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Last Updated: July 13, 2024, 21:52 IST
Parties of the INDIA bloc have secured ten wins in assembly seats and the BJP has clinched two and an Independent has emerged victorious in one seat as vote counting ended on Saturday for the by-elections held earlier this week, as per trends on the election commission website.
Bypolls for 13 assembly seats were held in Punjab (1), Himachal Pradesh (3), Uttarakhand (2), West Bengal (4), Madhya Pradesh (1), Bihar (1) and Tamil Nadu (1) on Wednesday. The Congress, TMC, AAP and DMK are among the INDIA bloc parties that fielded candidates in the bypolls.
Mohinder Bhagat of the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) emerged victorious in Punjab by defeating BJP’s Sheetal Angural. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s (DMK) Anniyur Siva defeated PMK’s Anbumani C in Tamil Nadu’s Vikravandi assembly seat. The Trinamool Congress on Saturday wrested Raiganj, Bagda, Maniktala and Ranaghat Dakshin assembly seats from the BJP in West Bengal bypolls.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu’s wife and Congress candidate Kamlesh Thakur defeated BJP’s Hoshiyar Singh. In Nalagarh, Congress’ Hardeep Singh Bawa won against BJP’s KL Thakur. The BJP won the Hamirpur seat with its candidate Ashish Sharma defeating Congress’ Pushpinder Verma.
The Congress’ candidates for Uttarakhand’s Badrinath and Manglaur bypolls — Lakhpat Singh Butola and Qazi Nizamuddin have also secured victories.
BJP’s Kamlesh Pratap Shahi defeated Congress’ Dheeran Shah Invati in Madhya Pradesh’s Amarwar. Independent candidate Shankar Singh defeated JD(U)’s Kaladhar Prasad Mandal in Bihar’s Rupauli.
BJP spokesperson Amit Malviya in a lengthy post on social media said the ‘results show nothing except I.N.D.I Alliance’s desperation to somehow feel good’.
“I.N.D.I Alliance is celebrating by-poll wins? For what joy?" Malviya questioned.
Chouhan told workers to prepare for by-elections that are to be held in five seats.
“It is not the time to sit in peace. Go to every village and spread the mantra of awakening, bring the work of the government to the grassroots and also spread your thoughts," Chouhan said.
“Three out of four seats were of BJP which have now been won by TMC," the West Bengal chief minister said.
“This victory is the victory of the people and I thank the people," she further added.
“Nitish Kumar’s cabinet did this work as part of a big conspiracy to defeat the extremely backward caste seat," Pappu Yadav said.
“BJP’s hardcore voters did not give a single vote to JDU," he further added.
Congress and TMC won four seats each while DMK and AAP won one seat each, giving INDIA Bloc parties 10 wins in 13 assembly constituency bypoll contests. BJP has won two seats and an independent candidate has clinched one seat.
Supti Pandey defeated Kalyan Chaubey of the BJP, who is also All India Football Federation (AIFF) president.
As per ECI website, Shankar Singh has defeated JD(U)’s Kaladhar Prasad Mandal.
“We bow before the public for the positive result of the assembly by-election. My heartfelt thanks and gratitude to them for wherever they voted for the Congress Party candidates," the Congress party chief, Kharge, said.
“We have won two by-elections in Himachal out of three. Now congress strength is back to 40 again in a house of 68 . It will provide stability to our government," Shukla, Congress Upper House MP, said.
The Trinamool Congress on Saturday wrested Raiganj, Bagda and Ranaghat Dakshin assembly seats from the BJP, continuing its winning streak a month after the party’s resounding victory in the Lok Sabha elections.
“We were confident of winning by-elections as anger among the electorate against the Independent MLAs was discernible after they resigned and joined the BJP. The general public was asking why they resigned when voters had elected them, defeating both the Congress and the BJP," Himachal Pradesh Congress president Pratibha Singh said.
She said this was the reason her party won the the Dehra and Nalagarh bypolls on Saturday.
Veteran Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said the results of the assembly elections in Uttarakhand “reflect the changing political climate in the country".
He also lashed out at an ex-Congress leader who lost after switching to the BJP during the LS Polls.
DMK’s Anniyur Siva won by a margin of 67,757 votes defeating NDA constituent Pattali Makkal Katchi’s nominee C Anbumani. The by-election was necessitated due to the death of DMK legislator N Pugazhenthi in April this year.
Congress candidate Lakhapat Singh Butola won the Badrinath Assembly seat in the by-elections. " “I want to thank the people of Badrinath…The credit for this goes to all those who directly and indirectly supported me in this fight for justice," Butola said after his victory.
BJP candidate Kamlesh Pratap Shah wins the Amarwada assembly seat in Madhya Pradesh, narrowly defeating Congress’ Dheeran Shah Inavati by a margin of 3,252 votes.
Congress’ Hardeep Singh Bawa defeated his nearest rival and BJP candidate K L Thakur in the bypoll to the Nalagarh assembly seat in Himachal Pradesh by 8,990 votes, officials said on Saturday.
Bawa, a five-time president of the Indian National Trade Union Congress’ Himachal Pradesh unit, polled 34,608 votes.
Trinamool Congress’ Mukut Mani Adhikari won the Ranaghat Dakshin Assembly bypoll by a margin of 39,048 votes defeating Manoj Kumar Biswas of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Counting of votes for the Ranaghat Dakshin bypoll result was held on July 13, 2024. There were a total of seven candidates in the fray to be elected as the next Ranaghat Dakshin MLA. Byelection for this Assembly constituency was necessitated because of resignation of Mukut Mani Adhikari.
Trinamool Congress’ Mukut Mani Adhikari won the Ranaghat Dakshin Assembly bypoll by a margin of 39,048 votes defeating Manoj Kumar Biswas of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Counting of votes for the Ranaghat Dakshin bypoll result was held on July 13, 2024. There were a total of seven candidates in the fray to be elected as the next Ranaghat Dakshin MLA. Byelection for this Assembly constituency was necessitated because of resignation of Mukut Mani Adhikari.
Madhuparna Thakur from All India Trinamool Congress has been elected as the next Bagda MLA following her win against BJP’s Binay Kumar Biswas by a margin of 33,455 votes.
Krishna Kalyani from All India Trinamool Congress has been elected as the next Raiganj MLA following his win against BJP’s Manas Kumar Ghosh by a margin of 50,000 votes.
Counting of votes for the Raiganj bypoll result was held on July 13, 2024. There were a total of nine candidates in the fray. Byelection for this Assembly constituency was necessitated because of resignation of Krishna Kalyani.
“Congratulations to all of Aam Aadmi Party’s great victory in the by-election of Jalandhar West Vidhan Sabha constituency… The victory with a big lead shows that people across Punjab are very happy with the work of our government… By-election We will make Jalandhar West the best as promised during… Congratulations to Mohinder Bhagatji," Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann wrote in an ‘X’ post.
Congress candidates for the Badrinath and Manglaur assembly bypolls in Uttarakhand were leading in both the seats on Saturday, officials said.
Congress’ Qazi Nizamuddin was ahead by 87,365 votes against the BJP’s Kartar Singh Bhadana in the sixth round of counting in Manglaur.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Kamlesh Thakur of INC won the Dehra Assembly bypoll by defeating Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Hoshyar Singh by a margin of over 9,399 votes Counting of votes for the Dehra bypoll result was held on July 13, 2024. There were a total of five candidates in the fray. Byelection for this Assembly constituency was necessitated because of resignation of Hoshyar Singh.
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