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Lok Sabha, Assembly Bypolls Results Live updates: BJP wins Rampur, setback for AAP in Punjab

By Anuj Cariappa

| Updated: Sunday, June 26, 2022, 17:12 [IST]

New Delhi, Jun 26: Counting of votes for three Lok Sabha seats Azamgarh and Rampur in Uttar Pradesh, and Sangrur in Punjab and seven assembly seats Rajinder Nagar in Delhi, Mandar in Jharkhand, Atmakur in Andhra Pradesh and Agartala, Town Bordowali, Surma and Jabarajnagar in Tripura began amid high security on Sunday.

Polling was by and large peaceful in the bypolls for three Lok Sabha and seven assembly seats spread across five states and Delhi on Thursday barring an incident of stabbing of a policeman in Tripura.

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5:12 PM, 26 Jun

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4:57 PM, 26 Jun

“The historic victory in the Azamgarh Sadar Lok Sabha seat in the by-election is the result of the public welfare policies of the 'double engine BJP government' under the leadership of the Prime Minister (Narendra Modi). This victory is dedicated to all the hardworking supporters of the BJP. I thank the people of Azamgarh,” UP CM tweeted.

आजमगढ़ सदर लोक सभा सीट पर उप चुनाव में मिली ऐतिहासिक विजय आदरणीय प्रधानमंत्री जी के नेतृत्व में 'डबल इंजन की भाजपा सरकार' की लोक-कल्याणकारी नीतियों का सुफल है।

भाजपा के सभी कर्मठ कार्यकर्ताओं को यह जीत समर्पित है।

आभार आजमगढ़ वासियो!
— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) June 26, 2022

4:56 PM, 26 Jun

BJP bagged two keys seats from the Samajwadi Party (SP) in the by-elections held in Azamgarh and Rampur.

4:48 PM, 26 Jun

At least 19 people including Tripura PCC chief Birajit Sinha were injured in a clash between Congress and BJP supporters in front of Congress Bhavan here on Sunday. Police fired tear gas to disperse the mob, which clashed after the results of the by-elections for four assembly seats were declared.

4:40 PM, 26 Jun

People's victory! You have done wonders, people of Azamgarh. This is your victory. With the announcement of the bypoll dates, the way you all have showered love, support and blessings to the BJP, this is its victory. This victory is dedicated to your trust and hard work of godlike workers: BJP's Azamgarh candidate Nirahua Hindustani

जनता की जीत!
आजमगढ़वासियों आपने कमाल कर दिया है। यह आपकी जीत है। उपचुनाव की तारीखों की घोषणा के साथ ही जिस तरीके से आप सबने भाजपा को प्यार, समर्थन और आशीर्वाद दिया, यह उसकी जीत है। यह जीत आपके भरोसे और देवतुल्य कार्यकर्ताओं की मेहनत को समर्पित है। pic.twitter.com/mZ6YWzxFv5
— Nirahua Hindustani (@nirahua1) June 26, 2022

4:15 PM, 26 Jun

Tripura | "All of a sudden Congress goons pelted stones, bricks at the BJP workers, to which BJP workers responded. We're not cowards & know how to encounter such brutalities," says BJP state vice-president Rajib Bhattacharjee

4:11 PM, 26 Jun

BJP's Ghanshyam Lodhi wins Rampur parliamentary bypoll by margin of over 42,000 votes.

4:05 PM, 26 Jun

UP Lok Sabha by-election | Dinesh Lal Yadav 'Nirahua' BJP's candidate from Azamgarh seat shares a video on Instagram and says "He is leaving for Azamgarh and will work for the people"

UP Lok Sabha by-election | Dinesh Lal Yadav 'Nirahua' BJP's candidate from Azamgarh seat shares a video on Instagram and says "He is leaving for Azamgarh and will work for the people"

As per ECI he is leading in from the Azamgarh seat pic.twitter.com/SGgncnHAEZ
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) June 26, 2022

4:00 PM, 26 Jun

Despite Congress's office being in the vicinity of the police station, BJP workers attacked us. It's happening at the behest of PM Modi & Amit Shah. Such attacks have happened multiple times on our people in Tripura. Common people must see this:Ajoy Kumar, AICC In-charge, Tripura

Despite Congress's office being in the vicinity of the police station, BJP workers attacked us. It's happening at the behest of PM Modi & Amit Shah. Such attacks have happened multiple times on our people in Tripura. Common people must see this:Ajoy Kumar, AICC In-charge, Tripura pic.twitter.com/r1LxhMdxSf
— ANI (@ANI) June 26, 2022

3:52 PM, 26 Jun

A clash occurred between BJP and Congress workers in Agartala, today

Tripura | A clash occurred between BJP and Congress workers in Agartala, today pic.twitter.com/tOquieIz05
— ANI (@ANI) June 26, 2022

3:42 PM, 26 Jun

YSR Congress candidate Mekapati Vikram Reddy secured big win in Atmakur by-poll

3:30 PM, 26 Jun

SAD (Amritsar)'s Simranjit Singh Mann on Sunday won the Sangrur Lok Sabha seat after defeating his nearest rival, AAP's Gurmail Singh, by a margin of 5,822 votes. Mann polled 2,53,154 votes, while Singh secured 2,47,332 votes, as per the data available.

2:31 PM, 26 Jun

BJP's Ghanshyam Singh Lodhi wins by-poll in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur seat

2:25 PM, 26 Jun

This is CM Kejriwal's victory, it's victory of works done by AAP. BJP had no agenda here, had lost the election on day 1. They will lose in every election incl upcoming Nagar Nigam elections here: Durgesh Pathak, AAP candidate for Rajinder Nagar by-poll after his win

2:01 PM, 26 Jun

Simranjit Singh Mann of Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) says he has won the Sangrur Lok Sabha bypoll

1:38 PM, 26 Jun

AAP's Durgesh Pathak wins Delhi Rajinder Nagar assembly bypoll

1:30 PM, 26 Jun

YSRCP’s Vikram Reddy wins big in Atmakur.

1:27 PM, 26 Jun

UP's Rampur parliamentary seat bypoll | BJP's Ghanshyam Singh Lodhi leading with a margin of 19,552 votes; SP's Mohd. Asim Raja trailing

1:13 PM, 26 Jun

Punjab-Sangrur bypoll: At 12:49pm, Simranjit Singh Mann of Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) leading with 2,43,834 total votes, AAP's Gurmail Singh trailing with 2,38,989 total votes.

1:12 PM, 26 Jun

Aam Aadmi Party's Durgesh Pathak ahead with 29,139 votes against BJP candidate Rajesh Bhatia from Rajinder Nagar seat after 12th round. Counting under way.

1:05 PM, 26 Jun

The people of Azamgarh have always supported me. Since the counting is running late, we want to inform the party workers about the actual situation. Samajwadi Party is leading. This will be a historic win for us: Dharmendra Yadav, SP Lok Sabha by-poll candidate from Azamgarh

1:04 PM, 26 Jun

After counting of 4,47,067 votes BJP leads over SP by a margin of over 4,000 votes. BSP making the battle tough for SP.

12:40 PM, 26 Jun

In big worry for SP, BJP candidate Ghanshyam Lodhi is leading from Rampur with a margin of over 1000 votes, while party nominee Dinesh Lal Yadav 'Nirahua' is ahead in Azamgarh.

12:18 PM, 26 Jun

AAP candidate Durgesh Pathak surged ahead with a margin of over 10,000 votes over his immediate rival, BJP's Rajesh Bhatia, after nine rounds of counting on Sunday for the Rajinder Nagar assembly bypoll, according to the official data.

12:03 PM, 26 Jun

AAP candidate Durgesh Pathak galloped ahead with a lead of over 5,000 votes over his immediate rival, BJP’s Rajesh Bhatia, after seven rounds of counting on Sunday for the Rajinder Nagar assembly bypoll, according to the official data.

11:57 AM, 26 Jun

Rampur LS bypoll: Samajwadi Party candidate Asim Raza is leading by 13288 after the 15th round of counting.

11:52 AM, 26 Jun

Congress candidate Sudip Roy Barman has won the Agartala assembly byelection.

11:43 AM, 26 Jun

Congress candidate Sudip Roy Barman has won the Agartala assembly byelection.

11:39 AM, 26 Jun

Tripura CM & BJP leader Manik Saha wins from Town Bardowali Assembly constituency in the recently held by-polls.

11:29 AM, 26 Jun

Atmakur Assembly bypoll result: YSRCP's Mekapati Vikram Reddy leading, as per ECI.

12:30 AM, 26 Jun

The three Lok Sabha seats are Azamgarh and Rampur in Uttar Pradesh -- vacated by Samajwadi Party leaders Akhilesh Yadav and Mohd Azam Khan respectively after winning the assembly polls -- and Sangrur in Punjab vacated by Bhagwant Mann who became the chief minister of the state after the Aam Aadmi Party won the recently-held assembly polls.

12:49 AM, 26 Jun

One of the seven assembly seats where by-election will be held is Rajinder Nagar in Delhi, vacated by Raghav Chadha of the AAP who became a Rajya Sabha member recently. The remaining assembly seats where bypolls will be held are Mandar in Jharkhand, Atmakur in Andhra Pradesh, and Agartala, Town Bordowali, Surma and Jubarajnagar in Tripura

1:09 AM, 26 Jun

Azamgarh recorded a voter turnout of 49.43 per cent and Rampur 41.39 per cent in the bypolls to the Lok Sabha constituencies.

1:24 AM, 26 Jun

A low turnout of 45.30 per cent was recorded in the bypolls to Punjab's Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency, state Chief Electoral Officer S Karuna Raju said. Voting was held on Thursday from 8 am to 6 pm, and until late evening, the provisional figures stood at 37.01 per cent.

1:28 AM, 26 Jun

Delhi

Both men and women in the Rajinder Nagar assembly constituency were enthusiastic about exercising their franchise at the just-concluded bypolls with 43.67 per cent of the male electorate and 43.86 per cent of female voters turning up for the polling.

1:52 AM, 26 Jun

Altogether 61.25 per cent of about 3.5 lakh voters exercised their franchise in the by-election to the Mandar assembly seat in Jharkhand's Ranchi district on Thursday, an election official said. In 2019, the overall polling percentage in the constituency was 67.88 per cent.

2:02 AM, 26 Jun

The by-elections to the four assembly constituencies in Tripura on Thursday recorded 76.62 per cent voter turnout till 5 pm, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Kiran Gitte said. The polling process was largely peaceful, barring a few sporadic incidents, including the stabbing of off-duty police constable Samir Saha in Kunjaban area in Agartala constituency, he said.

2:28 AM, 26 Jun

Nearly 67 per cent of the 2.11 lakh voters exercised their franchise on Thursday in the by-election to Atmakuru Assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh. State Chief Electoral Officer Mukesh Kumar Meena told PTI here that the polling was conducted peacefully in all 279 polling stations in the constituency.

6:50 AM, 26 Jun

In Rajinder Nagar assembly seat, the AAP party fielded Durgesh Pathak and from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) side Rajesh Bhatia. The Congress' nominee is councillor Prem Lata.

6:55 AM, 26 Jun

BSP supremo Mayawati has exuded confidence about her party candidate’s victory in the Azamgarh Lok Sabha bypoll.

6:57 AM, 26 Jun

In Mandar assembly by-poll, the Congress has fielded his daughter, Shilpi Neha Tirkey, as the common candidate of the ruling JMM-led coalition, while the BJP has nominated former legislator Gangotri Kujur in the seat. The Congress and the RJD are the two other constituents of the ruling alliance in Jharkhand.

6:57 AM, 26 Jun

Independent candidate Dev Kumar Dhan, backed by Asaduddin Owaisi’s All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), is also in the fray.

7:38 AM, 26 Jun

Tripura has the highest number of four seats Agartala, Jubarajnagar, Surma and Town Bardowali.

7:39 AM, 26 Jun

Counting will begin at 8 am amid high security. At first, postal ballots will be out and then EVMs opened.

7:43 AM, 26 Jun

In Tripura, the fate of chief minister Manik Saha will be decided today.

7:45 AM, 26 Jun

Counting of votes to begin shortly.

7:51 AM, 26 Jun

All set for counting of votes in 3 Lok Sabha and 7 assembly seats.

8:02 AM, 26 Jun

Counting of votes for three Lok Sabha seats Rampur, Azamgarh and Sangrur begins

8:07 AM, 26 Jun

Counting of votes for seven assembly seats Rajinder Nagar in Delhi, Mandar in Jharkhand, Atmakur in Andhra Pradesh and Agartala, Town Bordowali, Surma and Jabarajnagar in Tripura also begins.

8:15 AM, 26 Jun

The Azamgarh seat saw a triangular contest among BJP's Dinesh Lal Yadav 'Nirhua', a Bhojpuri actor-singer, SP's Dharmendra Yadav and BSP's Shah Alam, also known as Guddu Jamali.

8:20 AM, 26 Jun

Visuals from Rampur Lok Sabha constituency

Uttar Pradesh | Counting of bypoll votes in Rampur Lok Sabha constituency today, where voting was held on June 23 pic.twitter.com/Owd2A2ZWca
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) June 26, 2022

8:29 AM, 26 Jun

Visuals from Sangrur Lok Sabha by-poll

Punjab | Counting of votes for Sangrur Lok Sabha by-poll to take place in Barnala today.

Visuals from a counting centre set up at a college in Barnala. pic.twitter.com/ZAA6udzzSi
— ANI (@ANI) June 26, 2022

8:30 AM, 26 Jun

Lok Sabha seats had gone to poll on June 23. Sangrur recorded a low turnout of 45.30 per cent.

8:45 AM, 26 Jun

Visuals from Azamgarh Lok Sabha by-elections

Uttar Pradesh | Counting of votes for Azamgarh Lok Sabha by-elections being held today pic.twitter.com/JCFtgmY4gY
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) June 26, 2022

8:58 AM, 26 Jun

Elaborate security arrangements have been made for counting of votes in Barnala.

9:04 AM, 26 Jun

Sangrur Lok Sabha bypoll update: SAD candidate Simranjit Singh Mann leading

9:16 AM, 26 Jun

In Mandar assembly seat, over 61.25 per cent of about 3.5 lakh voters exercised their franchise in the election, held on June 23.

9:21 AM, 26 Jun

In Sangrur, Mann, a former MP, is leading by a margin of 856 votes from his nearest rival and AAP candidate Gurmail Singh, the trends indicated.

9:38 AM, 26 Jun

Mohd.Asim Raja of Samajwadi Party leading from Rampur seat, as per Election Commission of India.

9:39 AM, 26 Jun

Dinesh Lal Yadav 'Nirahua' of Bharatiya Janata Party leading from Azamgarh seat, as per Election Commission of India.