Bankipur, Datia election results LIVE: Prashant Kishor ahead of BJP candidate in Bankipur by over 6,000 votes

Bankipur, Datia election results LIVE: Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor has taken the lead in his electoral debut from Bihar's Bankipur by more than 6,000 votes over his closest rival, BJP's Neeraj Kumar. Meanwhile, in Datia , Congress candidate Ghanshyam Singh is ahead of the BJP candidate.

Bankipur, Datia election results LIVE: Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor is ahead of his nearest BJP rival, Neeraj Kumar Sinha, by over 6,000 votes. (PTI)

Bankipur, Datia election results LIVE: Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor is leading in Bihar's Bankipur constituency, where he is making his electoral debut, by more than 6,000 votes, according to figures released by the Election Commission of India (ECI). His nearest rival, BJP candidate Neeraj Kumar Sinha, is trailing....Read More

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• 3 Aug 2026, 01:00:02 PM IST

  Bankipur election results LIVE: Prashant Kishor widens lead to over 6,000 votes

  Bankipur election results LIVE: Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor has raced ahead of BJP candidate Neeraj Kumar Sinha by 6,011 votes in Bihar's Bankipur, according to Election Commission of India (ECI) figures after 10 rounds of counting.

  So far, Kishor has secured 20,059 votes, while Sinha has received 14,048 votes.

• 3 Aug 2026, 12:43:00 PM IST

  Bankipur election results LIVE: Nine rounds over, Prashant Kishor leads by over 5,000 votes

  Bankipur election results LIVE: The latest Election Commission of India (ECI) figures show that after nine rounds of vote counting, Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor is leading over BJP candidate Neeraj Kumar Sinha by 5,272 votes.

  Kishor has received 17,856 votes so far, while Sinha has received 12,584 votes.

• 3 Aug 2026, 12:22:12 PM IST

  Bankipur, Datia, Manjalpur election results LIVE: A look at who's leading so far

  Bankipur, Datia, Manjalpur election results LIVE: Votes are being counted for bypolls to three assembly constituencies, namely Bankipur (Bihar), Datia (Madhya Pradesh) and Manjalpur (Gujarat).

  Here's a look at the candidates leading in these constituencies so far:

  • Bankipur: Prashant Kishor, Jan Suraaj Party (by 4,556 votes)
  • Datia: Ghanshyam Singh, Indian National Congress (by 308 votes)
  • Manjalpur: Satish Govindbhai Patel, Bharatiya Janata Party (by 15,448 votes)
• 3 Aug 2026, 12:02:58 PM IST

  Bankipur election results LIVE: Prashant Kishor now ahead by more than 3,000 votes

  Bankipur election results LIVE: Jan Suraaj Party's Prashant Kishor is leading over BJP candidate Neeraj Kumar Sinha by 3,451 votes, according to ECI figures after six rounds of vote counting.

  Kishor has secured 11,603 votes so far, while Sinha has received 8,152 votes.

• 3 Aug 2026, 11:55:13 AM IST

  Datia election result LIVE: Congress widens lead in Datia, BJP trails behind

  Datia election result LIVE: In Madhya Pradesh's Datia assembly constituency, Congress candidate Ghanshyam Singh is now leading by more than 800 votes over BJP candidate Ashutosh Tiwari.

  Singh has secured 17,290 votes so far, while Tiwari has received 16,445 votes after four rounds of counting, according to ECI figures.

• 3 Aug 2026, 11:40:34 AM IST

  Bankipur election result LIVE: Prashant Kishor widens lead to more than 2,000 votes

  Bankipur election result LIVE: Jan Suraaj Party leader Prashant Kishor is leading in Bihar's Bankipur by more than 2,000 votes, as per the latest ECI figures after five rounds of counting.

  Kishor has received 8,971 votes so far, while his nearest rival, BJP candidate Neeraj Kumar Sinha, has received 6,652 votes.

• 3 Aug 2026, 11:33:51 AM IST

  Datia election result LIVE: Congress candidate Ghanshyam Singh narrowly leads

  Datia election result LIVE: Congress candidate Ghanshyam Singh is narrowly leading by 33 votes in Madhya Pradesh's Datia Assembly constituency.

  Singh has secured 12,432 votes so far, while BJP candidate Ashutosh Tiwari has received 12,399 votes after three rounds of vote counting, according to ECI figures.

• 3 Aug 2026, 11:16:13 AM IST

  Bankipur election result LIVE: Four rounds over and Kishor still leads, here are latest figures

  Bankipur election result LIVE: Four rounds of vote counting have now been completed and, according to figures released by the Election Commission of India (ECI), Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor is leading by 1,145 votes.

  Kishor has secured 6,269 votes so far, while BJP candidate Neeraj Kumar Sinha has received 5,124 votes.

• 3 Aug 2026, 11:00:16 AM IST

  Bankipur election result LIVE: What a win would mean for Prashant Kishor and his Jan Suraaj Party

  Bankipur election result LIVE: Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) founder Prashant Kishor extended his lead to 1,162 votes over BJP candidate Neeraj Kumar Sinha, as per the latest ECI trends for the Bankipur assembly bypoll on Monday.

  A victory for Kishor would give the Jan Suraaj Party its first-ever Assembly seat.

  The party had failed to win any of the 238 constituencies it contested in the 2025 assembly elections, making the bypoll a crucial test of Kishor's campaign for political change in Bihar.

• 3 Aug 2026, 10:49:07 AM IST

  Datia election result LIVE: BJP's Ashutosh Tiwari narrowly leads in Datia

  Datia election result LIVE: After two rounds of vote counting, BJP candidate Ashutosh Tiwari has taken a narrow lead of 875 votes in Datia.

  Tiwari has secured 8,253 votes so far, while Congress candidate Ghanshyam Singh has received 7,378 votes.

• 3 Aug 2026, 10:43:24 AM IST

  Bankipur election result LIVE: Prashant Kishor still ahead after 3 rounds

  Bankipur election result LIVE: Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor has received over 5,000 votes and is leading by more than 1,000 votes so far, after two rounds of counting in Bankipur, according to ECI trends.

  BJP candidate Neeraj Kumar has received 3,870 votes so far. Meanwhile, RJD candidate Rekha Kumari has received 767 votes so far and is currently in the third place.

• 3 Aug 2026, 10:38:34 AM IST

  Datia election result LIVE: Congress suspends former MLA Rajendra Bharti

  Datia election result LIVE: The All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Sunday night suspended former Datia MLA Rajendra Bharti from the party’s primary membership, just a day before the results of the Datia Assembly by-election.

  The suspension followed allegations of anti-party activities during the Datia by-election campaign. Congress candidate Ghanshyam Singh submitted a written complaint to party president Mallikarjun Kharge and senior leaders, accusing Bharti of colluding with BJP leaders and attempting to sabotage the party’s prospects.

• 3 Aug 2026, 10:20:51 AM IST

  Bankipur election result LIVE: 2 rounds completed, Prashant Kishor widens lead

  Bankipur election result LIVE: Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor widened his lead to over 1,000 votes after two rounds of counting, according to ECI trends.

  So far, Kishor has secured 3,795 votes, while BJP candidate Neeraj Kumar Sinha has received 2,634 votes.

• 3 Aug 2026, 10:12:47 AM IST

  Datia election result LIVE: BJP's Ashutosh Tiwari leads in early trends

  Datia election result LIVE: BJP candidate Ashutosh Tiwari is leading by over 1,000 votes in Madhya Pradesh's Datia, early ECI trends showed.

  His nearest rival, Congress nominee Ghanshyam Singh, has received 3,367 votes so far.

• 3 Aug 2026, 10:03:38 AM IST

  Bankipur election result LIVE: Prashant Kishor leads, here are the latest trends

  Bankipur election result LIVE: Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor opened with an early lead of 862 votes over Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Neeraj Kumar Sinha after the first round of counting in the Bankipur assembly bypoll on Monday, according to early Election Commission figures.

  The initial round-wise trends showed Prashant Kishor polling 2,225 votes, while Neeraj Kumar Sinha received 1,363 votes. Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) candidate Rekha Gupta was in third place with 505 votes, trailing the frontrunner by 1,720 votes.

  The Bankipur bypoll marks the electoral debut of poll strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor. His performance is being closely watched as he takes on the BJP in a constituency the party has held for decades.

• 3 Aug 2026, 09:42:07 AM IST

  Bankipur election result LIVE: Prashant Kishor ahead of BJP candidate in early trends

  Bankipur election result LIVE: Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor is leading in the BJP stronghold of Bankipur by over 800 votes, early ECI trends indicate.

• 3 Aug 2026, 09:36:35 AM IST

  Manjalpur election result LIVE: BJP's Satendrabhai Patel leading by over 3,000 votes

  Manjalpur election result LIVE: In Gujarat's Manjalpur, BJP candidate Satish Govindbhai Patel is leading by 3,519 votes, according to ECI trends.

  Patel has received 6,287 votes, while his nearest rival, Congress candidate Bhikhabhai Rabari, has received 2,768 votes so far.

• 3 Aug 2026, 09:19:11 AM IST

  Bankipur election result LIVE: Prashant Kishor confident of victory in electoral debut

  Bankipur election result LIVE: Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) founder Prashant Kishor on Sunday predicted a crushing defeat for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the bypoll for Bihar’s Bankipur assembly constituency, where he is making his electoral debut.

  “The BJP will lose by such a big vote margin that they won't ever have the audacity to say that they can win even if they give election tickets to cats and dogs,” Kishor said at a press conference in Patna.

• 3 Aug 2026, 09:15:56 AM IST

  Manjalpur election result LIVE: Visuals from the Manjalpur bypoll counting centre

• 3 Aug 2026, 09:12:57 AM IST

  Manjalpur election result LIVE: Counting underway in Gujarat's Manjalpur bypoll

  Manjalpur election result LIVE: Counting of votes for the Manjalpur assembly bypoll in Gujarat's Vadodara began on Monday morning under tight security, with the contest seen as a direct fight between the ruling BJP and the Congress.

  The bypoll was necessitated following the death of senior BJP MLA and former Gujarat minister Yogesh Patel on June 2 after a prolonged illness.

  The counting process began at 8 am at Bhavan's School in the Makarpura area in accordance with Election Commission guidelines. Votes polled through Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) are being counted under multi-layered security arrangements.

  Polling for the by-election was held on July 30 and recorded a voter turnout of 37.5 per cent.

  The BJP and the Congress are the principal contenders in the bypoll, which is being closely watched in Vadodara.

• 3 Aug 2026, 08:57:07 AM IST

  Datia election result LIVE: Counting underway in MP's Datia

  Datia election result LIVE: Counting of votes for the Datia assembly bypoll in Madhya Pradesh began on Monday morning under tight security, with the outcome set to decide a seat vacated after the disqualification of a Congress MLA.

  The bypoll was necessitated after a Delhi court in April sentenced Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti to three years' imprisonment in a cheating case, leading to the termination of his assembly membership.

  The counting process commenced at 8 am at the Polytechnic College in Datia, with postal ballots being counted first, followed by votes recorded on Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).

  Election officials have set up 21 counting tables at the centre, including 20 dedicated to EVM counting.

  The contest is primarily between the Congress' Ghanshyam Singh and the BJP's Ashutosh Tiwari, though 19 other candidates are also in the fray.

  Polling for the bypoll was held on July 30, recording a voter turnout of 71.44%.

  (PTI)

• 3 Aug 2026, 08:50:27 AM IST

  Datia election result LIVE: Might conduct initial rounds slowly, says Datia collector on vote counting

  Datia election result LIVE: On the counting day for the Datia assembly by-election, collector Swapnil Wankhede said, "Counting will take place across 20 tables—organized into two rounds of 10 tables each—and separate tables have been set up for postal ballots. Postal ballot counting will proceed alongside the main count, though the process will begin with the postal ballots.

  We might conduct the initial rounds slowly until everyone is satisfied; once everyone is comfortable, we will accelerate the pace of the rounds. However, should any potential error arise, it will be clearly demonstrated to avoid any commotion or concerns regarding a lack of transparency.."

• 3 Aug 2026, 08:37:57 AM IST

  Datia election result LIVE: All about key battle in Madhya Pradesh seat

  Datia election result LIVE: The main contest in Datia is between BJP candidate Ashutosh Tiwari and Congress nominee Ghanshyam Singh. Voting was conducted on July 30, and the constituency recorded a turnout of 71.44 per cent.

  In the 2023 assembly elections, Congress candidate Rajendra Bharti defeated BJP leader and former state home minister Narottam Mishra by more than 7,500 votes. The seat later became vacant after a Delhi court sentenced Bharti to three years in prison in a fraud case in April. He was later granted bail.

  The BJP chose not to field Mishra in the by-election and instead gave the ticket to Tiwari. The decision led to massive protests by Mishra's supporters.

• 3 Aug 2026, 08:24:57 AM IST

  Bankipur election result LIVE: All eyes on Prashant Kishor's electoral debut performance

  Bankipur election result LIVE: Counting of votes for the Bankipur Assembly bypoll in Bihar began at 8 am on Monday. All eyes are on whether Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor can wrest the seat from the BJP.

  A former election strategist, Kishor is contesting his first election after launching the Jan Suraaj Party a few years ago.

  The BJP has fielded Neeraj Kumar Sinha, a youth wing leader, from a seat it has held continuously since 1995, when the constituency was known as Patna West.

• 3 Aug 2026, 08:10:00 AM IST

  Datia election result LIVE: Battle between BJP's Ashutosh Tiwari vs Congress' Ghanshyam Singh

  Datia election result LIVE: The main contest in Datia is between BJP candidate Ashutosh Tiwari and Congress nominee Ghanshyam Singh. Voting was conducted on July 30, and the constituency recorded a turnout of 71.44 per cent.

  In the 2023 assembly elections, Congress candidate Rajendra Bharti defeated BJP leader and former state home minister Narottam Mishra by more than 7,500 votes.

• 3 Aug 2026, 07:59:06 AM IST

  Bankipur, Datia election result LIVE: Vote counting begins

  Bankipur, Datia election result LIVE: The counting of votes for the bypolls to three assembly constituencies has begun.

  Result trends are expected to emerge shortly and will be updated as and when the Election Commission of India (ECI) releases them.

• 3 Aug 2026, 07:50:19 AM IST

  Bankipur election result LIVE: 34.24% voter turnout in Bankipur

  Bankipur election result LIVE: A low voter turnout of over 34 per cent was registered in the by-poll to Bihar's Bankipur assembly seat where Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor, who was making his electoral debut, challenged decades of BJP dominance.

  According to the EC, the voter turnout stood at only 34.24 per cent, a drop of more than seven per cent compared with 41.45 per cent in the assembly polls of November last year.

• 3 Aug 2026, 07:37:35 AM IST

  Bankipur, Datia election result LIVE: Counting of votes begins shortly

  Bankipur, Datia election result LIVE: The counting of votes for the bypolls to three assembly constituencies, including Bankipur in Bihar, Datia in Madhya Pradesh, and Manjalpur in Gujarat, will begin shortly.

  The Election Commission of India (ECI) will begin the vote counting process at 8am.

• 3 Aug 2026, 07:31:09 AM IST

  Manjalpur election result LIVE: Battle between BJP vs Congress in Gujarat's Manjalpur

  Manjalpur election result LIVE: The Manjalpur bypoll, held on July 30, was necessitated following the death of BJP MLA and former Gujarat minister Yogesh Patel earlier that month. A voter turnout of 37.5 per cent was recorded across 260 polling stations.

  The contest is between BJP leader and former Vadodara municipal corporation councillor Satish Govindbhai Patel and Gujarat Congress vice president Bhikhabhai Rabari, who is also a former minister.

• 3 Aug 2026, 07:21:51 AM IST

  Bankipur election result LIVE: Prashant Kishor says will give crushing defeat to BJP

  Bankipur election result LIVE: Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) founder Prashant Kishor on Sunday predicted a crushing defeat for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the bypoll for Bihar’s Bankipur assembly constituency, where he is making his personal electoral debut.

  “The BJP will lose by such a big vote margin that they won't ever have the audacity to say that they can win even if they give election tickets to cats and dogs,” Kishor said at a press conference in Patna.

• 3 Aug 2026, 07:14:36 AM IST

  Datia election result LIVE: What to expect in Madhya Pradesh's Datia

  Datia election result LIVE: The main contest in Datia is between BJP candidate Ashutosh Tiwari and Congress nominee Ghanshyam Singh. Voting was conducted on July 30, and the constituency recorded a turnout of 71.44 per cent.

  In the 2023 assembly elections, Congress candidate Rajendra Bharti defeated former state home minister Narottam Mishra by more than 7,500 votes.

• 3 Aug 2026, 07:10:16 AM IST

  Bankipur election result LIVE: Electoral debut for Prashant Kishor in Bihar

  Bankipur election result LIVE: The contest has turned into a three-cornered fight involving the BJP, Jan Suraaj Party and the RJD.

  The bypoll is a key contest for Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor, who entered the fray after the seat became vacant. The BJP has nominated Neeraj Kumar Sinha against Kishor.

• 3 Aug 2026, 06:56:30 AM IST

  Bankipur, Datia election result LIVE: Counting of votes begins at 8am

  Bankipur, Datia election result LIVE: The results of the bypolls to three assembly constituencies, namely Bankipur in Bihar, Datia in Madhya Pradesh, and Manjalpur in Gujarat, will be declared today (Monday) as the counting of votes by the Election Commission of India (ECI) begins at 8 am.