Bypoll election results 2026: BJP wins northeast; Congress takes Karnataka | Full list of winners

As per the results declared by the polling body, the Bharatiya Janata Party has secured three wins in Nagaland, Tripura and Gujarat.

Updated on: May 4, 2026, 17:31:16 IST

By Danita Yadav

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The Election Commission of India on Monday declared the results of the seven assembly seats across five states. As per the results declared by the polling body, the Bharatiya Janata Party has secured a total of four wins - Nagaland, Tripura Maharashtra's Rahuri and Gujarat.

As per the results declared by the polling body, the Bharatiya Janata Party has secured three wins in Nagaland, Tripura and Gujarat. (REUTERS/Representational)

Meanwhile, the Indian National Congress won Karnataka's Bagalkot and the Davanagere South seat in the state as well.

In Maharashtra's Baramati, state deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar won the Baramati seat by over two lakh votes. The NCP leader contested for the key seat following the death of her husband and sitting MLA Ajit Pawar.

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Assembly bypolls election results 2026 | Full list of winners

State	Constituency	Winner	Party	Status	Total number of votes
Gujarat	Umreth	Harshadbhai Govindbhai Parmar	BJP	WON	85,500
Nagaland	Koridang (ST)	Daochier I Imchen	BJP	WON	7,317
Tripura	Dharmanagar	Jahar Chakraborti	BJP	WON	24,291
Karnataka	Bagalkot	Umesh Hullappa Meti	Congress	WON	98,919
Karnataka	Davanagere South	Samarth Shamanur Mallikarjuna	Congress	WON	69,578
Maharashtra	Rahuri	Akshay Shivajirao Kardile	BJP	WON	1,40,093
Maharashtra	Baramati	Suntera Pawar	NCP	WON	2,18,969

Based on the schedule released by the Election Commission of India, the voting for the bypolls in Karnataka, Nagaland and Tripura was held on April 9. Meanwhile, Gujarat and Maharashtra held elections on April 23.

A bypoll was also set to be held for the Ponda constituency in Goa. However, due to an order from the Bombay High Court, the voting was cancelled.

As per the Bombay HC, the bypoll process was in violation of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. This cancellation, as per the high court, comes as a new MLA would have been in office for less than a year, with the term of the Goa legislative assembly ending on March 14, 2027.

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