflects changing political climate in country: Congress on bypoll gains
The Congress on Saturday hailed its gains in the assembly bypolls in Himachal Pradesh and BJP-ruled Uttarakhand, saying the results "reflect the changing political climate in the country".
The Congress won both the assembly bypolls in Uttarakhand and in Himachal Pradesh, it secured two out of the three seats where bye-elections were held.
On the party's victories in Uttarakhand, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh, in a post on 'X', said, "Manglaur was wrested from the BSP and in the face of dirty tactics by the BJP. In Badrinath, the sitting MLA was a Congressman who had switched to the BJP during the Lok Sabha polls. He has been rightly punished by the people and the Congress has held on to the seat."
"Both ways the results reflect the changing political climate in the country," he said.
Here's what Pawan Khera had to say after Congress' victory
"...These by-elections which were held on 13 seats are very important. For the second time in one and a half months, the people of the country gave a strong message to the BJP. The message was very clear in the Lok Sabha elections... In Uttarakhand, we won both our seats, Badrinath and Manglaur. In Himachal Pradesh, Congress won 2 out of 3 seats...And if you assess all 13 seats in total, BJP got only 2..."