Bypoll Results 2023 Live Updates: BJP wins 3 seats, opposition parties get four with SP retaining Ghosi

Bypolls: BJP wins 3 seats, Oppn parties get four with SP retaining Ghosi

The by-election results for seven assembly seats in six states declared on Friday were a mixed bag for the BJP and the opposition INDIA bloc, with the saffron party winning three seats and one each going to its rivals Congress, JMM and TMC and Samajwadi Party. The opposition alliance tasted victory in the Ghosi assembly seat in Uttar Pradesh, where it backed the Samajwadi Party, and in Jharkhand, where the JMM retained the Dumri assembly seat.

SP's Sudhakar Singh declared winner in UP's Ghosi. He defeated BJP's candidate Dara Singh Chauhan by 42,759 votes.

West Bengal will deliver a crushing blow to TMC in 2024 LS polls: BJP puts up brave face after losing Dhupguri seat

The BJP on Friday put up a brave face after its defeat in the Dhupguri assembly by-election in West Bengal, saying it may not have won the seat but the people of the state will deliver a "crushing blow" to the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The ruling TMC wrested the Dhupguri assembly seat in Jalpaiguri district from the BJP in a by-election.

Bypolls: BJP, Oppn parties bag three seats each; SP poised to win in Ghosi

The assembly by-election results for seven seats in six states declared on Friday were a mixed bag for the BJP and the opposition INDIA bloc, with the saffron party bagging three seats and one each going to Congress, JMM and TMC, while the Samajwadi Party was also poised to win one seat.

Dhupguri bypoll defeat : BJP leaders call for self assessment, fixing organisational gaps

Criticising the state party leadership's failure to fix the organisational gaps for the defeat in the Dhupguri by-poll, party national secretary Anupam Hazra Friday called for "proper" self-assessment and fixing of the lacunae ahead of the Lok Sabha poll.

"North Bengal is totally with us...in Dhupguri, it was a seat of BJP and we won the election. I congratulate all the people of Dhupguri. So wherever BJP lost and INDIA party won, I congratulate all of them", says West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Dhupguri Assembly by-polls

Kerala: After winning the Puthuppally by-election, Congress candidate Chandy Oommen says, " Just like my father, my politics will be people-oriented. I've seen the work of my father and I would like to go in that way. I will continue what my father started..."

UDF's Chandy Oommen wins Puthupally bypoll in Kerala, deals severe blow to ruling CPI(M)

Dealing a crushing blow to Kerala's ruling LDF, Congress candidate Chandy Oommen on Friday retained for the party-led UDF, the Puthuppally assembly seat, which his father and former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy held for over half-a-century. Chandy Oommen trounced his main rival Jaick C Thomas of CPI(M) by a huge and historic margin in the bypoll. The 37-year-old Oommen defeated Thomas by a margin of 37,719 votes in the bypoll battle that saw a nearly month-long vigorous campaigning by leaders of the Congress, CPI(M), and BJP for their respective party candidates.

Uttarakhand: Parbati Das, BJP candidate from Bageshwar takes out a road show after winning the bypoll

BJP's Parwati Dass wins Bageshwar Assembly bypoll in Uttarakhand: District Magistrate

The BJP on Friday retained the Bageshwar assembly seat in Uttarakhand with its candidate Parwati Dass defeating Congress' Basant Kumar by more than 2,400 votes. Dass polled 33,247 votes while Kumar got 30,842 votes, Bageshwar District Magistrate and returning officer Anuradha Pal said. The BJP won by 2,405 votes, she declared.

JMM candidate Bebi Devi reacts after winning Dumri bypoll in Jharkhand.

JMM candidate Bebi Devi wins Dumri bypoll in Jharkhand.

JMM candidate Bebi Devi clinched Jharkhand's Dumri seat by over 17000 votes by defeating AJSU-P's Yashoda Devi. After the end of counting, Bebi finished with 1,35,480 votes where as Yashoda managed 1,18,380 votes. Bebi was incumbent JMM-Cong-RJD, part of India bloc candidate. The seat fell vacant after the death of her husband, Jagarnnath Mahto, who was also a minister Hemant Soren cabinet. NDA had fielded Yashoda against her.

JMM candidate leading in Dumri bypoll in Jharkhand

JMM's Bebi Devi was leading by 6,536 votes over her nearest AJSU Party rival Yashoda Devi in the by-election to the Dumri Assembly seat in Jharkhand's Giridih district on Friday, officials said. After 18 rounds of counting, the JMM candidate, who is the INDIA bloc nominee, secured 72,042 votes, while the AJSU party candidate, an NDA nominee, got 65,506 votes, they said.

Ghosi assembly bypoll

SP candidate Sudhakar Singh's lead over BJP's Dara Singh Chauhan crosses 22k mark after 16 rounds of counting

TMC wins Dhupguri

TMC wins Dhupguri assembly bypoll by a margin of over 4,000 votes

End of road for communists in Tripura: BJP after bypoll victories

The BJP hailed its victory in the bypolls to the Dhanpur and Boxanagar Assembly seats in Tripura on Friday and said it is the end of the road for the communists in the northeastern state, which was once known as a Left bastion. According to the Election Commission (EC), Tafajjal Hossain of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the Boxanagar seat, which has around 66 per cent minority voters, by a margin of 30,237 votes. Hossain got 34,146 votes while Mizan Hossain of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) bagged 3,909 votes.

UP Election Result: Ghosi assembly bypoll

After 13 rounds SP's Sudhakar Singh leading over BJP's Dara Singh Chauhan by 19,444 votes. 21 rounds of counting left

Bageshwar bypoll election result: BJP candidate leads by more than 2,000 votes

BJP candidate Parwati Dass was leading by 2,041 votes over the Congress' Basant Kumar as counting of votes polled in the Bageshwar assembly bypoll progressed on Thursday. At the end of the 13th round of counting, the BJP candidate had polled 29,101 votes while the Congress candidate got 26,751 votes.

West Bengal election result: TMC increases lead after six rounds of counting

Trinamool leads by 3,773 votes after six rounds of counting

Puthuppally Bypoll Result: UDF's Chandy Oommen wins Puthuppally bypoll in Kerala

Opposition Congress-UDF on Friday retained the Puthuppally Assembly constituency in Kerala as its candidate Chandy Ommen won by a margin of over 36,000 votes in the bypoll, Election Commission sources said. While Oommen, son of late Congress stalwart Oommen Chandy, gained a clear edge since the initial round, his nearest rival and ruling LDF candidate Jaick C Thomas could never gain a lead in any rounds.

UP Election Result: SP candidate surges ahead in Ghosi

SP candidate's lead spirals to 12,139 after 10 rounds of counting

Jharkhand bypoll result: NDA candidate extends lead

Ajsu party candidate Yashoda Devi extended her lead by 2,839 votes after eighth round of countings

West Bengal Bypoll Election Result: TMC takes lead after four rounds of couting

TMC is ahead of BJP by 354 votes at the end of the fourth round. TMC 39,160 votes, BJP 38,806 votes

West Bengal bypoll: BJP ahead of TMC by over 1,000 votes

After second round of counting for Dhupguri bypoll, BJP's lead has come down but the party is still ahead of TMC by 1,018 votes

Uttarakhand bypoll: BJP ahead after 9 rounds of counting

BJP leads by 2,261 votes after 9 rounds of counting in Bageshwar

Ghosi ELection Result: SP candidate's lead crosses 8,500 mark

Sudhakar Singh's lead swells to 8,500 over BJP's Dara Singh Chauhan in Ghosi

Tripura Bypoll Results: BJP wins bypolls in Dhanpur, Boxanagar assembly seats in Tripura

The BJP won the by-elections to the Dhanpur and Boxanagar assembly seats in Tripura's Sepahijala district on Friday, according to the Election Commission. BJP's Tafajjal Hossain won the Boxanagar seat, which has around 66 per cent minority voters, by 30,237 votes. Hossain got 34,146 votes, while his nearest rival Mizan Hossain of the CPM got 3,909 votes. BJP candidate Bindu Debnath bagged the Dhanpur seat, which has a significant tribal population, by 18,871 votes. Debnath got 30,017 votes, and his nearest rival Kaushik Chanda of the CPM got 11,146 votes.

West Bengal byelection result: Dhupguri Assembly Bypoll

BJP candidate Tapasi Roy is leading by more than 1,500 votes over TMC candidate Nirmal Chandra Roy after first round of counting for Dhupguri assembly constituency

Ghosi bypoll result: SP candidate leads by over 4k votes

SP candidate Sudhakar Singh's lead over BJP's Dara Singh Chauhan crosses 4,000 mark after four rounds of counting

West Bengal Bypoll Result Live: Dhupguri Assembly

After counting of postal ballots, BJP is ahead of the TMC. BJP candidate bagged 418 votes, TMC got 160 votes and Left-Congress combine got 128 votes.

Kerala Byelection Result Live: Puthuppally bypoll

After 7 rounds of counting Chandy Oommen's lead swells to 25,000

Jharkhand bypoll result: NDA candidate leads

NDA candidate Yashoda Devi takes a lead of 1,500 votes in Dumari

Ghosi bypoll result: SP candidate's lead crosses above 1k

SP's Sudhakar Singh leads by 1,372 votes

Bageshwar bypoll result: Congress candidate Basant Kumar takes lead

Congress candidate Basant Kumar is leading from Bageshwar in Uttarakhand

Boxanagar bypoll result: BJP's Tafajjal Hossain leads

BJP candidate Tafajjal Hossain is leading from Boxanagar in Tripura

Puthuppally bypoll result: Congress candidate leads by over 7k votes

Chandy's lead increased to 7,897 after three rounds of counting.

Ghosi bypoll result: SP's Sudhakar Singh takes early lead

SP's Sudhakar Singh takes early lead over BJP's Dara Singh Chauhan after first round of counting

Puthuppally bypoll result: Congress leads

Congress candidate's lead nears 6,000 after two rounds of counting. There are 13 rounds.

Kerala Byelecetion Result Live: Puthuppally bypolls

UDF candidate Chandy Oommen (Congress) leads by 2,500 votes over LDF candidate Jaick C Thomas (CPM)

Ghosi assembly bypoll: In postal ballot counting, BJP's Dara Singh Chauhan leads over SP's Sudhakar Singh

UP Byelection Result Live: Counting of votes begins in Ghosi assembly bypoll

The counting of votes for the Ghosi assembly bypoll -- being seen as the first major electoral clash between the NDA and opposition bloc INDIA -- got underway at 8 am Friday, officials said. More than 50 per cent of the total electorates in the assembly constituency in Uttar Pradesh's Mau district cast their votes in the polling held on Tuesday. Ghosi had recorded a polling percentage of 58.59 in the last year's assembly elections.

Bypoll Results 2023 Live: Counting begins for 7 assembly bypolls in 6 states

The counting of votes for the seven assembly seats across six states including Bageshwar in Uttarakhand, Ghosi in Uttar Pradesh, Puthuppally in Kerala, Dhupguri in West Bengal, Dumri in Jharkhand, and Boxanagar and Dhanpur in Tripura, begins.

Tripura bypolls: Alleging large-scale rigging, CPM announces boycott of counting

Alleging that the Election Commission did not take steps to prevent large-scale rigging in the Tripura by-elections, the CPM-led Left Front announced that it will boycott the counting of votes. The polling for the by-elections to the Dhanpur and Boxanagar assembly seats in Sepahijala district was held on Tuesday. An average turnout of 86.50 per cent was recorded in the two seats. The Left Front alleged that large-scale rigging happened during the polling.

Kerala By Election Result Live: Puthuppally bypoll

Kerala is also anxiously waiting for the result of the Puthuppally bypoll which saw an intense battle between the UDF and LDF to fill the seat left vacant by the demise of Congress stalwart Oommen Chandy. The constituency, located in the southern Kottayam district, witnessed a war of words for the past few weeks as the September 5 by-election was a prestigious battle for both the ruling and opposition fronts in the state.

West Bengal Bypoll Result: Dhupguri constituency

In West Bengal's Dhupguri, personnel of the central armed police forces and state police are guarding the strong room on the second campus of North Bengal University in Jalpaiguri, an official said. Around 76 per cent of 2.6 lakh eligible voters exercised their franchise in the by-election. CPI(M)'s Ishwar Chandra Roy is contesting as the candidate of the Congress-Left alliance, while the ruling TMC has fielded Nirmal Chandra Roy, a teacher by profession.

Tripura Bypoll Result Live: Boxanagar assemby seat

BJP's Tafajjal Hussain, who unsuccessfully contested the last assembly election from Boxanagar, is contesting against CPI(M) nominee Mizan Hussain from there.

Jharkhand By Election Result Live: Dumri bypoll - 24 rounds of counting to decide winner

"In all, 24 rounds of counting will be held and over 70 officials have been deployed for the exercise," Giridih Deputy Commissioner-cum-Election Officer Naman Priesh Lakra told PTI.

Jharkhand Bypoll Election Result: Dumri assembly seat

In Jharkhand, INDIA bloc and NDA candidates are keeping their fingers crossed ahead of the counting to Dumri assembly bypolls. The counting centre has been set up at Krishi Bazar Samiti, Pachambha, in Giridih district, an election official said.

Uttarakhand Bypoll Result Live: Bageshwar assembly seat

The Bageshwar seat fell vacant after the death of its MLA and cabinet minister Chandan Ram Das in April this year. He had won the seat four times since 2007.

UP Bypoll Result Live: Ghosi assembly seat

In Uttar Pradesh, the Ghosi seat fell vacant after the resignation of Samajwadi Party (SP) MLA and OBC leader Dara Singh Chauhan, who rejoined the BJP.