The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) have won three seats each in the bypolls for seven assembly seats across six states, while the United Democratic Front (UDF) bagged one seat.
The counting of votes for the bypolls, which were held on Tuesday, began at 8 am on Friday.
In Tripura, the BJP won the Dhanpur and Boxanagar assembly seats, while the TMC won the Dhupguri seat.
In Uttar Pradesh, the BJP won the Ghosi seat, while the Samajwadi Party won the Bageshwar seat.
In Kerala, the UDF candidate Chandy Oommen won the Puthuppally seat.
In West Bengal, the TMC won the Dhupguri seat.
In Jharkhand, the BJP won the Dumri seat.
The bypoll results are seen as a test for the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc against the BJP-led NDA ahead of the five state assembly elections scheduled later this year and the crucial Lok Sabha polls in 2024.
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Sep 08, 2023, 10:32 PM IST
Samajwadi Party candidate Sudhakar Singh wins Ghosi assembly bypoll defeating Dara Singh Chauhan of BJP by 42,759 votes: Official.
Sep 08, 2023, 10:32 PM IST
North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) convenor and senior BJP leader, Himanta Biswa Sarma Friday expressed his gratitude to the voters of Tripura for the wins by BJP candidates in by-election to two assembly seats. He congratulated BJP candidates for winning Boxanagar seat by over 30,000 votes and Dhanpur seat by 18,871 votes.
Sep 08, 2023, 10:31 PM IST
Congress's Chandy Oommen, who retained the party's bastion Puthuppally with a historic margin in the September 5 bypoll, will take oath as its new MLA on Monday, filling the seat left vacant by the death of his father and party stalwart Oommen Chandy.
Sep 08, 2023, 10:30 PM IST
The ruling 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 in a closely contested bypoll.
Sep 08, 2023, 4:41 PM IST
As Samajwadi Party candidate leads in Ghosi by-election, SP leader Shivpal Singh Yadav says, " Akhilesh Yadav zindabad, Samajwadi Party zindabad"
Sep 08, 2023, 4:40 PM IST
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..."
Sep 08, 2023, 4:29 PM IST
Samajwadi Party workers celebrate in Lucknow as party's candidate leads in Ghosi by-election
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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.
Sep 08, 2023, 4:14 PM IST
"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
Sep 08, 2023, 3:48 PM IST
The ruling TMC wrested the Dhupguri assembly seat in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on Friday from the BJP in a by-election, officials said.
Sep 08, 2023, 2:52 PM IST
The ruling TMC was leading in the by-election to the Dhupguri assembly seat in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on Friday in a close contest with the BJP, officials said.
After seven rounds of counting, TMC candidate Nirmal Chandra Roy was leading by 2,931 votes. BJP candidate Tapasi Roy was at the second spot, while CPI(M) candidate Ishwar Chandra Roy, backed by the Congress, was at a distant third spot, they said.
Sep 08, 2023, 1:25 PM IST
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 10th round of counting, the BJP candidate had polled 25,094 votes while the Congress candidate got 23,053 votes, Bageshwar District Magistrate Anuradha Pal said.
Sep 08, 2023, 12:42 PM IST
Opposition UDF candidate Chandy Oommen from the Congress party is steadily approaching victory. As the counting process enters its final phase, Chandy Oommen holds a substantial lead over the LDF candidate Jaick C Thomas of the CPM, with a margin exceeding 30,000 votes. The current vote tally after numerous rounds of counting stands as follows: UDF - 71,107 votes, LDF - 31,084 votes, and BJP - 4,680 votes
Sep 08, 2023, 12:37 PM IST
"I was expecting these results because people of Puthupally were waiting to punish those people... It is a punishment by the people's court in Puthupally against those people...My request to CPM and government, please tell the people of Kerala that 'we are sorry about what we've done'...," says Congress leader AK Antony on Puthupally assembly by poll result.
Sep 08, 2023, 12:34 PM IST
On the Puthuppally by-elections, Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala says, "The spectacular victory in the Puthuppally by-elections is a clear message to the Modi & Pinarayi Vijayan govt. Both BJP & CPM have been thrown by the people of Puthuppally...No by-election in Kerala has got such a landslide margin. The message is very clear..."
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The BJP was leading in the by-election to the Dhupguri assembly seat in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on Friday morning, officials said. After two rounds of counting, BJP candidate Tapasi Roy was leading by 1,085 votes. TMC's Nirmal Chandra Roy was at the second spot, while CPI(M) candidate Ishwar Chandra Roy, backed by the Congress, was at a distant third spot, they said.
Sep 08, 2023, 11:48 AM IST
Samajwadi Party candidate Sudhakar Singh strengthened his lead over his BJP rival Dara Singh Chauhan with a margin of 4,067 votes after the fourth round of counting in the Ghosi assembly bypoll.
Sep 08, 2023, 11:46 AM IST
Tripura
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 CPI(M) 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 CPI(M) got 11,146 votes.
Sep 08, 2023, 11:45 AM IST
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.
Sep 08, 2023, 10:40 AM IST
Uttar Pradesh
According to the Election Commission of India (ECI) in the first round, Singh has garnered 3,381 votes, while Chauhan has got 3,203 votes so far.There will be 34 rounds of counting. The counting of votes for the bypoll -- being seen as the first major electoral clash between the NDA and opposition bloc INDIA -- got underway at 8 am.
Sep 08, 2023, 10:40 AM IST
Samajwadi Party candidate Sudhakar Singh has taken a slender lead of 178 votes over BJP's Dara Singh Chauhan as counting got underway in the Ghosi Assembly bypolls in Uttar Pradesh on Friday.
Sep 08, 2023, 10:27 AM IST
Congress candidate Chandy Oommen is leading from Puthuppally in Kerala, BJP candidate Tafajjal Hossain is leading from Boxanagar in Tripura and BJP candidate Parwati Dass is leading from Bageshwar in Uttarakhand, AJSU candidate Yashoda Devi is leading from Dumri in Jharkhand, and BJP candidate Bindu Debnath from Dhupguri in West Bengal is leading, in initial trends as per Election Commission.
Sep 08, 2023, 9:47 AM IST
Counting of votes for the seven assembly seats underway | Congress candidate Chandy Oommen is leading from Puthuppally in Kerala, BJP candidate Tafajjal Hossain is leading from Boxanagar in Tripura and Congress candidate Basant Kumar is leading from Bageshwar in Uttarakhand, in initial trends as per Election Commission.
Sep 08, 2023, 9:38 AM IST
Dhupguri, a scheduled caste-reserved seat, has nearly 50 per cent Rajbanshi people and 15 per cent minority population.
Sep 08, 2023, 9:18 AM IST
Kerala
The counting of votes polled in the bypoll held in Puthuppally constituency here, which saw an intense battle between the ruling LDF and opposition UDF, began on Friday morning.
Sep 08, 2023, 8:53 AM IST
Counting for the Dumri Assembly by-polls underway.
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.
The BJP has nominated Tapasi Roy, the widow of a CRPF jawan who died fighting terrorists in Kashmir a few years back.
Sep 08, 2023, 8:45 AM IST
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.
Sep 08, 2023, 8:35 AM IST
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.
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Sep 08, 2023, 1:17 am IST
The counting of votes is scheduled to begin at 8 am at centres set up in the respective states.
Sep 08, 2023, 1:19 am IST
The seven seats—Bageshwar in Uttarakhand, Ghosi in Uttar Pradesh, Puthuppally in Kerala, Dhupguri in West Bengal, Dumri in Jharkhand, and Boxanagar and Dhanpur in Tripura—went to poll on September 5.
Sep 08, 2023, 1:19 am IST
The by-election saw the INDIA alliance putting up a united front in the Ghosi constituency in Uttar Pradesh, where the voting was moderate at around 50.77 per cent, and in Jharkhand’s Dumri where a total of 64.84 per cent of 2.98 lakh voters exercised their franchise.
Sep 08, 2023, 1:20 am IST
Out of the seven seats, three (Dhanpur, Bageshwar and Dhupguri) were held by the BJP and one each by the SP (Ghosi), CPI(M) (Boxanagar), JMM (Dumri) and the Congress (Puthuppally).
Sep 08, 2023, 1:20 am IST
Around 76 per cent of 2.6 lakh eligible voters exercised their franchise in the by-election.
Sep 08, 2023, 1:20 am IST
According to Election Commission sources, the counting of votes would begin by 8.00 am at the special counting station in the Baselius College. Postal and service ballots would be counted first, they said.
Sep 08, 2023, 6:38 am IST
The counting of votes is scheduled to begin at 8 am at centres set up in the respective states.
Sep 08, 2023, 6:39 am IST
The by-election saw the INDIA alliance putting up a united front in the Ghosi constituency in Uttar Pradesh, where the voting was moderate at around 50.77 per cent, and in Jharkhand's Dumri where a total of 64.84 per cent of 2.98 lakh voters exercised their franchise.
Sep 08, 2023, 6:57 am IST
Out of the seven seats, three (Dhanpur, Bageshwar and Dhupguri) were held by the BJP and one each by the SP (Ghosi), CPI(M) (Boxanagar), JMM (Dumri) and the Congress (Puthuppally).
Sep 08, 2023, 7:08 am IST
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.
Sep 08, 2023, 7:18 am IST
For the Bageshwar assembly bypoll in Uttarakhand, the counting will be done at 14 tables with 130 polling personnel on the job, District Magistrate Anuradha Pal said on Thursday.
Sep 08, 2023, 7:29 am IST
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.
Sep 08, 2023, 7:42 am IST
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.
Sep 08, 2023, 7:45 am IST
"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.
Sep 08, 2023, 8:05 am IST
"Central Armed Police Force and various wings of Jharkhand police have been deployed to ensure free and fair counting," "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.
Sep 08, 2023, 8:16 am IST
In Tripura, the ECI has taken necessary steps to conduct the counting in a transparent way, a senior poll official said on Thursday.
Sep 08, 2023, 8:25 am IST
Counting of votes to both the seats - Boxanagar and Dhanpur - will take place at Sonamura Girls' HS School. "There is tight security at the counting centre," Sepahijala district magistrate Vishal Kumar told PTI.
Sep 08, 2023, 8:35 am IST
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.
Sep 08, 2023, 8:45 am IST
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.
Sep 08, 2023, 8:52 am IST
West Bengal
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.
The BJP has nominated Tapasi Roy, the widow of a CRPF jawan who died fighting terrorists in Kashmir a few years back.
Sep 08, 2023, 8:53 am IST
Counting for the Dumri Assembly by-polls underway.
The counting of votes polled in the bypoll held in Puthuppally constituency here, which saw an intense battle between the ruling LDF and opposition UDF, began on Friday morning.
Sep 08, 2023, 9:38 am IST
Dhupguri, a scheduled caste-reserved seat, has nearly 50 per cent Rajbanshi people and 15 per cent minority population.
Sep 08, 2023, 9:47 am IST
Counting of votes for the seven assembly seats underway | Congress candidate Chandy Oommen is leading from Puthuppally in Kerala, BJP candidate Tafajjal Hossain is leading from Boxanagar in Tripura and Congress candidate Basant Kumar is leading from Bageshwar in Uttarakhand, in initial trends as per Election Commission.
Sep 08, 2023, 10:27 am IST
Congress candidate Chandy Oommen is leading from Puthuppally in Kerala, BJP candidate Tafajjal Hossain is leading from Boxanagar in Tripura and BJP candidate Parwati Dass is leading from Bageshwar in Uttarakhand, AJSU candidate Yashoda Devi is leading from Dumri in Jharkhand, and BJP candidate Bindu Debnath from Dhupguri in West Bengal is leading, in initial trends as per Election Commission.
Sep 08, 2023, 10:40 am IST
Samajwadi Party candidate Sudhakar Singh has taken a slender lead of 178 votes over BJP's Dara Singh Chauhan as counting got underway in the Ghosi Assembly bypolls in Uttar Pradesh on Friday.
Sep 08, 2023, 10:40 am IST
Uttar Pradesh
According to the Election Commission of India (ECI) in the first round, Singh has garnered 3,381 votes, while Chauhan has got 3,203 votes so far.There will be 34 rounds of counting. The counting of votes for the bypoll -- being seen as the first major electoral clash between the NDA and opposition bloc INDIA -- got underway at 8 am.
Sep 08, 2023, 11:45 am IST
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.
Sep 08, 2023, 11:46 am IST
Tripura
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 CPI(M) 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 CPI(M) got 11,146 votes.
Sep 08, 2023, 11:48 am IST
Samajwadi Party candidate Sudhakar Singh strengthened his lead over his BJP rival Dara Singh Chauhan with a margin of 4,067 votes after the fourth round of counting in the Ghosi assembly bypoll.
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