By-election results highlights: BJP, Cong bag 2 wins each; AAP wins key Tarn Taran seat

By-election 2025 LIVE updates: The Election Commission of India began counting of votes for bypolls and Bihar assembly polls at 8 am on Friday, November 14.

By-election 2025 LIVE updates: The Nagrota assembly seat, considered as stronghold of the BJP, has been claimed by the party thrice since 1996, while NC has won twice from there.

Among a total of 10 candidates in the fray, all eyes are glued to BJP’s Devyani Rana, daughter of late BJP leader Devender Singh Rana, considered a front-runner and her rivals — NC’s Shamima Begum, a DDC member from Dansal and Panthers Party India chief Harsh Dev Singh.

Former education minister and three-time MLA from Ramnagar, Harsh Dev Singh is trying his luck from Nagrota seat for the first-time. Singh had won three consecutive terms in 1996, 2002 and 2008. Among six other candidates are Joginder Singh of Aam Aadmi Party and Bodh Raj of Apni Party.

By-election 2025 LIVE updates: The Tarn Taran bypoll is being seen as a litmus test for the chief minister Bhagwant Mann-led AAP government in Punjab. AAP has campaigned aggressively to retain this seat.

The bypoll is being seen as a crucial fight before the 2027 Punjab assembly elections and will also throw light on the popularity of the AAP regime’s policies and programmes among voters in the border constituency.

By-election 2025 LIVE updates: While 15 candidates contested in Tarn Taran assembly bypolls, five are being seen as strong contenders.

In the multi-cornered contest, former MLA Harmeet Singh Sandhu is contesting on the ruling AAP’s ticket, while Karanbir Singh Burj is in the fray from the Congress. The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has fielded retired school principal Sukhwinder Kaur Randhawa. Independent candidate Mandeep Singh is contesting the bypoll with the support of jailed Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh-led party Akali Dal (Waris Punjab De), Simranjit Singh Mann-led SAD (Amritsar), SAD’s breakaway faction, and other Sikh groups. The Tarn Taran assembly seat is part of the Khadoor Sahib constituency. Harjit Singh Sandhu is the candidate of the BJP.

By-election 2025 LIVE updates: Nuapada bypoll may serve as electoral test of the Bharatiya Janata Party government after it came to power in June last year. While there are fourteen candidates in the fray, the main competition is between three — BJP, BJD, and Congress.

The Nuapada bypoll mark the BJP’s attempt to consolidate its recent gains, the BJD’s struggle to remain relevant, the Congress’s desperate bid for resurrection.

By-election 2025 LIVE updates: Odisha assembly's Nuapada seat fell vacant after the death of four-time legislator and former minister Rajendra Dholakia, whose political longevity reflected the BJD’s stronghold on this constituency.

By-election 2025 LIVE updates: The bypolls in Jharkhand’s Ghatshila assembly constituency was triggered by the death of former Jharkhand education minister Ramdas Soren. The main battle in the constituency is between Ramdas’ son and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader Somesh Chandra Soren and Bharatiya Janata Party's Babulal Soren, who is the son of the former Jharkhand chief minister Champai Soren.

By-election 2025 LIVE updates: In Jammu and Kashmir’s Nagrota, the bypolls were triggered by the death of BJP’s Devender Singh Rana. The seat saw a triangular contest between Rana’s daughter and BJP leader Devyani Rana, National Conference candidate and sitting District Development Council member Shamim Begum and JKNPP’s president Harsh Dev Singh.

By-election 2025 LIVE updates: The bypoll in Rajasthan’s Anta constituency was triggered by the disqualification of sitting BJP MLA Kanwar Lal Meena due to his conviction in a criminal case. While 15 candidates participated in the bypoll, the high-stakes contest is primarily between BJP's Morpal Suman and Congress’ Pramod Jain Bhaya. The constituency saw a high voter turnout of 80.32 per cent, according to ECI.

By election 2025 LIVE updates: The by-election in Jubilee Hills assembly seat in Telangana's Hyderabad is being seen as a matter of prestige for all the major political parties in Telangana – Congress, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), as it is crucial for its potential impact on the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) polls, scheduled to be held in December.

By-election 2025 LIVE updates: The counting for bypolls held on November 11 will begin at 8 am on Friday, November 14.

By-election 2025 LIVE updates: A total of eight assembly constituencies across six states and one union territory voted in the bypolls held on November 11. These include Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam and Nagrota, Mizoram’s Dampa, Rajasthan’s Anta, Jharkhand’s Ghatshila, Telangana’s Jubilee Hills, Odisha’s Nuapada, and Punjab’s Tarn Taran.